MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT :: AGOSTO 2013

Os Peixe : Avião, que já passaram no Music Alliance Pact em agosto de 2010   , na altura, a propósito do seu álbum "Madrugada", regressam agora, três anos depois, com "Avesso", tema do seu novo álbum, que se espera em setembro. Podem ouvir ou fazer o download do mesmo abaixo.

Este grande regresso dos Peixe : Avião tem um excelente vídeo que também podem ver aqui.





Realização: Estúdio RGB/XYZ, Rita Lino
Camara: Carlos Lobo, Rita Lino
Montagem: Estúdio RGB/XYZ
Modelo: Joana Castro (Best Models), Rita Lino
Guarda-Roupa Joana Castro: Mariana Morgado
Agradecimentos: Luis Dourado, Tânia Pinto, José Taipa


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ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Pablo Malaurie - Pasto En La Espalda After psychedelic pop act Mataplantas broke up in 2009, their guitarist and singer Pablo Malaurie started a solo career by releasing a minimalist folk album called El Festival Del Beso. In 2011, he was chosen by Devendra Banhart as the opening act for his Buenos Aires concerts. Pasto En La Espalda is our favorite track from El Beat De La Cuestión, his second effort, where he shows the consolidation of a growing career, which includes extensive touring and collaborations.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? Esc - Atomic Shadow Esc are a Melbourne four-piece making music in the great Australian tradition of depraved pub-rock spliced with post-punk. The band's latest single, Atomic Shadow, is both menacing and danceable, with a tight rhythm section and harmonies that lighten Max Sheldrake's terse vocal.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig Maur Due & Lichter - Faces Much like Klangkarussell's über-hit Sonnentanz, hugely successful in German-speaking countries and the Netherlands, fellow Austrians Maur Due & Lichter produce light, loungy and summery electronic music that works equally well in clubs, hotel pools and urban beach bars. This Night Was Meant To Stay, from which Faces is taken, is a concept album portraying a night out in Vienna.

CANADA: Quick Before It Melts EONS - Brothers & Sisters Arctic Radio, the debut album from Toronto-based musician Matt Cully aka EONS, is aptly named; the melodies are crisp like bitter north winds and his lyrics penetrate past even the warmest of winter gear. There is a warmth, though, a deep passion in the music that holds back the cold, as evidenced in Brothers & Sisters. Cully is joined on vocals by Misha Bower, and both are members of Bruce Peninsula, another Canadian treasure worth exploring.

CHILE: Super 45 Melié - Partir Melié, who take their name from the French filmmaker Georges Méliès, released their first EP, Compartir, this year. Here, they deliver atmospheric, calm post-rock, highlighting their vocal harmonies and dreamlike melodies, giving birth to a complex but focused sound. Neighbouring Grizzly Bear and Local Natives' imagery, Melié is one of the most interesting new acts in Chile's indie-rock scene.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo Schutmaat Trio - You Died In My Future Despite their name, Schutmaat Trio is actually a quartet, led by Alvin Schutmaat, who experiment with post-rock and refresh the local scene with well-produced and elaborate sounds. You Died In My Future is taken from their album 6:15, released this year as a pay-what-you-want download.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian PRE-Be-UN - X-ray Pop PRE-Be-UN aka Nicolai Kleinerman Koch (also of Oh No Ono, Choir Of Young Believers and Boom Clap Bachelors) releases his debut solo album Clean Spasms this month. I call it 'bit-pop Beatles', with first single Mysteriously In Love already grabbing online attention with its wonderful fusion of the 1960s and 1980s - not least visually. Here's X-ray Pop, a MAP exclusive download.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera Chino Sing - Me Voy Dashed hopes, tropical imagery and fresh reggae beats combine on Chino Sing's latest song, Me Voy. Chino has made music with a host of local musicians, friends and artists, but now he's working on his first solo album which will feature a blend of reggae, roots and various Caribbean themes and sounds.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria Jodamassa - Canto Popular From Cuenca comes Jodamassa, a trio that has made experimental rock with a strong Latin American identity during its seven-year existence. The single Canto Popular is taken from second album El Centro En El Sur, released in February 2012.

