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It's no surprise to anybody minding indie rock in recent years that things are happening in Portland, Ore. What's notable is that for the second year running our first big surprise of the year has sprung from that city. In 2008 it was slow-core dreamers A Weather , and in 2009 it is A Weather scene peers and sometime tourmates Point Juncture, WA . The five-year-old, self-described quartet (which curiously boasts five players in the splash photo at its web site) self-released its third record, Return To Elk , last fall, but Seattle-based indie label [...]
It was a small book So you kept it in your pocket And when you were on the plane You must have looked at it Over and over again The pastel probably stained Your fingers But the green just couldn't Help itself With those gleaning Little fingers. Andrew Bird - "Yawny At The Apocalypse" Broken Social Scene - "Passport Radio" Metric - "On The Sly" New Order - "Thieves Like Us" The [...]
It was a small book So you kept it in your pocket And when you were on the plane You must have looked at it Over and over again The pastel probably stained Your fingers But the green just couldn't Help itself With those gleaning Little fingers. Andrew Bird - "Yawny At The Apocalypse" Broken Social Scene - "Passport Radio" Metric - "On The Sly" New Order - "Thieves Like Us" The [...]
Here's the fourth installment of the only music-blog-based global initiative that I know of, Music Pact Alliance, which is best thought of as an indie-fied United Nations: hipsters tweaking their perfectly groomed 'staches and fluffing their v-necked chest hair whilst leading a discussion on the best music the world has to offer. As the first MAP of the new year, this edition aims (indirectly) as a guide for bands to watch for 2009. Whether you're from Brooklyn or the Balkans, you'll want to check out this list. As Nathaniel so eloquently put it last month: "Three [...]
MAP just keeps getting better and better. Again there have been new countries added to the mix and for the first time my colleagues at MAP have been given exclusive songs to share with the world. Check out each song individually or download the convenient .zip file at the bottom. AMERICA – I Guess I'm Floating Blind Man's Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man's Colour came on our radar in late '08 with three excellent Animal Collective covers. With their debut album, Season Dreaming , [...]
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #4 Quarto appuntamento con l'esperimento internazionale del Music Pact Alliance (riassunto delle puntate precedenti: qui , qui e qui ) e si aggiungono nuovi Paesi. Vi annoiate? La lista è troppo lunga da leggere? (devo ancora trovare un buon modo per fare i "post espandibili" su Blogspot). Commenti e consigli su come proseguire al meglio questa collaborazione sono sempre graditi. Per scaricare tutte le canzoni in un solo click, ecco il link . [...]
Every month on the 15th, we present Music Alliance Pact here on Eardrums. 21 music blogs from 21 countries all over the world present their favourite band from their own country. Eardrums represents Norway. Thanks to The Pop Cop -blog for the initiative. Here are this months MAP-bands: AMERICA – I Guess I'm Floating Blind Man's Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man's [...]
AMERICA – I Guess I'm Floating Blind Man's Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man's Colour came on our radar in late '08 with three excellent Animal Collective covers. With their debut album, Season Dreaming, coming out sometime in early '09 and Jimmy Dove as their first explosive single, they've got a good chance of becoming my favorite find of 2009 less than one month in. They've also got a free EP called Rainbow [...]
Oh my! Has it been that long since the last post? Let's face it, all in all 2008 was a crap year for music. But that's not to say that there weren't some highlights. So, without further ado, here are my top 15 albums of 2008. Oh! By the way, all the streams are of high quality and all the downloads are rotten quality. Remember to support the artists etc., etc. 15 - Slime and Reason by Roots Manuva [...]
