After calling for entries earlier this year, Rolling Stone India has listed its nominees for the second edition of the magazine's annual metal awards. Awards in eight categories are up for grabs, and public voting via Facebook for three categories ( Best Metal Band , Best Metal Song and Best Metal Album ) has already begun with the voting closing on June 10. Each category has a maximum of five nominees and a total of 13 bands are in the fray. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on June 19. [...]

We had some server issues our first go around with Music Alliance Pact this month, but technology be damned - we're ready to unleash February's MAP of 2011! For those of you who don’t know about MAP, it’s a collection of thirty-five 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 35 nations spanning the globe. If you’d like to be considered for this feature, drop by the [...]
To download all 33 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Iguana Lovers - Bloqueada The history of Iguana Lovers goes as far back as 1991 when they released Universo, their first album, which had a limited run in cassette format. Along with big acts such as Babasónicos and El Otro Yo, they managed to create a whole new movement within [...]
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 New Delhi hardcore act IAFWAY 's 'Unsaturated' (from their debut EP Engravings ) as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. You can download ‘Unsaturated’ along with 32 other tracks from regions as [...]

15 de Febrero y ya es tiempo para una nueva versión del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop , de la cual Super45 es un orgulloso miembro desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes damos un abrazo de bienvenida a los amigos de Música y Más , quienes representarán a Venezuela de aquí en adelante. Nuestro destacado para Febrero es Namm -alias del músico electrónico y fundador del netlabel Jacobino Discos , Pablo Flores- cuyo último EP Saba ha sido publicado con licencia [...]

El Music Alliance Pact es sin duda uno de los proyectos bloggeros más interesantes ahora mismo. Por iniciativa de The Pop Cop , el 15 de cada mes se presenta una edición en donde 33 países destacan sus sonidos locales recomendándonos una banda. SoTB va girando en esto poco más de 2 años y hoy presenta nuevo episodio. En esta ocasión contamos con la participación de Kanaku & El Tigre , su música y estilo se han convertido prontamente en imprescindibles para el explorador musical. Y puedo estar seguro que así [...]

Star Slinger, England's representative as chosen by The Guardian Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Then the results are posted on those 33 blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. This month: Música y Más have been subbed in as Venezuela's representatives, and Birds Sometimes Dance ) have agreed to carry [...]

The 15th of the month = Music Alliance Pact day. It's the day that The Pop Cop takes full advantage of its tartan-tinted view of life to foist a musically-gifted so-and-so from Scotland upon the readers of music websites all across the world, and each of our MAP counterparts do likewise. Today's choice is REVERIE , you should get to know her... To download all 33 songs in one file click here [...]

MAP, eller Music Alliance Pact , er et samarbeid mellom 35 blogger (33 denne måneden) fra hvert sitt land rundt omkring i verden. Det fungerer sånn at alle representantene 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 singer-songwriter Jonas Alaska med låta "In The Backseat". klikk her for å laste ned alle 33 sangene i en fil NORWAY : Birds [...]

Este mês, no M.A.P., Portugal traz um artista mas também um projecto de um português. Com um espírito algo semelhante ao do Music Alliance Pact, a divulgação intercultural de artistas locais mas com a adicional tarefa de colocar músicos, de Portugal, Macau e Hong Kong, a colaborar conjuntamente, foi a ideia de David Valentim, para a compilação "T(h)ree". Esta, que é a primeira compilação de outras que se adivinham, com o mesmo objectivo, do lado português, teve a participação de: The Allstar Project, A Naifa, AbztraQt Sir QBalla, Bernado Devlin, [ch'os], Erro!, [...]

Luna asta vă propunem o trupă care deja şi-o construit un nume destul de mare pe scena românească, atât prin concerte dar şi prin mult lăudatul album de debut. Vorbesc de White Walls și al lor Mad Man Circus . Chiar daca muzica e mai agresivă decât ce-am avut pe aici în ultima vreme, e foarte bună, iar puţin metal nu strică niciodată. Photo: Ada Taleb ROMANIA : Babylon Noise [...]
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Jälle käes kuu viieteistkümnes kuupäeva ja aeg Music Alliance Pactiks. Kuna mina ja Lõuna-Aafrika esindaja oleme viimasel kuul liighõivatud olnud ja pole jõudnud MAPile omapoolseid lugusid seekord valida, tuleb leppida sedapuhku vaid 33 looga, aga järgmisel kuul olema taas tagasi. Venetsueelal ja Norral on sellest kuust alates uued esindajablogid, visake silm peale. Ja kuna ma olen tõesti päris hõivatud olnud, on MAP seekord tõlkimata, harjutagem inglist. Ja nüüd kuulama. To download all 33 songs in one file click here [...]

Bulan ini kita mengirimkan Pee Wee Gaskins ke Music Alliance Pact, karena kita kagum dengan perkembangan mereka dalam berbagai hal, terutama dalam hal musik dan banyak band bisa belajar dari mereka tentang pemanfaatan social-media, pengelolaan fans dan manajemen band. Jika kamu tidak suka lagu PWG, ini masih ada 32 lagu lainnya yang bisa kamu coba dari b... Read the rest

SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Elektone - Falling Into You Memories fade in and out of reality when it comes to Elektone's dreamy brand of electro-pop. Started by Zulfadly Amin, a graduate of our National Arts Council's Noise Singapore initiative, he and his merry band capture love and light waves as pangs of desire wash over Singapore's bullet-speed society. Taking a moment to enjoy Elektone's music is almost like allowing yourself to fall [...]
Arjun S Ravi takes a look back at the week in Indian music, tracking January 1-7. India . What a fantastic place to be, right? Where non-Bollywood, non-folk, non-classical musical diversity ranges from kickass to kvlt to keep-it-to-yourself-please. This week we published a brand new feature called Record Time , a collection of newly released albums and EPs that we have full streams of for your listening pleasure. This week, we had releases ranging from orchestral folk rock to thrash metal. Check out this New Delhi hardcore quartet IAFWAY ; [...]

Check out some new releases by Indian artists; we've got full CDs to stream for free on NH7! Snakeism (2010) Adam and The Fish Eyed Poets 11-track industrial/experimental rock album from the Chennai artist. Stream here . Murphy's Law (2008) Another Vertigo Rush [...]