
Sometimes you realise you've been writing about bands for years, and it slowly dawns on you that you might actually be the only one. A quick search on The Hype Machine shows that's not really true, but despite the fact that they've been around for a few years now, I don't think I've ever heard anything you might describe as buzz surrounding That Ghost. Unless I am completely wrong about that, which is entirely possible, it seems a little odd, if you ask me. They do lo-fi, they write pop songs, and these two things are [...]

Here's our latest month-in-review mix collecting some our favorite new (or new to us) songs recently posted on the website. Gathered in the mix are over a dozen new tracks that were posted on TheBayBridged.com in February, with links below to download each of them individually. Mixtape: Best of the Blog February 2012 Tracklisting: 1. Swiftumz – “More Than Sleep” 2. Sea of Bees - "Strikefoot (Live)" 3. Churches [...]

It's been a while since I've heard anything from That Ghost so I was interested to hear the latest EP. The EP is titled after his grandmother who died at a young age to cancer. He'd never met her but he had this photograph of her and it left him romanticizing her life, wondering what she was like. As a result, the songs sound heavy and haunted - hinting of a nostalgia for a past he himself never experienced. Heavy reverb and layered vocals make it sound all the more weathered and old. That [...]

Presentamos la edición de febrero de Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop, que compila canciones destacadas de músicos locales de más de 30 países, y de la cual Super45 forma parte desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes nuestros destacados son el quinteto Survey Team con el tema "Valdivia de Viña", adelanto de su próximo disco titulado Suriname . CHILE : Super 45 Survey Team - [...]

All of the free and legally downloadable track from the past week in one single download for your listening pleasure! TRACKLIST: 1. "Count On It"/Dunson 2. "The Too Men"/Zoo Animal 3. "In The Yard"/Bowerbirds 4. "Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)"/Grouplove 5. "Kicking"/Torche 6. "The Hypnotist (Sonny & The Sunsets Cover)"/Leatherbag 7. [...]

Lo-Fi artist Ryan Thomas Schmale, otherwise known as his stage name That Ghost , released an EP in about a week ago entitled Rosalind , named after his grandmother (whom I have to imagine is pictured in the photo above). This track, "Morning Now" is catching some ears and I figured the readers of MTIB would dig it. It's chill, a little John Lennon-esque. Check it out. Morning Now | Support The Artist Word, Kev

For those of you who don’t know about MAP, it’s a collection of 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. This month we've welcomed a representative from Columbia, El Parlante Amarillo . For the second MAP of 2012, we're excited to share a new track from an old favorite: That Ghost. UNITED STATES : I Guess I'm Floating [...]

Hemos llegado a la quincena de febrero y es momento de un nuevo episodio del Music Alliance Pact, disfrútalo, mientras que dure. Ahora todos cuentan con su reproductor individual, así que se te acabaron las excusas para que no escuches esta nueva compilación. Puedes escuchar las canciones individualmente, o descargártelas haciendo click derecho sobre ellas, también puedes bajártelas todas juntas desde aquí . PERÚ : SoTB Los Zapping [...]

Sejam bem vindos a mais uma edição mensal do Music Alliance Pact. Este mês, temos um novo país a participar, a Colômbia, através do blogue El Parlante Amarillo . Neste Fevereiro, a participação portuguesa é de Victor Ferreira, mais conhecido pelo nome do seu projecto, Sun Glitters. Victor nasceu no Luxemburgo mas mantem algumas das raízes portuguesas através dos seus pais e, agora, nos últimos tempos, com as visitas ao nosso país, para apresentar Sun Glitters ao vivo. A ele agrada-lhe, não só o interesse o seu projecto, mas também a aceitação que tem tido [...]

We've got another bonny collection of free songs from around the globe for you to check out in this month's Music Alliance Pact - the ones from Austria, Canada, Italy and Switzerland are particularly ear-pleasing. But let's start with The Pop Cop's choice of Scottish representative - an astounding effort from Glasgow-based Craig_FS ... 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 36-track compilation [...]

(c) Anna Kohlweis Why she is no longer mostly a bird we don’t know, but as Squalloscope Anna Kohlweis sounds graver, less cheerful than as Paper Bird. Nonetheless birds and other metaphors of freedom remain an important part of not only her blazer in the picture above, but also of her new album Soft Invasions, out on Seayou on March 16 ( listen to the album in its entirety ). Squalloscope is our second ever submission to the free monthly, worldwide Music Alliance Pact compilation. Right-click on the song title [...]

MAP, eller Music Alliance Pact, er et samarbeid mellom musikkblogger fra hvert sitt land rundt omkring i hele verden. Det fungerer sånn at alle 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 Storm The Bastille med låta “Circle Robotics”. Klikk her for å laste ned alle 34 sangene i en fil NORWAY : Birds Sometimes Dance [...]

Þá er febrúar útgáfa Music Alliance Pact komin í loftið í allri sinni fjölþjóðlegu dýrð. Fyrir Íslands hönd að þessu sinni tekur þátt hljómsveitin Vigri með lagið Animals" af plötunni Pink Boats sem kom út í fyrra. Eins og fyrr er allur texti á ensku en ég efa ekki að það vefjist nokkuð fyrir lesendum okkar. Njótið vel. 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 36-track compilation [...]