Cuarta entrega de MAP y la primera para el 2009, esta vez el turno ha sido para la banda nacional Los Turbopotamos, con su más reciente sencillo "Terrorize You / Disco Flor", han dado que hablar mucho todo el año pasado y de hecho he tenido que incluirlos, la fuerza que va tomando este proyecto va en aumento y por medio de Zona Indie me entero que el periodista Facundo García del diario Página 12 de Argentino ha escrito un extenso artículo sobre MAP, puedes leer la nota desde aquí , o ver una imagen del [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is taking over the planet. We know this because Página 12 , one of the biggest newspapers in Argentina, featured our worldwide music sharing project in a full-page article last week. Our Spanish is a little rusty so we put the text through an online translator. What follows is possibly the most extraordinary words you will ever read... To communicate with songs. This is the slogan of Music Alliance Pact ("Agreement of Alliance of the Music"), a network of blogs that came already to twenty-two countries, including [...]
Good news : incepand cu 2009, babylonoise face parte din Music Alliance Pact (M.A.P.) o initiativa mondiala menita sa stranga muzica independenta si noua de pe intreg mapamondul in articole ce vor fi publicate in fiecare luna pe data de 15. Momentan sunt 21 de bloguri reprezentand 21 de tari, dar sper ca in curand MAP va putea deveni cu adevarat un fenomen muzical global cu bloguri din toate cele 192 de tari formand Natiunile Muzicale Unite . Ma preocupa problema globalizarii si cred ca MAP face numai lucruri bune promovand muzica independenta din locuri mai [...]
i can't believe it's been a month already! in this issue, we welcome the new addition to MAP , romanian blog babylon noise . interestingly, some of the bands featured this time round have certain geographical references, such as australian band the middle east and icelandic band singapore sling . our own singaporean entry is "jaded afghan" from i am david sparkle . i also have the pleasure of announcing that i am david sparkle has been selected at the sxsw festival in austin texas this march, so those of you who are planning [...]
I got kind of skeptical when other music blogs and music websites claimed that Animal Collective ' s new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion , could possibly be the album of the year. I mean, c'mon, a 9.6 from Pitchfork and barely a single negative review? It's a knee-jerk reaction for me to go against the grain when something is universally praised. There must be something wrong with this record right? Well after holding out for a few weeks, I gave in and had myself a proper listen. After listening to it over 5 times [...]
Boy In Static , the San Francisco duo of Alexander Chen and Kenji Ross, is set to release their new album, Candy Cigarette , in March. Before I get to some info about the new album, let's talk history. Chen's small demo album was originally discovered in 2003 by The Notwist (one of my favorite bands), which is totally unsurprising, considering their music sounds identical at times. Chen then joined Ross in 2004 to make a live band and the two have been Boy In Static ever since. Musically, Boy In Static appeals to those [...]
Just to preface our best of list of 2008: Some songs may deserve a higher spot than others, but the time it took just to compile our list should give each and every song on here enough deserved attention. We did our best to make a list of 100 songs we thought were great and left a lot of songs off we begrudgingly had to remove to abide by the 100 song limit. Our list is as accurate as we could make it, so song 100 all the way to number one represent our favorite songs and artists [...]
Last week's set included: Boneless Where In This World? This Room Stream the entire performance here. Visit The Notwist on MySpace. They recently debuted a clip for 'Where In This World?'. MP3: The Notwist - Good Lies
The top 10 albums "that made my head spin (in a good way)" from Chop Suey booker Pete Greenberg. read more
Eindelijk is hij daar dan (iets later dan normaal), de Feestelijke Vijftig van 2008 . En er valt iets te vieren, want het is de vijfde alweer in deze hoedanigheid en het is, als we zo bescheiden mogen zijn weer een fijne lijst geworden! De fijne leukste, beste en mooiste, gratis te downloaden songs van dit jaar in de enige juiste volgorde! 50. Telefon Tel Aviv - Helen Of Troy ( mp3 ) (Album: Immolate Yourself) Het uit [...]
Jorge Ben - "O Telefone Tocou Novamente" Broadcast - "Illumination" Albert Hammond, Jr. - "In Transit" The Notwist - "Gone Gone Gone" Asobi Seksu - "New Years"
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