MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT // FEVEREIRO 2014 com THOMAS ANAHORY (PT)

Thomas Anahory é uma das novas grandes promessas do pop/rock nacional, com uma força criativa espantosa e, apesar de uma curta carreira, com uma capacidade de criar potenciais grandes singles.

Thomas é, claramente, um músico influenciado pelo pop/rock americano, não só pelas referências que menciona, mas também pelo seu som. Se não soubessemos, diriamos mesmo que ele era norte-americano.

Thank Your Lucky Stars é o seu novo álbum a que devemos prestar atenção e, este mês, apresentamos Thomas ao mundo, através do Music Alliance Pact, com o seu tema "Hey Hey", single deste novo disco.




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ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Jimena Lopez Chaplin - Hombre Estrella Jimena Lopez Chaplin is one of the finest emerging voices from the local scene in Buenos Aires. She has been a part of different musical projects, including the Varias Artistas collective formed by Lucas Marti. However, in order to fully appreciate her songwriting and musical talents, you should listen to her two solo albums, Ojos De Plástico (2009) and El Espíritu De La Golosina (2013). Hombre Estrella is a magnificent rendition of David Bowie's Starman, with Spanish lyrics and arrangements by Jimena.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? Promise Land - Recall Promise Land is the new project of visual artist Johann Rashid (also a member of Melbourne post-punks Eastlink) and producer Paul Harmon. Their first single Recall has just been released on Hole In The Sky, the imprint run by Modular band Canyons. The track aims to inject a bit of the occult into contemporary urban life, with deep noir production from Harmon featuring eerie vocal samples and an agitated no-wave tick. Meanwhile, Rashid delivers a slick, strained flow that's almost closer to chanting than song.

CANADA: Quick Before It Melts Look Vibrant - Sweater In The Lake The battlefield is set: an infantry of soldiers carrying swords made of static, a volley of cotton candy-covered cannonballs and the melodic noise of instruments imploding. This is the sound of Montreal's Look Vibrant in their element. Surrender now and face aural annihilation.

CHILE: Super 45 Jumper Joy - Calma Que No Jumper Joy is the moniker for musician and composer Diego Palma who, since 2013 and after being a member of El Último Dinosaurio, decided to go solo on this playful power-pop project, splattered with references to psychedelia and shoegaze. Calma Que No is taken from his second EP released in January.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo Moonetz - Luces En Tu Cielo It's always good to hear Bogotá trio Moonetz making dreamy electro-pop. Formed by Luna Baxter, Juan Pablo Uribe and Sebastián González, they released their debut album A New Direction at the end of 2013. Check out the very cool video for Luces En Tu Cielo.

CUBA: suenacubano.com X Alfonso - Reverse If we want to make room for protest and reflective songs at the expense of the banal and meaningless then we need more like this one. The track Reverse also gives its name to an album which X Alfonso released in 2011 as "antibiotic art". The song deals with social issues, while its rock style, with shades of Cuban tones, injects excitement and motivates us to listen carefully. The Reverse album was spawned from the Cuban Art Factory, a cultural project which opened a new institution in Havana this month.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian Negash Ali - What You Got He's been a force on the Danish hip hop scene since he was 16 and with three albums under his belt at the age of 23, Negash Ali releases what he describes as his best work yet with the African Dream EP on February 17. Here's the awesome What You Got as a MAP exclusive free download (with video to match) and also check out the video for new single Fire In The Sky.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera Tornadu - Soft Battery Imagine a video game from the very first Nintendo console where the main goal is to attend post-punk concerts. As odd as it sounds, that's what Tornadu's music reminds us of. Strangely futuristic yet so rooted in that analog 8-bit sound that filled our childhood with so many fun and thrilling moments, producer Gennaro De Santis opens the portal into his musical world with Soft Battery, taken from his debut Diodes EP. Tornadu plans to make a full-length album in the near future, but for now you can get the rest of his songs and some remarkable remixes on Beatport and iTunes.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria Mariela Condo - Flor De Quebrada Mariela Condo is one of the most stunning, deep and authentic voices of Ecuador. She represents a new face of contemporary Andean music. Her second album Vengo A Ver also shows Mariela has everything it takes to become one of the new icons of world music.

