
Tallinn Music Week celebrated its fifth birthday last week and marked its presence as one of the premier showcase events in the more discerning music fan's calendar. 233 artists from 20 countries were present for the event, performing across a variety of bars, caves, pubs, clubs and even shopping centres. Since emerging from Soviet rule in 1991, Estonia has edged ever forward to its current status as a progressive, vibrant and highly developed nation. It's known as one of the most wired countries in the world and enjoys a [...]
Bien avanzado enero les traemos la primera edición del año 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 destacamos a Los Embajadores, banda que prepara el lanzamiento de su álbum debut Faisanes , anunciado para marzo vía Michita Rex. CHILE : Super 45 Los Embajadores [...]

Bulan ini kabar bahagia menghampiri Belkastrelka yang musiknya terdistribusi ke 36 negara sekaligus, dan kamu pun bisa turut merayakannya dengan mengumpulkan 36 lagu-lagu dari band-band asoi pilihan dari 36 negara. Silahkan menikmati dan boleh juga lho disebarkan. 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 here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nubes En Mi Casa [...]

RUSSIA : Big Echo M A Y Г L E Y - Farfour С каждым месяцем Music Alliance Pact разрастается новыми участниками – теперь в «музыкальное ВТО» вошли Австрия и Южная Корея. От России на суд меломанов всего мира попала, пожалуй, самая интересная группа декабря – « M A Y Г L E Y », чья дебютная запись « crystal games », не [...]

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 Billie Van med låta “On My Knees”. Klikk her for å laste ned alle 34 sangene i en fil NORWAY : Birds Sometimes Dance [...]
Jan 16, 2012, 11:22am
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Uus aasta, uus muusika 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 here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nubes En Mi Casa - Aceleremos Nubes En Mi Casa is an indie-pop band led [...]
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 here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nubes En Mi Casa - Aceleremos Nubes En Mi Casa is an indie-pop band led by singer Josefina Mac Loughlin. Aceleremos is a preview from their upcoming second studio album, Me [...]
Realização: Rickard We Trust, o projecto de André Tentugal que abraçou muitos corações com o seu tema "Time (Better Not Stop", e que passou aqui com o vídeo com que ilustramos este post na altura devida, tem, desde Novembro, o seu álbum de estreia, "These New Countries", disponível, com muitos outros doces para descobrir como esta canção hoje incluída. Este mês, em exclusivo para o mundo, disponibilizamos o tema "Time (Better Not Stop)". Carregue no botão ícone do botão para tocar para ouvir os temas individualmente, caregue com o botão direito [...]

This month I give you Jeremy Loops, with his pedals and impromptu collaboration he is one exciting act on the local scene. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download a song, or grab a file of the whole 36-track compilation here . SOUTH AFRICA : Musical Mover & Shaker! [...]

ROMANIA : Babylon Noise Coughy - Precambrian Coughy are an experimental duo residing in Bucharest, featuring former and current band members of The Amsterdams. Therefore it is regarded as a creative playground where everything is accepted as a form of expression without the self-censorship required when playing in a regular and quite popular indie-rock band. ARGENTINA : [...]

SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Riot !n Magenta - CTRL Do androids dream of electric sheep? One thinks of such things when the contrast between the organic and inorganic meld together into a primordial blur of passion. Riot !n Magenta gently slip into the stream of your thoughts with Hayashida Ken's dark, pulsing rhythms and Eugenia Yip's wispful and forlorn vocal delivery. There's tension in every stem as the words haze through: "I [...]

Welcome to the 40th edition of the Music Alliance Pact, which takes a monthly snapshot of the world's best new acts according to music blogs from their countries of origin. For the first MAP of 2012, I've gone for Make Sparks , who have been getting stronger and stronger with every release and have a penchant for making attention-grabbing promo videos (see The Pop Cop feature here ). Keep an eye out for their new Part Of The Masquerade EP which comes out on February 28. Click the play button [...]
Jan 15, 2012, 5:00am
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Erster Music Alliance Pact des neuen Jahres: 36 Blogs aus aller Welt stellen ihre aktuellen Favoriten. 78s macht Blanket weltberühmt. SWITZERLAND : 78s Blanket - Hailey Fought The Law Want to watch a video starring the runner-up of the figure roller-skating world championships dressed as a rabbit? Here you go. Given that Blanket's accompanying song is a fragile and psychedelic piece of [...]

(c) Nikolaus Ostermann We’re thrilled to be part of the Music Alliance Pact (MAP), joining 35 music blogs from all over the world who have, since 2008, been showcasing artists from their respective countries by providing an MP3 each and posting them simultaneously on the 15th of every month. It’s our first time on the MAP, and we are delighted to kick things off with one of our absolute favourite bands who are about to release their fantastic debut album (can you tell we’re excited?): Diver. Right-click on the song title to download an [...]

Concrete Knives, France. 36 tracks from 36 countries. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks music bloggers to represent their home country and to pick a track that represents a nation. The results are posted on all of those blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. Ireland is represented by Collie Collins with a track taken from his EP produced by Monto . [...]
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 here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nubes En Mi Casa - Aceleremos Nubes En Mi Casa is an indie-pop band led by singer Josefina Mac Loughlin. Aceleremos is a preview from their upcoming second studio album, Me [...]