
Mildlife is currently working on a new record and whilst their creative juices are flowing they have been playing around with cool 70/80's afro, funk, disco soul tracks. Y'know, cool tunes to dance around and keep up the right vibe for laying down their sweet melodies. Naturally enough they thought it would be nice to share with friends. So they mixed a 45 minute jam of obscure vinyl slices for your listening pleasure with artwork designed by Joy Studio who art direct for Spook mag . It's a pretty neat gift, so plug in your stereo and get [...]

Photo: artpunk This little compilation is the product of something I have been slowly working on for a few weeks now. Its an attempt to showcase or highlight some of the brilliant artists in this country that I truly admire but don't often write about. This being said, I discovered a large proportion of these artists from leading blogs such as East to West and Life Aquatic . I would never have come across artists such as Network , Dom_Bird , Motion.Picture.Actress and Yosemite if it [...]

This little compilation is the product of something I have been slowly working on for a few weeks now. Its an attempt to showcase or highlight some of the brilliant artists in this country that I truly admire but don't often write about. This being said, I discovered a large proportion of these artists from leading blogs such as East to West and Life Aquatic . I would never have come across artists such as Network , Dom_Bird , Motion.Picture.Actress and Yosemite if it wasn't for the dedicated people who run [...]

Mildlife launched their new single 'Arriving Soon' at the Grace Darling in Collingwood on Saturday night. It was the first time I had actually got down to the grace band room and it was kinda overwhelmingly packed and hot. Mildlife played a well considered set to a group of mesmerized and very attractive youths. Saturdays in Collingwood probably always look like this these days and the band lapped it up. I was quite into the sound and really like the way Mildlife mix subtle electronica and instrumental melody. 'Arriving Soon' is a dreamy tune that winds through layers of sweet [...]

Las disculpas por el retraso no bastaran. La situación fue que estas semanas tuve que dedicarme por completo a finalizar algunos asuntos en la universidad. Pero vamos, aunque con días de retraso, es hora de cumplir con aquel deber casi sagrado en el que se ha convertido MAP . La edición de este mes, se presenta particularmente especial, ya que cuenta con la participación de Iván Fajardo , vocalista de ERA, banda que inauguro las contribuciones de Perú en el Music Alliance Pact, en octubre del 2008. Por desgracia ERA [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 36 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 36 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 36 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked Mumbai post hardcore act Goddess Gagged 's 'Visionary' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. You can download 'Visionary' along with 35 other tracks [...]
Jun 16, 2011, 4:41am
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Summer has finally arrived in Finland and it promises to be a hot one with record temperatures already in June. Nothing better for this season than the fresh music from the arctic of Satellite Stories. Listen to their song and 35 others from all around the world in this month's MAP post. Enjoy and share. [...]
To download all 36 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Marcelo Ezquiaga - El Gaucho Vive y Muere En Su Ley Although Hombre Golpe is his second album as a solo artist, Marcelo Ezquiaga's career started with a musical project called Mi Tortuga Montreaux, which gave us three amazing records between 2003 and 2006. El Gaucho Vive y Muere En [...]

It's that time again! The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 36 blogs who choose a song by an artist from their home country and post the entire selection on each of our sites on the 15th of the month, which you can download for free individually (right-click on the song title) or in a compilation album via MediaFire. You won't find a more eclectic mixtape anywhere. This month I've picked SONG OF RETURN to represent Scotland. Trajectory will be familiar to anyone who has [...]
SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Humming Kitten - Monochrome Little is known of Humming Kitten, and we get the impression they'd like to keep it that way. It is a little disconcerting at first, approaching this musical project without any preconceived ideas of who or what the band members are, and appreciating their musical ideas purely at face value and on first impressions. However, once you soak it all in, you might feel [...]

More pictures after the jump. Link to the MILDLIFE site here .

Mildlife is a name that you'll hear alot of in the second half of 2011. A four piece afro-kraut electronica collective, their rhythms are the kind you want to get lost in a trance to in a dark corner of the room with no-one watching. The boys are launching their debut single 'Milk & Wool' at The Toff In Town in Melbourne on Thursday the 9th of June with some awesome supports; dubby post-punk wonder bros Absolute Boys , and dirge-y, sharp motherfuckers Cocks Arquette . These bands need your attention. [...]