ENGLAND: Drowned In Sound Pale Seas - Evil Is Always One Step Behind Southampton is quite an unexceptional small British city, with a big port and a musical heritage which peaked with the birth of one-of-the-ones-that-isn't-Chris-Martin from Coldplay. This could soon change with the hypnotic swash of Dandy Warholian psychedelia, Glasvegas-ish 60s-gaze and the brooding Verve-esque dark-rock of Southampton's Pale Seas. Fans of Low, shimmering tambourines and shadowy English misery should paddle over this way.

ESTONIA: Rada7.ee Blood Pavilion - Purrveyor Blood Pavilion is the electronic outfit of Jarmo Nuutre, one half of doom metal duo Talbot (a band you should already know - they have toured the world and just played at Roskilde, and they're awesome). Purrveyor is taken from Blood Pavilion's new album released on August 1. As you maybe already guessed from the name of the track, Jarmo does have a cat at home and it really happened to be useful to produce that sound sample used in Purrveyor.

FINLAND: Glue Anna & Miki - Universal Mind Anna and Miki sing beautiful acoustic songs with a little Eastern influence. The couple found much inspiration for their debut album while traveling in Nepal, soon after they start playing together. The record was released in May and Universal Mind is part of it.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda Cut Off - Prisons Burned Cut Off is a fastcore/powerviolence act from Athens. Their debut album Sick Of This Life is a relentless burst of outrage with speedy, sharp guitar riffs, schizophrenic drumming and scorching, throaty, rebellious screams and vocals.

INDIA: NH7 Far Travel Music - Not About You Far Travel Music are a Mumbai-based, four-piece alternative rock and experimental band fronted by producer Arjun Kanungo. Their first release Not About You draws from progressive rock with a lot of meaty middle-end and then segues into a dubstep-style breakdown that takes the song into completely new sonic territory. The fusion of electronica and rock usually makes most wary, but Far Travel Music do the style justice.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Sajama Cut - These Are Wounded Things Sajama Cut have been praised by music critics as well as Time magazine, and were handpicked by MGMT to open their concert in Jakarta. These Are Wounded Things is a downloadable bonus track from the vinyl re-release of the group's second album, The Osaka Journals. It has a lo-fi sensibility with a simple, beautifully-arranged melody.

IRELAND: Harmless Noise Idiot Songs - Jung Trickster Idiot Songs, the collaboration between Pearse McGloughlin and Justin Grounds, is a contemporary interpretation of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and hears the duo craft a musical concept around the Russian novel, with its tale of moral and social dilemma. Created for the most part while Grounds and McGloughlin were living in Ireland and Canada respectively, electronic beats are used to give pace and tension, while the use of classical arrangements of piano and violin give a timelessness that harks back to the chamber music of the novel's setting. If you like Jung Trickster check out the exceptional video for Villages Of Ether.

ITALY: Polaroid M+A - When Young duo M+A define their music as "playful, sophisticated dance pop" and I could not imagine a better description. Maybe I would just point out that "sophisticated" does not prevent the sweat when you see them live. Phoenix glam meets Hot Chip beats. The first taster of their second album These Days (out in September on Monotreme Records) is When and it's the perfect soundtrack for the heart of summer.


JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies Yoshino Yoshikawa - I Feel You, I Love You Yoshino Yoshikawa deals in high-definition pop music, the sort of stuff that does not try to engage in any subtleties. He does it very well, as evidenced on I Feel You, I Love You. The song is a bouncy electric number featuring a big, joyful chorus. Yoshikawa sings with just the slightest touch of vocal manipulation, which never distracts but rather adds to the sparking vibe this track goes for. It is joy delivered without any hint of irony.

MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Tino El Pingüino - Lo Juro, Mi Ex Novia Era Un X-Men Mexico City's Tino El Pingüino has been labeled one of the most promising new voices in the country's hip hop scene. His 2013 debut album Tu Antihéroe Favorito shows him as a master wordsmith, always witty in his rhymes, a vast palette of flows and a unique approach to universal subjects with cruel irony, never exaggerated. Lo Juro, Mi Ex Novia Era Un X-Men ("I swear it, my ex-girlfriend was an X-Men") has a straightforward funky beat with Tino floating on top effortlessly, just oozing style.

NETHERLANDS: Subbacultcha! Earth Mk. II - Together Earth Mk. II mastermind Hugo van der Poel spent years playing in bands with childhood pal and local neopsych beacon Jacco Gardner. Now at the helms of his own project, van der Poel has enlisted Gardner to produce his Excelsior Recordings debut, Music For Mammals. Perhaps unsurprisingly, classic 1960s influences such as The Zombies and Syd Barrett form the basis of Earth Mk. II's sound. Yet, as album cut Together reveals, van der Poel also incorporates enough non-60s influences (e.g. Nirvana, White Fence) to carve out his own niche within the world of melodic neopsychedelia.

