Nikoo From: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands I've never been a believer in synchronicity but receiving an email about Dutch noise poppers Nikoo on the day after the death of Big Star 's Alex Chilton is making me reconsider. It's not that they're carbon copies of Big Star or any of Chilton's other bands but their songs fuse Big Staresque harmonies with the noise drenched rock of The Jesus & Mary Chain [...]
On Monday evening, I watched Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth for the first time. This 1976 film was the fourth that Roeg directed and I had already seen and enjoyed his previous three: Performance (co-directed with Donald Cammell), Walkabout and, particularly, Don't Look Now . Another reason I wanted to see the film was because it features David Bowie in the titular role of Thomas Newton. Newton is an alien on a mission to bring water back to his dying planet. Like Roeg's previous films, it's never completely [...]
There's really no way that I'm actually awake as this post hits the interwebs. We're shooting this post out into the ether just to say hello and wish our readers a healthy and prosperous 2010. One year ago today, we jump started Citizen Dick at midnight as the ball dropped, and it's been an amazingly successful and fun ride through the waves of 2009. Our goals are broad, our plates are full, and we're looking forward to an even brighter 365 day chunk. It's been a busy few weeks around here, and we've just wrapped up all of [...]
Bulan ini Tika & The Dissident didengar di 30 negara lebih sebagai wakil dari Indonesia. Untuk mempromosikan bahasa Indonesia dan menunjukkan bahwa kita mempunyai musik yang berkualitas. INDONESIA : Deathrockstar Tika & The Dissidents - Waltz Muram Known as the diva from the indie scene in Indonesia, Tika has a beautiful voice and smart lyrics with influences ranging from swing and lounge music mashed with eclectic orchestration. I [...]
Once more, here is November's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . 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. After the jump you'll find music from 32 nations spanning the globe. If you'd like to be considered for this feature, drop by the comments section with a link to your site and I'll forward [...]
In decembrie, imi este dat sa anunt ca propunere pentru Romania, la Music Alliance Pact, pe Byron, proiectul solo al lui Dan Byron, transformat intr-o veritabila formatie de rock alternativ, crescuta pe filon progresiv. Nu sunt singurul care crede ca Byron este cea mai buna voce a rockului romanesc...asta dupa ce si-a dovedit calitatile in Kumm sau in Urma. Dupa 3 albume Byron (doua pe bune si un acustic) pot spune acelasi lucru si mai mult: omul chiar stie sa compuna si sa croseteze muzical. Si a strans pe langa el muzicieni care nu sunt doar simpli mercenari. In cel [...]
Última edición del Music Alliance Pact del 2009, este cierre de año viene increíble, al presentar una canción que pertenece a posiblemente el mejor disco de rock nacional del año, me refiero a Inside The Corporation de El Hombre Misterioso nominado al Premio Luces del Comercio como Mejor Disco de Rock junto a otros discos de bandas igual de grandes que ya pasaron por aquí como los Plug-Plug o Los Protones . Inside The Corporation se presenta más sólido que Pez raro, su primer trabajo, el tono político, historias [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Coiffeur - Humedad Coiffeur is not the name of a band, but the alias of a young folk singer and songwriter from Morón, a city in the greater Buenos Aires area). Humedad is one of the finest songs from his third album, El Tonel De Las Danaides, which was released this year by Estamos Felices (Argentina's coolest independent label, you should check them out). AUSTRALIA [...]
there's always a sense of pride when we showcase the best of singapore music to the rest of the world through MAP , and all the more so when the spotlight is on a young new talent. this month, we're really excited to feature our youngest selection yet: 16 year old weiwen seah, who goes by the name for this cycle . thanks as always to our local music ambassador brian koh ! ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Coiffeur [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 33 of the world’s top music blogs and webzines from 33 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 33 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked Mumbai rock n00bs The Mavyns ' 'Greener Than The Sea' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. The song is a live recording from the band's recent set at the Blue Frog. The quartet will also feature on our annual [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Coiffeur - Humedad Coiffeur is not the name of a band, but the alias of a young folk singer and songwriter from Morón, a city in the greater Buenos Aires area). Humedad is one of the finest songs from his third album, El Tonel De Las Danaides, which was released this year by Estamos Felices (Argentina's coolest independent label, you should check them out). AUSTRALIA [...]
33 songs, 33 music blogs, 33 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover Sonic Attack Blaster - 20000Volt Sonic Attack Blaster, an alternative band from Tokyo's underground scene, call their music 'samurai rock'. Their songs actually have Japanese retro melody lines that give them an early-90s feel. Interesting and really rather weird. Their new album will be released in January. Sonic [...]
Even the impending joy-burst that is Christmas can't stop the inter-blogging juggernaut that is the Music Alliance Pact, which zooms along like a monthly version of Santa, bearing gifts of song via one chimney-sized post. For our final MAP offering of 2009, we've chosen a track by ambitious Edinburgh-based group THE KAYS LAVELLE but there are plenty of other golden nuggets to discover, including a Portuguese artist who released a song on a little-known Scottish label, plus MAP's first ever submission from the Netherlands, who are represented by [...]
O David Santos, mais conhecido por Noiserv, é mais um dos jovens músicos na área do pop-rock que nós, portugueses, não merecemos mas que merece estar na Music Alliance Pact e ser divulgado nos 34 países, de todos os continentes, que participam nesta aliança. Ele tem demasiado talento para um país que dá mais horas de "airplay" a um qualquer alternativo de Liverpool ou Manchester ou Brooklyn,
We haven't had a new Fresh from the Post feature in a while, so we've got something special. Here's a Dutch band who may or may not bring the in 'very' in the 'sexual' -- it's The Very Sexuals . I had the pleasure of having a Q and A with The Very Sexuals frontman, Joep van Son, who shared some his thoughts about dutch indie music, making a sountrack for a post-apocalyptic love and how showers and great band names are correlated - [...]
The Very Sexuals is a studio project founded in The Netherlands. They just released a new video for their single "Carla" taken off of their debut album Post-Apocalyptic Love . The full-length was released almost a year ago & it was being offered for FREE download at their official site ... & it still is! "Can You Promise Me The Sky Won't Fall On Us" | download The Very Sexuals | Myspace | [...]
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