
Presentamos la edición de mayo de Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop, que compila canciones destacadas de músicos locales de más de 30 países. Este mes destacamos a la promesa house local Daniel Klauser con el track "Simply swag", extraído de su más reciente lanzamiento publicado este año por Diamante Label , casa discográfica que encabeza. CHILE : Super 45 Daniel Klauser - [...]

SoTB forma parte desde 2008 del Music Alliance Pact, una comunidad musical fundada por el blog escocés The Pop Cop y que tiene como misión ofrecer distintas propuestas musicales de más de 30 países. Estamos justamente en la quincena de Mayo y es momento de otro episodio de la globalización musical. La edición de este mes cuenta con la participación del nuevo proyecto de Francois Peglau y Jules Drade, esa genial y prometedora fusión que lleva el nombre de Audioley Clic en el botón de play para escuchar cada canción, clic-derecho para descargártelas una por una [...]
Despite encountering some of the worst case scenarios, Canada's The Rest can finally say they are releasing their sophomore record, Seesaw. Their music video for "Always On My Mind" was filmed just this past April in one continuous take with the help of 30 people and a couple furries. The track and video give a [...]
It hasn't been easy for The Rest to get to the point of being able to release their latest record. From the get-go, things were shaky: Dan Achen, who had produced the band's first two albums, suddenly passed away while playing hockey. The Rest forged on, deciding to honour Achen by continuing to record in his converted church studio, "in the same manner that we would have if he were there." From there, everything went ahead as well as it could have, but just as quickly as Achen left them, so too did the hard drive that held every [...]
AAS, sahabat kami dari ujung Sumatera sana menjadi duta yang mewakiliki Indonesia dalam Music Alliance Pact May 2012. Melalui distorsi tebal nan mentah dalam 'Bonaparte' , mereka sukses menjaga martabat Indonesia bulan ini. Hantam! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con [...]

The upcoming album, SEESAW , from Ontario seven-piece The Rest is one that almost didn't happen. After working on the full-length for over a year, a hard drive malfunction erased the entire nearly-completed record. Five months later - after a trip to a company specializing in airplane black box recovery - the group had its recordings back, which was quite a stroke of luck for both the band and our ears. The album's third track, "Always On My Mind", exemplifies all that's best of the band with sparse, dissonant, jangly, guitars supported by [...]
Ben ritrovati al consueto appuntamento mensile con il progetto MAP - Music Alliance Pact : la bellezza di 34 blog di tutto il mondo hanno selezionano per voi una nuova band interessante del proprio Paese, ve la presentano e vi regalano una canzone. Un ottimo modo per scoprire nuova musica in modo non convenzionale. Per chi volesse capire di cosa stiamo parlando, questo è il riassunto delle puntate precedenti . Trovate l'elenco completo del MAP di questo mese e il link per scaricarlo dopo il [...]
Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con Mariano - Ey, Esa No Es Forma De Decir Adiós PVACCM is a psychedelic rock duo (Mariano, drums and vocals; Prietto, guitar and vocals) [...]

O projecto T(h)ree, uma iniciativa tomada a cabo por David Valentim de colocar bandas/artistas lusos a colaborar com bandas asiáticas, mesmo que nunca partilhem um estúdio, e que tinha já passado pelo Music Alliance Pact em Fevereiro de 2011 com o "Volume 1", regressa a este espaço de partilha global com um tema incluído no "Volume 2". Nesta edição as bandas portuguesas colaboram com artistas das Filipinas e Singapura. No Volume 1, os projectos nacionais tinham trabalhado com músicos de Macau e Hong Kong. No "Volume 2" participam, do lado português: Pop Dell' [...]

Time once again for a musical journey 'round the globe with the Music Alliance Pact. By now you should know the drill: Quick Before It Melts joins over 30 other international music blogs to bring you the best their country has to offer each month, then posts the whole she-bang on each others' site for all to enjoy. I'm very happy to be showcasing The Res t in the May edition, as they're spending the month slowly revealing their new album, SEESAW song by song (you can catch up on the whole story about [...]

35 tracks from 35 countries. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks music bloggers to represent their home country and to pick a track that represents a nation. The results are posted on all of those blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. Ireland is represented by Not Squares . Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or [...]

This month I present you with Nate Maingard as well as songs from across the world. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download a song or a file of the whole 34-track compilation here . SOUTH AFRICA : Musical Mover & Shaker! Nate Maingard - The Open Space Nate Maingard is an indie-folk singer-songwriter from Cape Town [...]

Þá er komið að maí útgáfu hins alþjóðlega samstarfsverkefnis tónlistarbloggara Music Alliance Pact . Að þessu sinni er það hin efnilega sveit The Lovely Lion sem kemur fram fyrir hönd okkar íslendinga og sem fyrr er hér einnig að finna nýja og ferska tóna frá öllum heimshornum. Hægt er að ná í öll lögin til niðurhals með því að smella hér . Líkt og áður er allur texti á ensku en það ætti nú ekki að vefjast fyrir lesendum geri ég ráð fyrir. ARGENTINA : [...]
Given and Taken in Ink - May 2012 from gtimusic on 8tracks . As usual, this month's mix is a collection of songs featured on GTI over the past month, along with a healthy dose of stuff in the "to-be-written-about" pile. One day... Let me know what you think in the comments section. Or by clicking the heart icon above. It's the Internet; e-hearts are worth their weight in gold. Anyway, here's the playlist: 1. Passion Pit - Take a Walk 2. Races - Year of the [...]

We all know the well told struggle of not being able to get out something. Hamilton's The Rest , knew this story all too well. They wanted to release their new record, SEESAW , in April 2011, but unfortunately that didn't happen. The record, in the first place, was a dedication to their friend and producer of their 1st 2 records, who died suddenly after a heart attack. So carrying this heavy emotional burden with them already, The Rest, lost their record through a hard drive malfunction, which deleted everything they had recorded. [...]

SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Sze Kiat - Once In A While No man is an island, yet one gets the sense that the musical ideas that transpire in Sze Kiat's mind were born from the stillness of time. There's an unhurried approach to his songwriting and an intimacy that evokes a strain that could only come from a sort of crying out from some terrifying or forsaken place. Featuring traditional Chinese stringed [...]

An abbreviated edition as we're busy honoring the mothers of our children and ourselves. Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms out there! The Rest to release See Saw We've received some great news from the Canadian band, The Rest . This post-rock outfit has targeted June 19 as the release date for their long awaited LP, See Saw . In anticipation of this event, The Rest is offering a free single each [...]

mp3 || The Rest - Laughing Yearning So June 19th is the date the world will finally get to hear the mammoth effort that is SEESAW via AuteurRecordings . And a mammoth effort it is. Not to mention the sad death of their good friend and producer of album one and two who passed away suddenly the band were further hindered by a hard drive glitch that erased almost all traces of the mixed and recorded album tracks. It looked like the album would never [...]