
Telinga yang telah familiar dengan lagu-lagu berlirik bahasa asing, plus begitu minim dan terbatasnya penggunaan kosa kata berbahasa Indonesia, rupanya menjadi alasan yang menyebabkan banyak orang mereka merasa kesulitan untuk menulis lirik berbahasa Indonesia. Begitu dipaksakan, hasilnya pun terasa kurang maksimal: kosa kata yang keluar akan itu-itu saja dan cenderung seragam. Dua poin di atas adalah salah satu dari banyak hal yang dibicarakan dalam AMN Coaching: "Lirik Indonesia Itu Keren", Sabtu (22/9). Berlokasi di Bober Cafe Tropicana, acara ini dibuka dengan penampilan dari Mr. Sonjaya serta Bunga Janji tepat saat jaram jam menunjuk angka empat sore. Keduanya [...]

Julius Aryo Verdijantoro, akrab disapa Otong, bukanlah biduan beroktaf sembilan yang rajin hilir-mudik di progam musik pagi stasiun televisi nasional. Dia juga bukan sosok terkenal seantero negeri yang kehidupan pribadinya sanggup memenuhi slot berita di tayangan infotainment. Pun begitu, justru dari tangan juru vokal yang suaranya acap kali gagal kontrol dan jauh dari kata merdu inilah, salah satu sistem penulisan lirik paling brilian dalam satu dekade terakhir lahir dan meracuni alam sadar banyak orang. Dari tangan-nya, realitas dan ambuigitas hanya terpisahkan oleh garis tipis yang barangkali hanya dia sendiri dan Tuhan yang sanggup membedakannya. Tidak menganggap serius segala ucapan pria [...]

Minggu ini kita akan sedikit bernostalgia dengan klip-klip dari band yang sekitar satu dekade (lebih dikit) lalu akrab dengan kita, dan menjadi inspirasi band-band indie saat ini. Saya tidak berhasil menemukan banyak, jadi kalau kamu bisa menemukan video-video dari era 90-an, bagi info nya ya. Sementara itu nikmati beberapa video ini. Pure Saturday - Kosong Siapa tidak kenal mereka? video ini menginspirasikan banyak band untuk kemudian memberanikan diri merilis lagu sendiri. Rumahsakit - Mati Suri Sebenarnya [...]
Super 45 forma parte del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), una iniciativa de The Pop Cop que reune canciones destacadas de músicos locales de 33 países, una vez al mes. A continuación podrán disfrutar de todos los temas y un link para descargar todo el compilado CHILE: Super 45 Picnic Kibun - Drop Your Panties Si pudiéramos definir a Picnic Kibun en una sola palabra, [...]
So here's this month's international digest, a day late, but there's good reason for that. Unlike previous months when I've been casting around for who to include, this month I didn't have any doubt. Beth Jeans Houghton. Not only because she's ace and because she did a recent Seven Songs ...

Existe cierto vicio entre los melómanos de esta época, muchos de ellos quedamos insatisfechos o cansados de una misma fuente musical, definitivamente hay mucho mas afuera, y es ese grito independiente el que cada mes inspira este proyecto, 33 canciones totalmente liberadas que de alguna manera representan la pieza clave a la verdadera revolución musical, este mes se nos une Colombia y Turquía, ¡Bienvenidos! Para esta edición contamos con la participación de la banda más prometedora y jodidamente interesante del momento, me refiero a los Plug-Plug , luego de ese demencial inicio que marcaron con Trinitron, ellos [...]

Once more, here is September's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. This month we've welcomed two new countries: Colombia and Turkey . This edition showcases 33 tracks from bands around the world. Once again I've gone ahead and highlighted some of [...]

The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 33 of the world’s top music blogs and webzines from 33 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 33 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. Here's what SPIN magazine had to say about MAP Not only does it give readers a broader look at the open and expansive world of music, but it reassures that we're on a good path in discovering music and culture - albeit globally - as it comes direct from [...]
hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts this month - it should pick up from now, i promise! anyway, one thing that's constant is the music alliance pact , which brings you the best music from around the world, handpicked by the best international music blogs. and as always, our local music ambassador brian koh brings us his recommendation of the month, MUON , with his trademark metallic beats and some rather haunting material including sheep that you'd rather not count before you sleep. enjoy! ARGENTINA: [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest cities), consisting of Juan Manuel Godoy and Ignacio Espumado. Vanidad is the opening track from Para Ser Movimiento, their second album, which was recently praised by Mexican pop star Julieta Venegas on her Twitter page. It was released by the Planeta X label in a physical format and as a free Creative Commons licensed download [...]