PERU: SoTB Space Bee - Yeah Yeah Formed in 2001, the music of Space Bee is eclectic - from Arabic scales and psychedelia to a classic rock sound that uses violins. Yeah Yeah is a powerful part of It's Alive! Vol. 1, the rock band's most recent album, available for free on Bandcamp.

POLAND: Łukasz Kuśmierz Weblog Łagodna Pianka - Lody Huśtawkowe What is your childhood memory? For Łagodna Pianka, it's first love, swinging on a seesaw and eating ice creams, as you can hear in Lody Huśtawkowe. The pop-rock band from Rzeszów spent two years practising in a garage before they felt ready to play their tunes in front of an audience.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Peixe : Avião - Avesso Peixe : Avião, first featured in August 2010's Music Alliance Pact, have had three years of intense touring followed by the recording of their new album, due out in September. A turning point in the band's sound is indicated by Avesso (meaning "inside out"), the first single from it which is backed with a beautiful video. Peixe : Avião is one of the most sucessful indie bands in Portugal and their intense, intricate sound has earned them a large following.

PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie Las Abejas - Guys & Gals Almost two years after dropping their debut EP, the members of Las Abejas have become some of Puerto Rico's most vital musicians within the local independent scene, participating in numerous projects including ones featured in past editions of MAP. All that experience is evident in their second release, the impressive Lazy Views. Guys & Gals is an exquisite surprise of a song that gives in to the band's most bizarre and experimental impulses. Few other tracks this year will come close to its maniacal energy.


ROMANIA: Babylon Noise Steaua de Mare - Doamne Ce Greșeală Am Steaua de Mare is a Bucharest-based band whose sound is a hybrid of prog, dub, psychedelic rock and contemporary gypsy music (manele). The instrumental group released their self-titled debut album in May through Future Nuggets/Ambassador's Reception.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop Mast. - Romance Mast. is Liam Rutherford, a young man who describes his music as "1-piece pop from Glasgow". So hot out of the box is debut song Romance that this recording was completed five days before MAP's publication date. The opening minute is a feat of mesmerism as the hypnotic, repetitive lyrics of "We've healed all of this, all of this, almost all of it" are delivered over a dreamy math-rock texture. While that genre often produces technical, abstract results, Romance instead makes an extraordinary shift in gear. An exhilarating chorus bursts into play, Liam's singing - about the theme of change - becomes even more spirited, and the song's emotional conclusion is strikingly tender.

SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie Theatre8 - Yanghwa Bridge Theatre8 offer light, charming indie rock with a remarkable ability to entertain, whether through music videos or in front of an audience. They just released their second album, featuring Yanghwa Bridge as the title track. Named after a bridge across Seoul's Han River, the catchy song lends itself to sing-alongs and is bound to stay with you long after you've stopped listening.

SPAIN: Musikorner La Presa - Todo El Amor Formed by three friends, all originally from Madrid but now living all over Spain, La Presa are inspired by OBK, Yurena, Putilatex and Dioni (of Camela). The result is exceptionally danceable music which is both direct and simple.

UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Shark? - AOK Brooklyn's Shark? is a pure rock and roll band that brings intensity and a sharpness of craft to each of their songs. On AOK, the band displays a knack for writing catchy hooks and grooves that can push the song forward second after second. A gutsy breakdown in the middle section adds an artful element to the already interesting track and makes Shark? a band to watch closely.

VENEZUELA: Música y Más Lavu Duban - Zapatero Siciliano Lavu Duban formed in San Cristóbal, Táchira, in 2008 but it wasn't until January 2013 that the rock and roll group managed to make their debut album, which they are promoting with shows around the country.

KING KRULE - "EASY EASY" (NoVO Vídeo / New Video)

Jon Brookes Morre aos 44 Anos (The Charlatans)

Depois de lhe ter sido diagnosticado um cancro no cérebro, que provocou um colapso em palco, num espectáculo da banda, em 2010, em Filadélfia, Jon Brookes (na foto, terceiro da direita para a esquerda) perdeu a sua batalha contra a doença, tendo falecido num hospital na Grã-Bretanaha, apesar do seu permanente positivismo e esperança que iria ganhar a batalha.

