
It's the 15th of November, 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 band from our own 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! This month is kind of special for the us at Eardrums, since it's 1YEAR since we first started representing Norway in the Music Alliance Pact . Yay for us! I've [...]
Nov 15, 2009, 4:27am
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Jälle aeg igakuiseks uue muusika süstiks. Nagu ikka 15. kuupäeval, 34 värsket lugu üle maailma. Ja kohe võib hakata pakkuma lugusid detsembrikuusse. Aga läksime siis: EESTI: Popop Antonina - Itsuyorimo Kui Helene alustas muusika kirjutamist, mängis ta tänavatel, et saada taskuraha, lõi keskkoolis punkbändi, mis kaua ei püsinud ja laulis [...]
over the 12 months of being part of MAP , we've brought you the best of singapore music, from the established veterans ( concave scream , force vomit , astreal ) to the current flag bearers ( i am david sparkle , the fire fight ), spanning across genre from electronica ( MUON ), folk and acoustic ( jon chan , inch chua ), indiepop ( leeson ), post-hardcore ( a vacant affair ), and some good ol' rock ( nuance ), faithfully curated by our local music ambassador brian koh . this month, [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Entre Ríos - Frontera Finally we get the chance to showcase this great indie-pop band from Buenos Aires on MAP. Entre Ríos is a musical project led by Sebastian Carreras (vocals, keyboards, guitar) that has been around since 1998. Their first albums were recorded with Isol as the main singer, but since her departure in 2005 they've featured different guest vocalists live and in the studio. Frontera is a MAP-exclusive [...]
Dia 15 é o dia de Santa Aliança em que damos a volta ao mundo com tantos temas como os blogs aliados a esta Music Alliance Pact. Este mês, os representantes de Portugal são da Figueira da Foz e exigem roupa formal e disposição para gin tónico, dando preferência a quem domine o poker. É claro que nada disto é necessário mas a sua música leva-nos para os ambientes de um Casino. De um Casino Royal.

E 15 noiembrie, ceea ce înseamnă o nouă ediţie a megacompilaţiei MAP [download] . Silent Strike reprezintă luna asta România, iar dacă numele nu vă zice nimic, el e omul care a făcut muzica pentru reclamele promo la Sibiu, capitală culturală, în 2007. Silent Strike - 27 Silent Strike (Ioan Titu) is a 27-year-old electronic music composer and sound designer from Bacau. He is influenced by Aphex Twin, Future [...]

34 songs, 34 music blogs, 34 countries JAPAN: JPOP Lover Sebastian X - Tour Star People Sebastian X are an impressive Tokyo-based outfit with indie-pop and punkish leanings. Their brilliant debut album Wonderful World was finally released last week. The band, who don't use guitars, have catchy melodies driven by the cute pop vocal of Manatsu Nagahara. [...]
Bulan ini kami mengirim Santamonica sebagai perwakilan dari Indonesia ke forum Music Alliance Pact, semoga dengan ini musik berkualitas dari Indonesia dapat lebih didengar lagi. :) dan seperti biasa, apakah sudah siap keliling dunia melalui lagu-lagu terbaik bulan ini? Scroll sampai bawah untuk mendapatkan link download keseluruhan materi. ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Entre Ríos - Frontera Finally we get the chance to showcase this great indie-pop [...]
It's Friday. It's grey. This day feels like it's going in slow motion. The band Psychic Powers pops up on my computer and every thing fits. I easily fall for their new wave... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
I Don't Want To Stay In Wellington Remember back in June when we introduced you to Psychic Powers? Well Nik Brinkman ( Over The Atlantic ) and Alejandro Cohen ( Languis ) have just released their latest single 'Wellington' as a free download via the RCRD LBL website . The song was originally released (and is still available for purchase) on limited edition pink 7-inch vinyl as part of Geographic North's You Can't Hide Your Love Forever series. It's strictly limited to 300 [...]
We already know what Alejandro Cohen does during office hours but now he's filling his free time with a side project he's pulled together with Nik Brinkman called Psychic Powers. One of them is based in the States, the other in New Zealand and thanks to the wonders of the internet they make soft audio furnishings (not lounge I might add) like 'Special Boy' together. To these ears at least it's
I had a real problem trying to organize this mix, as it is all over the place. I didn't even realize how many remixes I had, until I looked at the final version. Anyway, enjoy your weekly variety and have a great holiday. TK Webb And The Visions - Teen Is Still Shaking Sam Champion - Be Mine Everyone Liz Durrett - Wild As Them Psychic Powers - Running Ed Laurie - Albert Lucy Schwartz - [...]