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers (now taking entries from Turkey and Colombia) across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. My Irish pick this month: Belfast's rockin' Nakatomi Towers . ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda are an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest [...]

(music alliance pact logo created by eardrums, based on a stock photo from stock.xchng user coscurro ) It's that time of the month again, Music Alliance Pact-time. Every month on the 15th, music blogs from all over the world work together to create a huge blog-post with music from all the MAP-members' countries. Each blog present a favourite from their own country, and all the band-presentations are presented in one big post in all the MAP-blogs on the same day, - the 15th. This is the September-edition of the Music Alliance [...]
Mais um dia 15 e mais uma edição do Music Alliance Pact com a representação já de trinta e três países. Os representantes de Portugal, este mês, são uma banda de Lisboa, os Iconoclasts, constituídos pelo Diogo Carneiro, Pipa Marinho, Vitor Azevedo, Sérgio Dinis, Ricardo Ramos e Pedro Coelho são uma banda com uma infinidade de inspirações mas sem alguma vez soarem a fotocópias de outros projectos.

4,213,562,663 (that's 4.2 billion) people live in the countries represented by the Music Alliance Pact, which unites in perfect harmony once a month to bring you the greatest new music from around the world by the people who know their scene best. For our 12th monthly MAP post we welcome the additions of Colombia and Turkey, as well as a new representative for Mexico. As Scotland's representatives, The Pop Cop's pick for September 2009 are THE XCERTS , who have kindly agreed to let us make arguably [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest cities), consisting of Juan Manuel Godoy and Ignacio Espumado. Vanidad is the opening track from Para Ser Movimiento, their second album, which was recently praised by Mexican pop star Julieta Venegas on her Twitter page. It was released by the Planeta X label in a physical format and as a free Creative Commons licensed download [...]
In fiecare an, din decorul monoton si gri al muzicii romanesti descoper cate o trupa care dizloca cromatica locala. Ani buni acea trupa s-a numit Urma, anul trecut au fost (The) Pixels. Recent i-am descoperit pe Sunday People care sunt pariul meu pe anul acesta, desi sunt la al treilea album(precedentele "Untold Stories","Telepathically in Love") si canta de prin 1996. "Synesthesia" e self-produced, viu si plin de idei. Are dramatism si detasare in doze egale. Ce voce si ce versuri! Cu siguranta formatia pe care o asteptam de multa vreme, cu premise de drog sonor home-made. Pentru [...]

JAPAN: JPOP Lover nhhmbase - 9/8 The latest offering from the Tokyo underground scene is nhhmbase (pronounced "ne-han base"). Formed in 2004, they have complex music frameworks with irregular beats and dramatic code which makes their sound innovative and pop. They have already opened for many foreign acts such as Deerhoof, Tyondai Braxton (Battles) and The Eternals in Japan. ARGENTINA: [...]
Music Alliance Pact bulan ini diikuti oleh 33 negara, yang masing-masing memberikan rekomendasi musik dari negara masing-masing, kamu bisa mendownloadnya satu persatu, atau lansung menuju bagian paling bawah postingan ini, untuk mendownload lansung 33 lagu. Oh iya, bulan ini dari Indonesia kita ada Koil yang akan didengar di 33 negara. :) enjoy ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an [...]

[Ed's Note] Beberapa hari yang lalu seorang teman kami (yang juga merupakan salah satu penggagas kompilasi gratis ini) Boit dari Omuniuum menelpon agar album ini bisa dengan sesegera mungkin di upload di DRS. Memang sebelumnya sudah sempat tercetus, dan kami akan selalu dengan senang hati menguploadnya, tetapi karena sudah ada yang mendukung dari awal jadinya dibiarkan saja. Kondisi berbicara lain ternyata, negara ini terlalu banyak fans koil dan terlalu banyak yang fakir bandwith (hosting). Jadi inilah dia, dalam 256 bitrate, semoga kami dapat membantu terus. *** Album tribut ini digagas sebagai bentuk [...]
Rada telat postingnya, karena beberapa alasan yang tidak penting. :) tapi ini beberapa foto dari konser Fariz RM kemarin di Rolling Stone live venue, jika kamu tumbuh besar sebagai penggemar Fariz RM saya jamin kamu akan menyukai sederatan nostalgia yang diambil dari hits belasan album oleh Fariz RM, tetapi saya rasa sebagian besar dari kamu pun [...]