Anders from Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson became a friend after I posted their freshman release Unnoticed in a Tiny Town over at Digital Meltd0wn (where I also do time) & he wrote to me. If you don't know, YPOFH is a post-rock band from Bodø, Norway. As I said over at DM, their songs are haunting & skygazing epics combining electronic elements with soothing layers of dreamy guitars & pounding yet jazzy intricate beats. It is post-rock with a pop feel laced with spoken, sung & screamed vocals. One can dance to [...]
Norwegian post-rockers Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson are heading down to SXSW and will be playing a number of US dates on the way there and back: 03/07 - Pianos,Manhattan, New York City, NY 03/08 - Legion Bar, Brooklyn, NY 03/09 - Millcreek Tavern, Philadelphia, PA 03/10 - Tony's house, Ridgewood, NJ 03/11 - Savvas' house, Annapolis, MD 03/12 - tba VA 03/13 - Soapbox, Wilmington, NC 03/14 - The Coup, Clarksville, TN 03/15 - Bear's Oyster Bar, Shreveport, [...]
Blew.Me.The.Fuck.Away. Now, everyone who actually reads this obscure blog knows my feud with post-rock vocals. She's a heartless devil, stealing many a talented band away from their best sound because she must ruin almost everything she touches. Almost . The album opens up in a very light and airy way, feeling a lot like Signal Hill. Honestly, they could have made this album just off of the instrumentals alone, but the vocals are rally what set this band away from all the others. They're not used quite as much as other bands (The Appleseed Cast, [...]
Three doors down and doing the Charlestone by lazyacrerecords a compilation by Lazy Acre Records that compiling a dozen full of great pop musics. Including my favorite Solvor Vermeer, Uno Moller and I See Horses which i discovered earlier from Ben of Lazy Acre Records, and found nine other band absolutely worth to listen, mostly acoustic singer-song writer. ---- new stuff at the online store http://slantedtoys.bigcartel.c omm
Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson; call it post-rock with vocals if you like. Both the self-titled and their debut album Unnoticable In A Tiny City, Invisible In A Town got excellent reviews in Norway and a few other, international websites; but other than that, they've yet to receive the attention they really deserve. [...]
Tarde pero seguro, aquí les dejamos una nueva entrega de MAP , la red global de blogs musicales de la que Super 45 es parte. Este mes se suma a nuestro equipo el blog suizo 78s , a quienes damos la bienvenida. Como siempre, los invitamos a contarnos cuáles son sus canciones preferidas o señalarnos cualquier error que pueda haber con los links o textos. ¡Ojalá les guste la selección de este mes! Para bajar las 35 canciones en un archivo individual, hagan clic aquí . [...]
Once more, here is April'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 36 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 we'll forward [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Ivana Berenstein - Ahora The songs of young singer-songwriter Ivana Berenstein follow certain traditions from Argentine folk music, bossa nova and bolero, but add modern textures and harmonies to it. Ahora is the first single from her debut album No Te Duermas and has Coiffeur (check out MAP December 2009) as a guest vocalist. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell [...]
This month's MAP contains no new music from me, but instead an overdue inclusion of David Thomas Broughton. The only problem with introducing him to a worldwide audience is that he can never really be appraised on his music alone. It's not that his recorded output is anything short of ...
Próximos Conciertos: ¿Cuándo?: el 30 Abril, 2010 ¿En él?: Underpopfest 2010 ¿Dónde?: Lima ¿Hora?: 18:00 Acompañados por: Mi Jardín Secreto , Dolores Delirio y otros La palabra Globalización toma otro sentido y se renueva en manos de los 35 blogs que integramos el Music Alliance Pact (MAP) . Para el regocijo de todos los melómanos, que no se conforman con lo superficial sino que rompen cualquier frontera con la intención de explorar sonidos nuevos, llega un nuevo capítulo de MAP . Este mes contamos con la participación de los encargados [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Ivana Berenstein - Ahora The songs of young singer-songwriter Ivana Berenstein follow certain traditions from Argentine folk music, bossa nova and bolero, but add modern textures and harmonies to it. Ahora is the first single from her debut album No Te Duermas and has Coiffeur (check out MAP December 2009) as a guest vocalist. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell Are They? [...]
O Music Alliance Pact juntou mais um artigo sobre si à sua colecção. Desta vez foi o The Guardian que assinalou a existência deste grupo de benfeitores. Podem lê-lo aqui . Este mês, para além de termos mais um membro no Music Alliance Pact, a representar a Suiça, levámos até ao mundo os Youthless, projecto com uma edição recente, "Telemachy", em formato EP, na Optimus Discos. O duo dos Youthless, Alex Klimovistky e Sebastiano Ferranti, é provável que seja por vós conhecido, se seguiam os Three and [...]
Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson represent Norway this month. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 37 music bloggers across the world (now including Switzerland's 78s ) to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. MAP was featured in The Guardian last month. Ireland is represented in April by Belfast's Yes Cadets . Let the 37 song global mixtape begin.. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie [...]
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! Before I start presenting the bands, I have to recommend another project where you can get good music from all over the world and support a good cause at the same [...]
Apr 15, 2010, 2:31am
GLUE
This month's MAP post welcomes a fellow blogger from Switzerland that presents an indie trio based in Zurich. Representing Finland this month, we find the catchy pop metal sounds of Kärtsy, who has put aside cult metal band Waltari to release his first solo album next month. It is another great month of music, but [...]
35 songs, 35 music blogs, 35 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover NJ - La Sakura Cherry blossom season is almost over here in Japan. Its beauty is too short for us. But we have one good J-pop song about it called La Sakura by Tokyo duo NJ, who consist of female singer Jun and guitarist Nori. It has an oriental [...]
Apr 15, 2010, 2:00am
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Musik und Musikblogs gibt es wie Sand am Meer. Ein Mal pro Monat versucht der Music Alliance Pact, kurz MAP, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen. 78s und weitere 34 Musikblogs aus aller Welt präsentieren ihre Highlights. > mehr Infos zum Music Alliance Pact SWITZERLAND: 78s My Heart Belongs To Cecilia Winter - Eighteen In the past two years, [...]
Luna aceasta avem la MAP promițătoarea trupă Mono Jacks din București, cu piesa Maria. Dacă nu știți nimic de ei, veți recunoaște sigur vocea lui Doru, din fostul AB4. Mă bucur de fiecare dată când aud o piesă faină cu numele ăsta, pentru că - să fim serioși - trebuie multe piese să spele păcatele lui Ricky Martin și a domnului al cărui nume nu-l cunosc, dar cânta suav Maria, Maria, ce nume frumos, la fel ca sufletul din tine ; aceste 2 melodii care mi-o torturat copilăria și adolescența, toată lunea fiind suficient de simpatică [...]
this month, the local band we've been most excited about is b-quartet , which explains our rabid coverage of the band with both a beautifully written guest post by bani haykal and one of the most enjoyable interviews we've done. their new album conformity has replaced consciousness (yes, that line is from adorno, you frankfurt school faithful) has just been released, and sharing more about them this month for music alliance pact is our very own local music ambassador brian koh . it's great hearing this along with 36 other [...]
In case you missed it, last month The Guardian published a feature on this thing we do called the Music Alliance Pact, which is well worth a read . Here's how they explained the concept of MAP (for anyone who doesn't already know what it is): "On the 15th day of each month, [the MAP bloggers] cross post an identical list of every member's local band of the moment, accompanied by a description and sample mp3. MAP is a monthly global compilation tape from a not-for-profit musical cartel, one that exposes the bands (most untouched by [...]
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