
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
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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
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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 [...]

Got a email from Steve of Old Crowns for a sneak peek of their full length debut (finally) For those that don't know, Old Crowns is a four piece band from Ottawa. Members consist of: Steve St.Pierre Joel Soucy Sam Seguin Alex Seguin This album won't drop on April 20, 2010. The funny ironic thing about it was that when I popped it in iTunes, their genre was "stoner country". The sound in this album is tight and [...]

It was a local bands night at Mavericks on January 9th. The show was suppose to be at Cafe Dekcuf but it got moved downstairs. Which is alot better because Mavericks has more room. Playing at the show were: Laurent Bourque The Amalgamation Old Crowns [...]

Wow that is some title for a show on December 12th. It was one of a few shows happening that busy crazy night. Decided to go for this one because it was a holiday theme show. Playing were: Paramedics Old Crowns The Love Machine The Reason (was there for abit) Keep Yourself Good Company (Missed out due to relying on the bus) Amos [...]