 ENGLAND: Drowned In Sound Johnny Foreigner - Le Sigh Johnny Foreigner (or JoFo as they're more affectionately known) make the kind of yelping indie-pop that's brash and infectious. On the surface their fast-paced skittering squall has so much joy, but beneath the ornate bush of guitars and rimshots there's always this hint of frustration with the world, with romance or in Le Sigh's case, they can be found wrestling with both: debunking the myth of late-night love in the clubs and kebab shops of Solihull (or any other small town).

FINLAND: Glue Bypassers - Heaven Knows I Was Gonna Choose It Heaven Knows I Was Gonna Loose It Bypassers are from the city of Tampere, which is called the Manchester of Finland. Coincidentally or not, these four guys find inspiration in classic Manchester bands Oasis and The Stones Roses to create some powerful guitar-based Britpop. Bypassers have recently relocated to London, from where they have released a very solid debut EP which includes this easy-to-remember song title Heaven Knows I Was Gonna Choose It Heaven Knows I Was Gonna Loose It.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda Ruined Families - Only Need Is Real Ruined Families' album Blank Language radiates a desperate, ramshackle charm that runs counter to the ferocity and frigid gloom of the music. Their blistering, rowdy post-hardcore and punk has a powerful, raw intensity; there are sharply dissonant, throat-wrenching and angular groans, stutters and roars; the thundering drums and braying guitars pummel relentlessly over the breathless hurtle of nine exhilarating songs. Listen to the explosive, emotionally overwhelming Only Need Is Real and watch the brilliant video for Pedestal with compiled footage from their recent European tour.

INDIA: NH7 Gumbal - Albatross Arjun Iyer and Satish Sridhar make up Gumbal, a brand new electro-pop project based in Mumbai. Their first public offering is A For, an EP spawned from a couple of days of songwriting and recording, all of it constructed in the key of A. Iyer and Sridhar's influences from their previous melodic alt-rock project Eatshootleave have definitely crept into Gumbal, giving it plenty of catchy melodies, quietly confident vocals and an urgency that's much welcome in this style of music. Fans of A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Incubus and Radiohead will like this. Albatross is our much-fought-over pick off A For, though the EP is quite the trip when listened to from start to finish.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Danilla - Buaian Danilla is a young woman who sings about attraction in the style of 1950s Indonesian romanticism. You won't be able to resist the swing of her graceful alto vocals. Her debut album Telisik is available to purchase via iTunes.

ITALY: Polaroid Sin/Cos - Away Lush electro-pop with a soul, and a lot of autotune and harmonizer too. This is the sound of a young man struggling with his feelings. Darkness and light fight each other, and in the middle stands the voice of Maolo Torreggiani (My Awesome Mixtape/Quakers And Mormons), the main instrument in the first Sin/Cos album Parallelograms.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies Hideo Nakasako - Groove Me Despite the title, Groove Me is not totally devoted to the dancefloor. Osaka beatmaker Hideo Nakasako definitely adds in plenty of feet-moving elements, it just takes a little bit to really kick in. The first minute of this washes over the listener, leaning towards being contemplative. Then the drums zip in and it goes off in a new direction, further pushed onward by sliced-up yelps.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta Skimmed - Isobel Skimmed bring together an affinity for producing brooding, intense tracks infused with 60s pop sensibilities to create what are essentially pop songs with a deeper, darker and more intimate element. Isobel is one of the more haunting tracks on their 2013 debut album Summer Lovers.

MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Los Blenders - Surf De Amor The band's Facebook profile announces: "The Blenders stole your dad's hairdo, your mom's panties and your sister's heart." Surf De Amor is a great surf/lo-fi song adorned with 70s aesthetic, which inevitably suggests long cars, large tufts and many fans surrounding this band from Mexico City. Its video will give you a bigger picture.

PERU: SoTB Los Mostos Verdes - Calima The music of Los Mostos Verdes is predominantly reggae mixed with rhythms such as dub, funk and rock to achieve a more universal sound. In 2013 they released their first album with 10 innovative tracks that convey positivism and happiness. Calima is its first single.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Thomas Anahory - Hey Hey Thomas Anahory is a true beach boy. When he is not writing and playing his songs, he spends his days on the coast bodyboarding. Thomas says he is inspired mostly by American rock classics such as Bob Dylan, The Doors and Bruce Springsteen, but his music is also reminiscent of 80s bands The Long Ryders, Miracle Legion and The Alarm. Hey Hey is taken from his newest album Thank Your Lucky Stars.

PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie Juventud Crasa - Despúes Del Tiroteo Puerto Rico's decade-plus punk veterans Juventud Crasa are one of the island's most beloved bands. Their "California via Spain" style has resulted in a polished yet abrasive sound that is instantly recognizable and catchy as hell. The band recently released a split 7" EP with local up-and-comers Tus Idolos, which opens with the explosive track Despues Del Tiroteo.

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise Violent Monkey - Funk Strikes Back Violent Monkey are a band from Bucharest who are influenced by funk and Motown, as well as electronic music.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop The Second Hand Marching Band - This Is The Story For an exuberant folk-pop collective whose membership has been as high as 23, each with an assortment of extravagant instruments in tow, one of the most remarkable things about The Second Hand Marching Band is the fearlessness they show in confining a song to a single vocal and acoustic guitar if that's what they think works best. In 2010, they gathered some homespun EPs and rarities into a charming release titled Compendium. Since then they've been recording in ad hoc spaces to weave their debut album proper, A Hurricane, A Thunderstorm. Out on March 2, it's a triumph of diversity, veering from bellowing, unpretentious pop to sparse, poignant laments.

SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie Big Phony - Bedford Stop Singer-songwriter Big Phony released his first album in 2005 and has since put out several more, most recently the twin offerings of acoustic album Bobby and the more electronic pop-oriented Long Live The Lie earlier this month. The sweet and addictive Bedford Stop appears on both, but this is the comforting, home-recorded version that opens Bobby. Big Phony is headed for SXSW next month.

SPAIN: Musikorner Being Berber - Anthem Being Berber describe their music as a "pile of re-used beat up cassettes for road trips". The grandiloquence of M83 is easily noticeable as their main influence. Not afraid of delivering a song that's easy to sing along to, what we have is a real Anthem.

UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Tender Mercy - In Us Louisville's Mark Kramer (aka Tender Mercy) crafts softly dramatic experimental folk ballads that analyze the hypnotic ability of sound. This type of music is challenging, even in its simplicity, so give it a few spins, let go and sink in.

JAGWAR MA - "WHY´D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU´RE HIGH?" (ARTIC MONKEYS)

JAGWAR MA - "WHY´D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU´RE HIGH?" (VERSâO DE TEMA DOS ARTIC MONKEYS / ARTIC MONKEYS´SONG COVER )

SAVAGES - "STRIFE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

SAVAGES - "STRIFE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Broken Bells - The Changing Lights (Ao Vivo para La Blogotheque)

Broken Bells - The Changing Lights (Ao vivo para  La Blogotheque)

THE ORWELLS - "DIRTY SHEETS"

THE ORWELLS - "WHO NEEDS YOU" ´(AO VIVO NO LETTERMAN)

I BREAK HORSES - "YOU BURN" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT // JANEIRO 2014 com YOU CAN´t WIN, CHARLIE BROWN (PT)

A  cinco dias da edição do álbum dos You Can´t Win, Charlie Brown, "Diffraction / Refraction" (capa na foto), levamos a banda ao mundo, através do Music Alliance Pact, com o single "Be My World", que antecedeu "After December".

A propósito de "Diffraction / Refraction",  os You Can´t Win, Charlie Brown tocarão no Centro Cultural de Belém, no próximo sábado, dia 18. Na compra da revista da Time Out", desta semana, encontrarão um cupão que vale, na compra de um bilhete para o concerto, outro grátis.



Conceito, animação e realização  por Tomás Sousa.



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ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Queridas - Drama Bomb Andrés Yeah is the lead guitarist of Mi Nave, an up-and-coming band from Rosario's independent music scene. Queridas is his solo project, full of songs with melancholy, reverb and shoegaze guitars. Drama Bombo is one of our favorites.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? Head Clouds - Mirror's Image Head Clouds are a Gold Coast band who have been busy working on their debut LP for more than a year. Mirror's Image may be the first track we've heard from them but it's definitely no wallflower. Jaykke Maddison is a less erratic version of Wild Beast's Hayden Thorpe; there's hardly room for shirking away with that falsetto. A glorious trumpet crescendo and thoughtful lyricism lights up this track. A band to watch.

