
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners ・ Kiss The Lawn Goodbye Brooklyn's Spanish Prisoners, fronted by Leo Maymind, create fractured power-pop in the vein of The New Porno's Dan Bejar (Destroyer). They're currently working on a new album but in the meantime they've released a free three-song EP - download it here - from which Kiss The Lawn Goodbye is taken. [...]
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners – Kiss The Lawn Goodbye Brooklyn's Spanish Prisoners, fronted by Leo Maymind, create fractured power-pop in the vein of The New Porno's Dan Bejar (Destroyer). They're currently working on a new album but in the meantime they've released a free three-song EP - download it here - from which Kiss The Lawn Goodbye [...]
Mais um mês e mais uma lista de downloads de bandas de vinte seis países. Este mês juntaram-se ao M.A.P., a Venezuela e o Japão.Andrew Thorn, o nome do projecto de João Pedro Coimbra, que tem, desde há dois dias, o seu EP, "Brutes on the Quiet", nas lojas, apresenta-se ao mundo com o download legal e gratuito do seu primeiro single do novo disco, "Me Jane". Este tema tem um vídeo que foi aqui

This month's explanation of the Music Alliance Pact comes courtesy of The Guardian: "MAP is an international group of bloggers who each month simultaneously post a list of tracks by their countries' best new bands, with one suggestion from each MAP member." We're now up to 26 participating countries thanks to new arrivals Japan and Venezuela. The blurbs below are written by the blogger who picked the song and you can download any track for free with a right-click and save, or alternatively get the whole lot in a single album by following the link at the end [...]

Es MAP quiza una burbuja solitaria en medio de la discusión eterna global, no lo se, pero definitivamente esta en esa onda, una recopilación de canciones ansiosas de ser escuchadas de todo el mundo, este mes se nos ha unido Venezuela con Barquisimeto Musical, bienvenido! y ya somos 26 blogs. Para esta entrega no he dudado al elegir a Francois Peglau de quien ya te habia hablado , sus canciones no necesitan alguna explicación, son simples sentimientos ligados entre si, es que acaso una canción perfecta ¿necesita más explicación?, gracias Francois y pues disfruta de [...]

Here we go again. In what is becoming an apparent defining trend around these parts, I'll now share yet another virtually unknown act who's recently infiltrated my eardrums. Makthaverskan are a two-girl, two-boy quartet hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden. Their tunes are dark, post-punk influenced garage rock, punctuated by unexpected bursts of pop brightness. Vocalist Maja possesses a captivating voice that wails with equal parts Siouxsie Sioux and Joan Jett . The majority of Makthaverskan's material is in demo format, which is not at all a complaint. Their gritty recordings leave me feeling [...]

Via Swedesplease comes word of the swedish garage/postpunk sounding band, Makthaverskan . Swedesplease has the mp3. Check it out.

I was stumbling around the net (Myspace in particular) and came across this band called MAKTHAVERSKAN . I have since learned they are signed to Luxury. Consider this your introduction to the new "it" band from Gothenburg. They are agitpop combined with postpunk and little bit of Joan Jett tunefulness. German Boy