A look at what's happening right now: Interesting finds in the inbox. Here's one that's bound to make your heart ache. Canadian singer-songwriter Drew Smith's "Love Teeth" is a story of love and loss. The animated video, a gorgeous accompaniment to the song, was created by one of his former ESL students. His new album The Secret Languages will be released in 2012. Definitely one to look out for. Mancunians [...]

Sal'tare dragi cititori zgomotoşi ai Babylonului! It's me, Susana... Am cam lipsit o perioadă, dar acum am revenit. Şi am revenit cu o nouă rubrică, mai precis Twin Machine . Am facut această rubrică cu scopul de a posta periodic 2 cântece care mă încântă în ultima vreme, cantece pe care vreau sa le impart cu voi. Şi sper să vă placă... Prima ediţie, prin întâmplare sau nu, e ceva mai patriotică, pentru că deh... avem şi noi ceva muzică bună pe la noi. So let's get started! 1. The [...]
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A rather new Romanian project (the guys are experimented musicians though) at their debut. A quite good album, with a pretty cover and catchy tunes. ( Come Back Girl by The Mono Jacks ) Filed under: album covers , cherry treats , musics

Maria e unul din cele mai populare nume din toată lumea. Are backgroundu biblic și vechimea necesară, e simplu, și suna bine în orice limba. Eu l-am primit prin tradiție: sunt a 4-a (din câte știu eu) Maria de pe linia feminina a mamei mele. Și e un nume care îmi place mult. Așa că de mică am văzut, evident, toate piesele cu Maria ca un soi de dedicație indirectă numelui meu și mie. Cum TV-ul dă aproape numai porcării, începusem să mă îndoiesc că există vreo piesă cu Maria care să nu mă scoată din sărite sau să-mi [...]

Tarde pero seguro, aquí les dejamos una nueva entrega de MAP , la red global de blogs musicales de la que Super 45 es parte. Este mes se suma a nuestro equipo el blog suizo 78s , a quienes damos la bienvenida. Como siempre, los invitamos a contarnos cuáles son sus canciones preferidas o señalarnos cualquier error que pueda haber con los links o textos. ¡Ojalá les guste la selección de este mes! Para bajar las 35 canciones en un archivo individual, hagan clic aquí . [...]

Once more, here is April'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. After the jump you'll find music from 36 nations spanning the globe. If you'd like to be considered for this feature, drop by the comments section with a link to your site and we'll forward [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Ivana Berenstein - Ahora The songs of young singer-songwriter Ivana Berenstein follow certain traditions from Argentine folk music, bossa nova and bolero, but add modern textures and harmonies to it. Ahora is the first single from her debut album No Te Duermas and has Coiffeur (check out MAP December 2009) as a guest vocalist. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell [...]
This month's MAP contains no new music from me, but instead an overdue inclusion of David Thomas Broughton. The only problem with introducing him to a worldwide audience is that he can never really be appraised on his music alone. It's not that his recorded output is anything short of ...

Próximos Conciertos: ¿Cuándo?: el 30 Abril, 2010 ¿En él?: Underpopfest 2010 ¿Dónde?: Lima ¿Hora?: 18:00 Acompañados por: Mi Jardín Secreto , Dolores Delirio y otros La palabra Globalización toma otro sentido y se renueva en manos de los 35 blogs que integramos el Music Alliance Pact (MAP) . Para el regocijo de todos los melómanos, que no se conforman con lo superficial sino que rompen cualquier frontera con la intención de explorar sonidos nuevos, llega un nuevo capítulo de MAP . Este mes contamos con la participación de los encargados [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Ivana Berenstein - Ahora The songs of young singer-songwriter Ivana Berenstein follow certain traditions from Argentine folk music, bossa nova and bolero, but add modern textures and harmonies to it. Ahora is the first single from her debut album No Te Duermas and has Coiffeur (check out MAP December 2009) as a guest vocalist. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell Are They? [...]
O Music Alliance Pact juntou mais um artigo sobre si à sua colecção. Desta vez foi o The Guardian que assinalou a existência deste grupo de benfeitores. Podem lê-lo aqui . Este mês, para além de termos mais um membro no Music Alliance Pact, a representar a Suiça, levámos até ao mundo os Youthless, projecto com uma edição recente, "Telemachy", em formato EP, na Optimus Discos. O duo dos Youthless, Alex Klimovistky e Sebastiano Ferranti, é provável que seja por vós conhecido, se seguiam os Three and [...]

Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson represent Norway this month. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 37 music bloggers across the world (now including Switzerland's 78s ) to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. MAP was featured in The Guardian last month. Ireland is represented in April by Belfast's Yes Cadets . Let the 37 song global mixtape begin.. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie [...]

It's the 15th of the month, Music Alliance pact day! Music Alliance Pact (MAP) is a collaboration between 34 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a new band from our country. All presentations are put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all the MAP blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! Before I start presenting the bands, I have to recommend another project where you can get good music from all over the world and support a good cause at the same [...]
Apr 15, 2010, 2:31am
GLUE
This month's MAP post welcomes a fellow blogger from Switzerland that presents an indie trio based in Zurich. Representing Finland this month, we find the catchy pop metal sounds of Kärtsy, who has put aside cult metal band Waltari to release his first solo album next month. It is another great month of music, but [...]

35 songs, 35 music blogs, 35 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover NJ - La Sakura Cherry blossom season is almost over here in Japan. Its beauty is too short for us. But we have one good J-pop song about it called La Sakura by Tokyo duo NJ, who consist of female singer Jun and guitarist Nori. It has an oriental [...]
Apr 15, 2010, 2:00am
»78s
Musik und Musikblogs gibt es wie Sand am Meer. Ein Mal pro Monat versucht der Music Alliance Pact, kurz MAP, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen. 78s und weitere 34 Musikblogs aus aller Welt präsentieren ihre Highlights. > mehr Infos zum Music Alliance Pact SWITZERLAND: 78s My Heart Belongs To Cecilia Winter - Eighteen In the past two years, [...]

Luna aceasta avem la MAP promițătoarea trupă Mono Jacks din București, cu piesa Maria. Dacă nu știți nimic de ei, veți recunoaște sigur vocea lui Doru, din fostul AB4. Mă bucur de fiecare dată când aud o piesă faină cu numele ăsta, pentru că - să fim serioși - trebuie multe piese să spele păcatele lui Ricky Martin și a domnului al cărui nume nu-l cunosc, dar cânta suav Maria, Maria, ce nume frumos, la fel ca sufletul din tine ; aceste 2 melodii care mi-o torturat copilăria și adolescența, toată lunea fiind suficient de simpatică [...]

this month, the local band we've been most excited about is b-quartet , which explains our rabid coverage of the band with both a beautifully written guest post by bani haykal and one of the most enjoyable interviews we've done. their new album conformity has replaced consciousness (yes, that line is from adorno, you frankfurt school faithful) has just been released, and sharing more about them this month for music alliance pact is our very own local music ambassador brian koh . it's great hearing this along with 36 other [...]

In case you missed it, last month The Guardian published a feature on this thing we do called the Music Alliance Pact, which is well worth a read . Here's how they explained the concept of MAP (for anyone who doesn't already know what it is): "On the 15th day of each month, [the MAP bloggers] cross post an identical list of every member's local band of the moment, accompanied by a description and sample mp3. MAP is a monthly global compilation tape from a not-for-profit musical cartel, one that exposes the bands (most untouched by [...]
Apr 14, 2010, 6:09pm
Popop
Kuu jälle möödas, käes on MAPiaeg ning sellest kuust alates on meiega liitunud ka Šveitsi blogi 78s. Seekord soovitan eriti kuulata Austraalia, Indoneesia, Šveitsi ja USA lugusid. Ja Eesti oma alati. EESTI : Popop QueeNNaive - My Soul QueeNNaive on lo-fi discoduo, mille solist Sandra Z lõi 2007. aastal anti-pop liikumisena. Nüüd irooniliselt meinstriimi poole liikudes [...]