Para além de baterista e compositor nos Charlatans, onde ele esteve desde o início da banda, em 1988,  Brookes colaborou com outros músicos, tanto como baterista como compositor, como por exemplo, Heide Berry, em que tocou em duas obras. Trabalhou com outros projectos menos conhecidos e divulgados como os The Gift Horses.

Brookes era casado e tinha três filhas menores.

Editors - Formaldehyde (Novo Vídeo / New Video)

Do novo álbum dos Editors, "The Weight Of Your Love", há agora um vídeo para o que será o próximo single deste disco, "Formaldehyde".

O vídeo foi realizado por Ben Wheatley.

BORN RUFFIANS - "NEEDLE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Os canadianos Born Ruffians, que seguimos atentamente desde 2008,  apresentaram hoje o vídeo para o seu novo single, "Needle", tema retirado do seu terceiro álbum, "Birthmarks" (capa na foto), e que, curiosamente, abre o disco. 

O vídeo foi realizado por Istoica e James Cooper e Luke Lalonde, o guitarrista e vocalista da banda de Ontário, vagueando pela cidade de Nova Iorque.

SAVOIR ADORE - "REGALIA" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Os Savoir Adore, que adoramos há muito, acabaram de apresentar o vídeo de "Regalia",  realizado por Alex Maxwell e  Iwan Zwarts. O tema faz parte do álbum "Our Nature", disponível desde junho.

TIM WRIGHT (1952- 2013)

No dia 4, faleceu Tim Wright (na foto, à direita, com Arto Lindsay e Ikue Mori, dos DNA, à sua esquerda), o baixista original dos Pere Ubu, que gravou o single estreia, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo/Heart of Darkness", editado em 1975, ano em que os Pere Ubu se inciaram, e também  "Final Solution", editado em 1976, tendo sido Wright o criador da capa desse disco. Em 1976, Wright deixou os Pere Ubu e Cleveland, dois anos antes do primeiro álbum da banda, e mudou-se para Nova Iorque. Aí  juntou-se ao projecto no-wave DNA, inciado por Arto Lindsay. Tim Wright, depois do fim dos DNA, em 1982, ainda editou temas seus, em compilações com vários artistas, editadas em 1982 e 1984. Também trabalhou como músico de estúdio, tendo tocado com vários músicos como Brian Eno ou David Byrne.  Ele tocou em "My Life in The Bush of Ghosts", de David Byrne.

Em 2008 editou o seu último disco a solo, "Beyond Your Back Door".

The VILLAGERS - "EARTHLY PLEASURE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

The Villagers, de Conor O´Brien, e que acompanhamos com entusiasmo desde 2010, terão um novo single, "Earthly Pleasure", a 26 de agosto, retirado do seu recente álbum, "(Awayland)". 

O vídeo tem o excelente trabalho do actor Jean-Baptiste Fillon, de Shereen Russell (deusa na banheira), imagens da NASA e a realização de Tom Werber.

CUT COPY - "LET ME SHOW YOU" (NOVO TEMA / NEW TRACK)

Os Cut Copy parece que, finalmente, passaram da electrónica de feira, para animar barracas de farturas e carrinhos de choque, para algo mais inteligente e sofisticado. "Let Me Show You", o novo single que podem ouvir abaixo, pode ser a prova  disso ou apenas um engano, mas, para já, é o novo single, que a banda já ofereceu nos EUA, em poucas ocasiões, e abre o caminho para o novo álbum.

J.J. Cale (1938 - 2013)

Aos 74 anos, faleceu John Weldon Cale (J.J. Cale), o compositor, músico (um dos melhores guitarristas do mundo), produtor e cantor norte-americano mais fiel ao seu estilo e à sua americana, nunca tendo-se desviado das suas raízes, e tendo sido apadrinhado como o pai do Som de Tulsa (Tulsa Sound). J. J. Cale foi também uma figura de referência para mais músicos do que os hits que conseguiu colocar no top 40 norte-americano. Alguns deles, por serem estrelas tão grandes, acabaram por ajudar J.J. Cale a ganhar o merecido reconhecimento, pelo público em geral, e em dinheiro, através de roaylties. O exemplo maior dessa realidade foram as versões, de temas de Cale, feitas e popularizadas globalmente por Eric Clapton, nomeadamente "After Midnight" e "Cocaine". Para além de Clapton, outras grandes esterlas que o citam como uma importnate influência foram The Allman Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Captain Beefheart, Carlos Santana, Captain Beefheart, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young , Tom Petty, entre muitos outros.

