We've been trawling through a whole mass of videos recently and here are some of our favourites assembled for your viewing and listening pleasure. First up is Crybaby's video for excellent debut I Cherish The Heartbreak More Than The Love That I Lost , shot in the gloomy surrounds of Bristol hospital and is a noirish loveletter to the exquisite pain of a broken heart. a Hotly tipped Essex 4-piece The Milk's new single Broke Up The Family is [...]
Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" Directed by Vincent Morisset. Panda Bear - "You Can Count on Me" Directed by Danny Perez. Popstrangers - "What Else Could They Do" Directed by Luke McPake. The Darcys - "Don't Bleed Me" Directed by Mike Portoghese. Scissor Sisters Vs. Krystal Pepsy (Azealia Banks) - "Shady Love" Directed by Hiro Murai. Bookmark [...]
80 mins : 15 secs | 45.9 mb Jason Moore And The Lost Pages "Sunset's End" ( indie release ) Steps EP [ soundcloud ] website | myspace | facebook Solids "Whatevers And Neverminds" ( machette records ) Generic Dogs EP [ bandcamp ] website | myspace | facebook Kestrels "Ridicule" ( noyes records ) Primary Colours [ amazon ] website [...]
Official Website MySpace Facebook Twitter My 3rd CMJ Music Marathon was a blast. More so things I did around it which is stuff like attend tapings of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (so awesome!) meeting tons of new people (you know who you are *winkyface*) and the very few bands I was excited to see. Not [...]

I interviewed all of the bands at the New Zealand showcase CMJ event last week. This is the third of seven, a talk with Popstrangers .

A new generation of New Zealand acts is making its way to New York City next week to participate in a special CMJ Showcase, and by way of a preview for that evening (and akin to our previous time down under) TVD will sound a lot like New Zealand this week. We'll meet the bands and chat a bit about our favorite topic around here—rekkids. Day #4! Popstrangers! [...]

Art by Sachin Teng Hello Lovelies! Hope everyone had a great week! This past one was kind of slow for me as I only made it out to one show but it was pretty great! There were two local Toronto bands, Ohmno and Actual Water both of which I'll definitely be checking out again very soon. The third band on the bill was The Beets from New York and man oh man they were killer!! I hadn't given them a listen beforehand and glad I [...]

popstrangers is a grunge band from new zealand with true grunge grit produced in a non-lo-fi way. and thank god - cos i'm so fucking tired of the bedroom-chillwave bullshit.

We had some server issues our first go around with Music Alliance Pact this month, but technology be damned - we're ready to unleash February's MAP of 2011! For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of thirty-five 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 35 nations spanning the globe. If you'd like to be considered for this feature, drop by the [...]
To download all 33 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Iguana Lovers - Bloqueada The history of Iguana Lovers goes as far back as 1991 when they released Universo, their first album, which had a limited run in cassette format. Along with big acts such as Babasónicos and El Otro Yo, they managed to create a whole new movement within [...]
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. This month we picked New Delhi hardcore act IAFWAY 's 'Unsaturated' (from their debut EP Engravings ) as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. You can download 'Unsaturated' along with 32 other tracks from regions as [...]

15 de Febrero y ya es tiempo para una nueva versión del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop , de la cual Super45 es un orgulloso miembro desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes damos un abrazo de bienvenida a los amigos de Música y Más , quienes representarán a Venezuela de aquí en adelante. Nuestro destacado para Febrero es Namm -alias del músico electrónico y fundador del netlabel Jacobino Discos , Pablo Flores- cuyo último EP Saba ha sido publicado con licencia [...]

El Music Alliance Pact es sin duda uno de los proyectos bloggeros más interesantes ahora mismo. Por iniciativa de The Pop Cop , el 15 de cada mes se presenta una edición en donde 33 países destacan sus sonidos locales recomendándonos una banda. SoTB va girando en esto poco más de 2 años y hoy presenta nuevo episodio. En esta ocasión contamos con la participación de Kanaku & El Tigre , su música y estilo se han convertido prontamente en imprescindibles para el explorador musical. Y puedo estar seguro que así [...]

Star Slinger, England's representative as chosen by The Guardian Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Then the results are posted on those 33 blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. This month: Música y Más have been subbed in as Venezuela's representatives, and Birds Sometimes Dance ) have agreed to carry [...]

The 15th of the month = Music Alliance Pact day. It's the day that The Pop Cop takes full advantage of its tartan-tinted view of life to foist a musically-gifted so-and-so from Scotland upon the readers of music websites all across the world, and each of our MAP counterparts do likewise. Today's choice is REVERIE , you should get to know her... To download all 33 songs in one file click here [...]

MAP, eller Music Alliance Pact , er et samarbeid mellom 35 blogger (33 denne måneden) fra hvert sitt land rundt omkring i verden. Det fungerer sånn at alle representantene hver måned velger ut et band og en låt fra sitt eget land, og alt sammen samles opp og postes hos alle. Vårt bidrag denne måneden er singer-songwriter Jonas Alaska med låta "In The Backseat". klikk her for å laste ned alle 33 sangene i en fil NORWAY : Birds [...]