It's time for this month's Music Alliance Pact (MAP), where music bloggers from all over the world go together and present favourite bands from their own country. This month, MAP is even bigger than usual. We're joined by bloggers from China, Greece, India, Indonesia and South Africa, and the number of participating blogs, songs and countries are now as much as 31! My own favourites this time includes especially the incredibly beautiful music from South Korea's Sunkyeol, England's brilliant The XX, Indonesia's sweet, folky pop from The Whispy Hummers, New Zealand's dark and [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Baby Scream - Ups And Downs Baby Scream is a musical project led by Juan Mazzola, with the ocassional collaboration of friends such as Cristian Basualdo, Sebasti疣 Rubin and even Gilby Clarke's bassist Muddy Stardust. Mazzola writes pop songs with a strong influence from classics like The Byrds, The Beatles and The Replacements. This beautiful acoustic ballad was taken from the album with the same name, released last year in the [...]
Strap on, folks - the Music Alliance Pact is guiding you into some of the most diverse corners of Planet Earth this month. We've been joined by five more music blogs - representing China, India, Indonesia, Greece and South Africa - taking MAP membership to an all-time high of 31 countries. Not only is that three more than NATO, it's six more than the number of nations who took part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest final. However, you won't find any posturing superpowers or neighbourly favouritism in MAP. It's one country, one song. And as [...]
É 15, dia do mês para uma volta ao mundo em canções de, já, 31 países. Este mês juntaram-se a esta aliança musical global cinco nove blogues: Wooozy da China, Mouxlaloulouda da Grécia, Indiecision da Índia, Deathrockstar da Indonésia, e o Musical Mover & Shaker! da África do Sul.Quanto aos músicos portugueses a representarem o nosso país são os Ölga, rapazes que apesar de não terem começado ontem
El calendario marca 15 de Agosto y es tiempo otra vez de MAP (Music Alliance Pact), es increíble como va creciendo el proyecto, esta vez se han adicionado más blogs que incluyen a India, Grecia y Japón, increible. He estado preparando un post especial para la banda que representa a Perú este mes, las excusas no valen, pero el tiempo me ha jugado en contra otra vez, les adelanto algo. Serpentina Satelite se formo a finales del 2003 y definitivamente tendría que incluirlas dentro de la carpeta de "Bandas Interesantemente Prometedoras Nacionales" es perfecto [...]
MAP-ul vine cu alte cinci bloguri care acopera acum toate continentele cu exceptia Antarcticii: China - Wooozy Greece - Mouxlaloulouda India - Indiecision Indonesia - Deathrockstar South Africa - Musical Mover & Shaker! Din Romania, avem prima trupa autohtona de stoner, The: Egocentrics (tot din Timisoara, ca si Melting Karousel). Ma bucur ca au fost de acord ca una dintre piesele lor sa fie inclusa in MAP, pentru ca sunt chiar pe gustul meu si imi plac [...]
Lyrical pop duo Sridhar/Thayil played the Blue Frog on Wednesday, June 24. They played a full set of material from a promised debut album and were joined on stage by Grandmaster Jo (tables), Amit Ahuja (bass) and Siddharth V (violin). We were there for the *slight creepyness* show performance. Notes Clubs suit S/T far better than outdoors. We last caught them at the Kala Ghoda Festival, and the details were lost in the atmosphere. Their music continues to evolve. Some songs have benfitted greatly with the addition of [...]
Indiecision's picks of the best gigs to attend this week in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore. Meaty and beaty. Mumbai It's rare that one has five gigs to choose from on a single night in any city in India. Thursday night sees Mumbai play host to five different performances by five different artists at five different venues from Churchgate to Andheri. But more when we get there. Kick off your gig week with metal act Reverrse [...]
It's about that time of the year again when we love the weather. For a few weeks before we start hating it (as it engulfs our roads and our homes). But right now, we're all, "Hey rain, you're awesome!" To celebrate that feeling, we've created our very own deluge-ional mixtape. Cloud Ten is a selection of ten free MP3s we've put together, along with specially created artwork, that we think should keep you in good company till your house goes under. Download Cloud Ten !
We met contemporary urban pop duo Sridhar/Thayil after their gig at the Kala Ghoda festival last weekend and they told us that the setup for their 'Opera Noir' would pretty much be the same as their live act setup - the two protagonists and their laptop. They promise that the Opera Noir will be "a confrontation between a ghost and a soprano... a dark Indian twist to opera." Scheduled as part of the Prithvi Festival, the performance is "an excerpt from 'Conversation Mysterieuse', a work-in-progress original opera". The opera debuts tonight at 8pm at the [...]
Your guide to the top gigs in town (Mumbai town), weekly. Mumbai's got another great gig week lined up. Indiecision interview alums Sridhar/Thayil play two dates in Mumbai this week. If overpriced gate charges and Italian food is your thing, catch them at il terrazzo on Wednesday, Feb 11. Otherwise, head to the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Sunday, Feb 15 and catch their brand of contemporary urban pop. International jazz act Metro play a date at the St Andrews [...]
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