BRAZIL: Meio Desligado Boogarins - Lucifernandis Os Mutantes, the psychedelic tropical band from the 60s, is one of the main influences of Boogarins, besides affinities with contemporary artists such as Tame Impala and Of Montreal. Lucifernandis is the opening song of their debut album, As Plantas Que Curam, released in 2013.

CANADA: Quick Before It Melts Teledrome - Boyfriend Calgary, Alberta, best known as the home of an annual Stampede and being firmly rooted in cowboy culture, may be the last place you'd expect a synth-based power-pop-punk outfit to emerge from. But Teledrome is the latest cultural contradiction to come from Cowtown, and perhaps one of its finest. Boyfriend is a sample of the synth-laced solemnity offered up on their soon-to-be-released album.

CHILE: Super 45 Kinetica & Motivado - Hoy Quiero Kinetica & Motivado brings together Chilean producers Emiliana Araya and Mario Martinez. Although we have previously highlighted both projects separately, their joint work deserves its own limelight. Mixing Kinetica's mysterious, nocturnal vocals with Motivado's tropical beats, their collaboration gives rise to sensual, intelligent electronic music. Their first single, Hoy Quiero, was released on Chilean label Discos Pegaos.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo El Otro Grupo - Balada Pop From Santa Marta, near the Atlantic coast, and Sierra Nevada come this trio of very young members who are ready to unleash their music to the world. They use the name El Otro Grupo ("The Other Group") and they make something called 'pop noise', a mix of catchy melodies and experimental sounds. You can also enjoy the video for MAP track Balada Pop.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian J. Arlin - Since November J. Arlin, an Australia-based Dane, released his third EP in December, Heartbeats Of Polaroids, with five folk-rock tracks. The least folk-ish and most rock-ish is Since November, which is one of those songs that reminds you of so many others yet still carries its own weight in all its pleasing pop-rock-ness, and comes to you here as a MAP exclusive download.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera NUX - Criogenización Dominican hard-rock act NUX comes back into the scene with a new single. Their blasting energy is still intact after a couple years of silence, accurately singing about cryogenics, complete with mind-blowing guitar solos, war cries and haunting pauses.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria Estéreo Humanzee - Ganimedes (live) Estéreo Humanzee is one of the most active bands in Quito's indie scene. Their experimental music combines different elements of house, pop and electroclash. With three albums under their belts, Estéreo Humanzee's next release is a new live record of their European tour.

ENGLAND: Drowned In Sound Her Name Is Calla - The Roots Run Deep For several years, Leicester's Her Name Is Calla have been an evolving beast of a band. They've always had a darkness and grandness to their post-rock walls of wailing guitars painted with serpent-slaying strings, but this first taste of their forthcoming album Navigator hints that even with pixellated digital landscapes they can still cast a shadow over your soul.

FINLAND: Glue June's Garden - Song Of A Drinking Man Five-piece band June's Garden find inspiration in traditional Americana to deliver smooth acoustic rock with Finnish sensitivity. New single Song Of A Drinking Man is also available via Bandcamp with a B-side.

FRANCE: Yet You're Fired Bloum - Faith Bloum is a young electro-pop band from Paris who are quite new to the French scene. After releasing several singles in 2013, they are ready to drop an album in the forthcoming months. Influenced by artists such as Four Tet, Burial, XXYYXX and Nicolas Jaar, they've inherited from them cold, heavy basslines. On Faith, the band sounds like a crossover between Kavinsky and Miss Kittin, and that's enough for us to keep an eye on them.

INDIA: NH7 As We Keep Searching - The Tattva Not much independent music comes out of the state of Gujarat, so when As We Keep Searching sprouted out of nowhere a month ago with The Tattva, we just had to bite. The post-rock/ambient three-piece are in the process of releasing a slew of singles that will culminate in their debut album. The Tattva, with easily relatable lyrics in Hindi, talks of a search for love. As We Keep Searching have promised songs full of emotion, and they've delivered.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Protocol Afro - Electrified Protocol Afro consist of six young guys who love Two Door Cinema Club, Phoenix and other good music to dance to. They have opened for several international acts and are one of the most hard-working indie-rock bands in Jakarta.