 A causa de morte do músico foi um ataque cardíaco.




 "Crazy Mama"

 


"Lies"




 "Call Me Breeze"
 


"Cocaine"

FRANZ FERDINAND no Letterman (ao vivo / live - 48 mins.)

A propósito  de "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions", o novo álbum que estará disponível a 27 de Agosto, os Franz Ferdinand passaram segunda-feira pelo Letterman. Para além da presença no programa em directo, como a maioria dos artistas que passm pelo programa de Letterman, deram um espectáculo, que não foi transmitido em directo durante o programa, em que tocaram, velhos e novos temas, durante 48 minutos.

MOBY - "A CASE FOR SHAME" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

A 30 de setembro será editado o novo disco, "Innocents", de Moby. "A Case For Shame" será o primeiro single dessa nova obra. Neste tema é  acompanhado pelos Cold Specks.

Moby decidiu ser o próprio realizados do seu vídeo para este single, filmado na sua casa em Los Angeles. O resultado, segue-se.

MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT :: JULHO / JULY 2013

Este mês,  no Music Alliance Pact, mostramos ao mundo um pouco do novo álbum  de Noiserv (ou David Santos), o talentoso músico e compositor português que já nos visitou diversas vezes, tanto no Music Alliance Pact como no blogue. Desta vez, o tema que temos para ouvir (ver/ouvir  abaixo na entrada de Portugal) é "Today is the same as Yesterday, but Yesterday is not Today". Para acompanhar o tema, Daniel Espírito Santo, Pedro Botas e Daniela Siragusa realizaram um brilhante vídeo.Não esqueçam que, para além do David Santos a representar Portugal, há outros temas para ouvir e fazer download deste MAP, através desta página.

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  ARGENTINA: Zonaindie San Dimas - Generación Espontánea San Dimas is an instrumental indie-rock band from Rosario, one of Argentina's largest and most cultural cities. Generación Espontánea is one of the best tracks from their latest album, La Música y Las Cosas, and it was also part of a compilation released in 2012 by Planeta X, their label.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? Kins - Aimless Originally a solo project for frontman Thom Savage, Kins made the move from Melbourne to Brighton in the UK two years ago and have been working hard at their craft since. Kin's new track Aimless is just that - it's both a dreamy saunter and an angular dance. Thom's distinct voice remains the subtle hero of this track. While this shares the unconvention of Local Natives, Alt-J, perhaps even Dappled Cities at their synth-tuned best, comparisons don't apply to Kins. One of Australia's best exports and most underrated bands.


AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig DAWA - Some Things Are Different Singer John Dawa and the band that formed around him stand for honest and unpretentious folk music. Two voices, a cello, a cajón and an acoustic guitar are all the ingredients they need. Their frequent live performances with a hippie touch (flower garlands on mic stands, that sort of thing) have earned them a constantly growing fanbase. Some Things Are Different is the opener of their full-length debut This Should Work.

BRAZIL: Meio Desligado Banda Uó - O Gosto Amargo Do Perfume Banda Uó are like a big kitsch joke, a sense of fun that is manifest through their fearless use of pop references with Brazilian technobrega (which can be translated as something like "cheesy techno"). In this song, they use Two Door Cinema Club's Something Good Can Work as 'inspiration' for messing up.


CANADA: Quick Before It Melts Air Marshal Landing - Move With You Air Marshal Landing are three friends who make music that sounds greater than the sum of its parts. Together since 2009, they've recently put the finishing touches on their first long-player, You Used To Be Me, which is ballsy enough to mix genres and is unapologetic in its catchiness.

CHILE: Super 45 Kinética - Halo Emiliana Araya is Kinética and she's returning this year with II, her second album, this time helped by Milton Mahan and Pablo Muñoz (De Janeiros) in the production side. In addition to her usual electronic beats, Kinética explores pop and soul from an experimental prism, adding new elements to her intimate songs. Halo is a MAP exclusive download and a preview of her new record, which features collaborations from Marcos Meza and Fakuta.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo El Ombligo - Trinidadla El Ombligo has gone largely unnoticed in the Colombian music scene. So that's why we want to emphasize this union of many musicians, local and abroad, from Germany to Mexico, under the command of Colombian bass player Santiago Botero. They are doing what they call a new folklore, starting from Andrés Landeros' cumbia to 60s free jazz. The fascinating Trinidadla is taken from their 2012 album Canción Psicotropica y Jaleo.



