Tonight will see the final Small Hours programme take to the air. It's been a mainstay of Today FM for years. But at about 2am tomorrow morning, Donal Dineen will take off his headphones in the studio for the final time, and Irish music will be worse off for it. [Read more]
Sunken Foal's latest EP Richter Versions finds him re-interpreting Richter Collective artists Adebisi Shank, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and The Redneck Manifesto in his own unique way. Rather than cut and paste the component parts, Sunken Foal transcribed all of the performed instruments into a midi sequencer and arranged the parts for synthesizers. Download the release here and listen below. Micromachines by sunken_foal Stopwatch by [...]

A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of hits every week. Highlights : Oxegen weekend, Richter Collective summer bash, Janet Jackson, 10 Days Of Dublin kicks off, The Beach Boys & Brassroots. Tuesday 5th July Ruby Sessions : Stand, Skinny Machines, Aaron Finn, Seneca @ Doyles (€6, 9pm) Rua Unplugged: [...]
Sunken Foal is back with a new album on Acroplane Recordings.
The first video prescription of 2011 is here.... Hjaltalin - Traffic Music We Made God - Gizmo Sunken Foal - Cash Poor Dave I.D - Only Me I Can Save The Faint - Agenda Suicide S.I.T Wolf X

Pretty much everything Kieran Hebden has turned his hand to in '10 has turned to gold. His latest disc jockey mix comes courtesy of Fact magazine and its a stunner. Impeccable selection that showcases a couple of his forthcoming remixes and dance floor favourites from the likes of Luke Abbott, Floating Points and Mount Kimbie. In the midst of the mayhem is this boogie classic from Index. Miss this at your peril . Index – Starlight (break) (Download) Mary Anne Hobbs pulled the plug for [...]

A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin and beyond. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to leave your picks in the comments. Headline shows from Mountain Man, DJ Shadow, Slash, Shackleton, Cheap Freaks, Logikparty and the long-awaited album launch for Nouveaunoise (flyer pictured). Tuesday 29th June - Slash @ Vicar St (€42.40) Wednesday 30th June - Murmur Presents: 802s Movie Quiz [...]
Jun 16, 2010, 3:55pm
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The midsummer festivities are near and some of the MAP bloggers are already enjoying a well-deserved summer vacation, so this month's MAP edition shrinks to 28 songs and countries. Still it is a very enjoyable selection of the best music around the globe, so while you pack your swimming suit and sunglasses, listen to what [...]
Llega la mitad de Junio, y con ello una nueva edición del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), la red musical formada por más de 30 blogs que (casi) todos los días 15 nos trae sus reportes desde los rincones del mundo. Este mes celebramos el regreso triunfal de The Pop Cop , blog pionero en esta iniciativa y que el mes pasado sufrió su bajada por parte de Google. ¡Bienvenidos de vuelta! La edición actual coincidió felizmente con el lanzamiento oficial de Historial de Caídas, el nuevo disco de El Sueño De La [...]
sorry everyone for the late posting of this month's MAP , the monthly offering by bloggers from all over the world introducing the music from their respective countries. as always, we have our local music ambassador brian koh anchoring this segment, with his song recommendation of the month from the mysterious elsa x . SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Elsa X - Baby Steps On [...]

Pensaba escribir algo épico para esta nueva entrega de MAP , con todo y eso de que los blogs musicales siguen cayendo como moscas, pero doy asco con el drama, además en esta ocasión no me sirve la protesta ya que hay algo que celebrar y eso es el regreso de The Pop Cop , Jason lo ha conseguido, ha logrado recuperar sus archivos y ahora está de vuelta , felicitaciones a nuestro amigo escocés. Este mes SoTB no propone nada nuevo, más bien, hace un alto para recordar a una de las mejores bandas [...]

Here is this month's Music Alliance Pact, which somehow managed to be the only regular feature on The Pop Cop which wasn't a casualty of Googlegate . If you're a new reader, here's how it works: each MAP blog picks a song from their own country which is then made available as a free mp3 download on all of our individual blogs. Since MAP's inception in October 2008, it has been my job to take charge of the organising, editing and diplomacy, but because of youknowwhat, my colleagues in Romania, Babylon Noise , took [...]
Jun 15, 2010, 4:17pm
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Tuleb taas tõdeda, et Apelsin ei valetanudki ja aeg tõesti ei peatu. Alles ju oli viieteistkümnes kuupäev aga täna on jälle. MAPimaailm kihises vahepeal hoopis muusikakaugematel teemadel kui muidu - nimelt otsustas Google vahepeal MAPi algataja ja eestvedaja The Pop Copi kinni panna. Nüüd on see uues kohas jälle lahti. Eesti poolt panin seekord välja tõeliselt lärmaka vene juurtega rock'n'rolli. Läksime. EESTI : Popop Junk Riot [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Springlizard - Docks Of The Okinoh Two guys with acoustic guitars, ancestral melodies and lyrics, and Dreams Of The Wolf, a record with a limited edition of just 297 hand-made copies (you can get a digital version for free, just check their MySpace). Oh, and to Blogpartei readers: Springlizard will be touring Germany next August, so you better check them out! AUSTRALIA : [...]

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Fact: 14 of these countries are particpating in the World Cup. IRELAND : Nialler9 Sunken Foal - Sailing Architrades Signed to influential electronic label Planet Mu, Dunk aka Sunken Foal's music is a compound of stringed [...]
Jun 15, 2010, 6:00am
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Der Music Alliance Pact präsentiert euch monatlich eine Musik-Blogger-Playlist, die es in sich hat. Aus der Schweiz schickt 78s für die Juni-Edition Solange La Frange ins Rennen. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Springlizard - Docks Of The Okinoh Two guys with acoustic guitars, ancestral melodies and lyrics, and Dreams Of The Wolf, a record with a limited edition of [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Springlizard - Docks Of The Okinoh Two guys with acoustic guitars, ancestral melodies and lyrics, and Dreams Of The Wolf, a record with a limited edition of just 297 hand-made copies (you can get a digital version for free, just check their MySpace). Oh, and to Blogpartei readers: Springlizard will be touring Germany next August, so you better check them out! AUSTRALIA : [...]

28 songs, 28 music blogs, 28 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover Kafuka - Tracer Check the unreleased track from the underground Electronica, Hyogo, Japan. Kafuka ・just like 20th century's famous bohemian novelist - is an indie bedroom musician with ambient taste, playing lo-fi Guitar. Deeply weird, but satisfying post-rock with synthwave jams. [...]

It's the 15th of the month, 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 new band from our 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, several of the MAP blogs seem to have taken their summer vacation, so we're only 28 in the June edition. Lots of good music anyway! [...]

În primăvara lui 2005 niște oameni se adunau și formau probabil prima trupă de acid/nu-jazz din Romania. În decembrie, același an, erau prezentați de BBC ca fiind una din puținele trupe care promovează genul în țară. Luna aceasta vi-i prezentăm și noi în megacompilația MAP, care se poate descărca integral, de AICI . ROMANIA : Babylon Noise Butterflies In My Stomach - Another You [...]