ITALY: Polaroid Fitness Forever - Hotel Flamingo Naples act Fitness Forever have just released their second album Cosmos, once again on the legendary Spanish label Elefant Records. Between Burt Bacharach and the 70s soundtracks of Piero Umiliani, a disco touch and the poetry of Lucio Battisti, I wanted to start the new year with music that makes you feel optimistic.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies Metome - Bishop's Rising Sun The Kansai region of Japan has been a hotbed for excellent electronic music over the past few years, and it appears 2014 will see the trend continue. Metome, from Osaka, just released a wonderful new album called Objet, and the highlight is the stuttering, bouncy Bishop's Rising Sun, featuring a sliced-just-right vocal sample at its center.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta Xiola - Noble Wolf Formed in 2009, Xiola is a two-piece band comprising Adolf Formosa (formerly of the bands Hunters Palace and One Dead Poet) and Samantha Gatt, who replaced her twin sister Roxanne when she left the island. With a drone guitar sound and dual vocals, they released home-recorded album Bay Of Pigs in 2012.

MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Haciendo El Mal - Complicado Haciendo El Mal is a Mexico City-based chamber-pop quartet led by the slightly dark but mellow voices of Paulina Lasa and Karen Ruiz. Along with an accordion and cello, their melodies are bittersweet vignettes that draw a reflective mood on love and loss. Complicado (perhaps a wink to the Facebook relationship status) is just one piece of the 10 beautiful portraits that comprise their eponymous debut album.

PERU: SoTB Campo De Almas - Gris Campo De Almas is a rock band formed in Trujillo in 1994. They were once one of the most prolific bands in Peru, with four albums to their name. They returned in 2013 with Adicción, a 'best of' album that reminds us of the passion and dedication of their music.

POLAND: Łukasz Kuśmierz Weblog BOKKA - K&B (edit) BOKKA have been a little sensation in recent weeks. As musicians they hide their true identity, so listeners know only a few things about them - they're a trio, the vocalist is a woman and their music is influenced by Scandinavian electro-pop. You can check it out by listening to their self-titled debut LP or to stunning K&B, one of the greatest moments on the album.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Be My World After a superb and surprising EP release in 2009 revealed themselves as a must-watch band, the quartet You Can't Win, Charlie Brown are back with new album Diffraction/Refraction, which will be released on January 20. Be My World is the first single to be revealed from it.

PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie Piegrande - Perez, Oso Gifted guitarist Kristian Prieto - a MAP alumnus twice over for his work as Harry Rag and as part of Alegría Rampante - brings his characteristic playfulness and adventurous spirit to new three-piece Piegrande. The debut EP of the band, augmented by Eden Cruz (drums) and Christian Robledo (bass), consists of six fun, easy-to-digest tracks, of which Perez, Oso is the breeziest. A great sign of things to come in 2014.

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise Velosonics - Bebop Velosonics is a pop-rock band formed in Bucharest in 2013. Their music is primarily influenced by the 60s British Invasion movement and post-punk revival of the new millennium. Their energy and joyfulness bring a breath of fresh air to the country's indie music scene. Velosonics are preparing their debut album for release in 2014.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop Beerjacket - Antlers Peter Kelly calls his music Beerjacket and clues of its heartbreaking beauty are plentiful: one of his earliest and best songs is called Joy For The Sad, while some bright spark even set his melancholy masterpiece Jack Chasing Jill to the devastating montage at the start of Pixar movie Up. Yet his wonderful second studio album Darling Darkness, out on January 27 via Bandcamp, is remarkably upbeat. Immaculate production allows the luminous acoustic folk-pop sounds to blossom, while enchanting opening track Antlers, here as a MAP exclusive download, ranks as a career highlight.

SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie LudiSTELO - Water Roof Electro-rock band LudiSTELO released their first single in November 2013, having formed two years ago in a Brunei hotel room. The members of the guitar-synthesizer-drums trio all have experience from other groups and are now working to show a different side of their joint sound with each release. Water Roof comes from the new single of the same title and through its many loops invokes a sense of floating in the air, just as the lyrics express.

SPAIN: Musikorner Polar Beats - Keep Moving (feat. Iván Anés) Polar Beats are a four-piece from Madrid whose music is clearly influenced by British post-punk and power-pop, as you can tell by the guitar riff in Keep Moving. They have released one song so far, but they are planning to bring out some more since they are here to stay.

UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Diane Cluck - Sara Diane Cluck delivers chilly folk tunes just in time for the harshest winter months. Her voice trembles against a confidently plucked acoustic guitar and explodes with shattering emotion at all the right moments.