DENMARK: All Scandinavian Bodebrixen - The Wave Following up on 2012's acclaimed third full-length, Out Of Options, Bodebrixen aka Andreas Brixen and Aske Bode have released a great first synthpop taste of an as-yet-untitled EP which will be released later this year. The Wave is a summery MAP exclusive download.


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera El Trio - Canterbule Pt. III El Trio is a progressive rock band from Santiago who recently released their third album Las Manos. One minute is all it takes to really appreciate the magic of Canterbule Pt. III in which jazz and rock combine beautifully. You can hear and download their genre-bending songs on Bandcamp.


ECUADOR: Plan Arteria Los Pescados - T-Rex The sound of Los Pescados is a mix of garage-rock, blues and grunge. The duo, Nelson Coral (guitar, vocals) and Juan Fernando Andrade (drums), from Manabí are like their albums - powerful and groundbreaking.


ESTONIA: Rada7.ee Barthol Lo Mejor - Patrol The Block Barthol Lo Mejor jumpstarts your night with trash electro. This young dance god is upbeat and raw like Justice, Soulwax and Huoratron. Patrol The Block is taken from his new EP CitYearning, available from Bandcamp.


FINLAND: Glue Matti Jasu And The Close Encounters - The New Year Just a few months after his excellent debut as a solo artist, singer-songwriter Matti Jasu gathered the band again and recorded a follow-up album, laying down seven songs in an intense one-day session. The New Year is the first single off Pin On The Map and is fun, guitar-based Americana with sweet pop melody and harmonies. You can listen to the album online or buy the CD for a very affordable price on Bandcamp.


GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda Jim Ver - Until Dawn Jim Ver is a classically trained musician and songwriter who works on solo instrumental projects, film scores and movie scripts. His second EP, Pictures, works as a collection of ambient, soothing sound poems. It's clear that words are not needed to tell a story, and his tales are told in chords and cadences. For the most part, he minimally relies on piano but the effect, both subdued and majestic, creates a much more overwhelming setting and, as a result, it's difficult not to be dragged into it.



INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Helmproyek - Vendetta Inspired by Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Rob Zombie, Helmproyek sound like a demo by an obscure industrial band that has been locked and buried for a couple of decades and just recently found by an unlucky soul.

  IRELAND: Harmless Noise Major Grave - You Cannot Break My Heart (Major Grave Remix) At the forefront of grime production in Ireland, Major Grave is a bright spot, having built a solid rep from scratch in the under-represented genre, recently releasing a track on the UK's esteemed Big Dada compilation. Here he takes up'n'comer Ms Hazel's pop ditty You Cannot Break My Heart and with her vocal pristine, transforms its dance vibe into a bass-heavy baller with a sweet electronic motif.

  ITALY: Polaroid Wolther Goes Stranger - Sixteen Wolther Goes Stranger was originally the solo project of guitarist Luca Mazzieri, from the band A Classic Education, but has now become a trio. The title of their debut album is Love Can't Talk. Maybe love can't, but Wolther Goes Stranger definitely do, and their speech is full of sex and synths, buried under obssessive beats. Music to get naked to. This summer is going to be very hot.

  JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies k■nie - Papapa Vocaloid, a singing synthesizer software most popularly associated with the green-haired character Hatsune Miku, has been put to more and more experimental usage over the past few months. Here's one of the best examples yet, in which the digi voice of character Sekka Yufu sings only syllables and become smothered in the synth blanket conjured by Tokyo producer k■nie. Would still be gorgeous without the Vocaloid, but becomes more intriguing with it.

  MALTA: Stagedive Malta Peklectrick - Lamppost Boogie Peklectrick is the studio-based solo project of former Dripht guitarist Patrick Galea. It is an eclectic mix of guitar-driven music with abundant doses of reggae, some blues and a little funk. The music comes wrapped in socially conscious lyrics, a punk rock ethos and a tongue that is firmly stuck in cheek. Surreally speaking, it is the sound of The Clash meeting Beck in Jamaica to discuss the blues over some Scotch. The music is what award-winning producer David Vella referred to as "so cool it's almost illegal". Peklectrick is currently on an indefinite hiatus taking care of other business, contemplating his next move and drinking tea.

  MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Apache O'Raspi - Tarde Oscilante Apache O'Rapsi, from the northern region of Mexico, is the bass player of an important local band called Suave As Hell. With his very mature solo project, he released a couple of singles in 2012, and now he has delivered Remedios Varios, an album that includes all those songs. The powerful music and naive lyrics emotionally encompass our deep Mexican roots, landscapes and flavours. Tarde Oscilante is one of those arid, nostalgic melodies.

  NETHERLANDS: Subbacultcha! Those Foreign Kids - Get Eaten You only have to listen to Those Foreign Kids to know there's more to Haarlem than pretty tulip fields; their avant-garde noise pop is not only a ferocious aural assault but a welcomed one. The just-released track Get Eaten from debut album Zero Gravity Somersaulting Craze features vocals from Merinde Verbeek of Mineral Beings. Jump into their noisy universe.


PERU: SoTB Gaia - Sobrepeso Ten years of experience and four records confirm Gaia as one of the best rock bands in the country. Giroscopios, Coordenadas y La Fábrica De Nubes is the name of their most recent album, available for free download on their website. It displays a musical evolution as well as the professional maturity of each of its members. Latest single Sobrepeso boasts typically strong melodies.

  POLAND: Łukasz Kuśmierz Weblog Crab Invasion - Dart When you live in a country where rockism is still strong it's hard to find a band like Crab Invasion. Ironically, they started from (indie) rock origins and still use guitars, but in a different way. Sophisticated chord progressions, catchy melodies, vocal harmonies - it's all in the songs of this young group led by 22-year-old Jakub Sikora. And it will be much more when their upcoming debut album is released.




PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Noiserv - Today Is The Same As Yesterday, But Yesterday Is Not Today David Santos' solo project Noiserv first appeared on MAP in 2009. Since then, Noiserv has conquered his place in the Portuguese music scene and is recognized as one of the most innovative young artists in the country. So much so that in 2010 he was asked to create the soundtrack for a documentary about José Saramago, the Nobel Prize winner. Noiserv will release his new album in October and Today Is The Same As Yesterday, But Yesterday Is Not Today (see video) will be on it.
 
  PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie Suturee - Skulls When Julian Brau and Rebecca Adorno met in 2007, their lives took a turn that led directly to Suturee. Now a four-piece trying their luck in New York City, Suturee still works with delicate orchestral pop arrangements that playfully oppose Brau's and Adorno's voices. The band turned to crowdfunding last year in order to finance their sophomore effort, Skim The Surface. One of the rewards offered through their successful Indiegogo campaign involved recording a cover chosen by the backer, and that is how today you can hear Suturee's unique take on The Misfits classic Skulls.

  ROMANIA: Babylon Noise Environments - Fathom, Movement, Field Environments are an experimental act from Bucharest. Their songs are inspired by beautiful things such as childhood memories, books and peaceful places. Stefan Panea comes up with the core arrangements, which are then disfigured, enhanced and re-recorded live with Alex 'Para' Ghita (drums) and Marius Costache (effects and noise). You can step into their world through Bandcamp.

  SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop Eilidh Hadden - Close To Home Close To Home is very much the sound of now - cut 'n' paste vocals carried on waves of brooding electronic pop and tribal drums. It's the colossal production that lifts Eilidh Hadden from teenage singer-songwriter hopeful to the realms of genuine contender. Comparisons to Ellie Goulding are inevitable, and apt. It's still early days for Eilidh but if she remains on this path then her future could be dazzling.



SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie Telefly - Meddle Rock trio Telefly has been wowing live audiences in Seoul for a number of years. Two years after their first full-length, the band returned with the EP Avalokiteśvara earlier this month showcasing their own brand of psychedelic music. Lead track Meddle has a tough sound with great drive and energy.





SPAIN: Musikorner Monki Valley - Tanzania Monki Valley doesn't like to be labeled, but we can say he's originally from the Canary Islands and he's got Red Bull Music Academy's eyes on him. He's more than just tropical electronica, and he is currently exploring, musically, the landscapes of remote countries such as Brazil and Peru.

  UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Trails And Ways - Como Te Vas Oakland's Trails And Ways feels less Oakland and more Bilbao, Barcelona or Barranquilla, depending on how their first EP, aptly named Trilingual, falls. The highlight of the record for me is Como Te Vas, an infectious summer anthem guaranteed to play well in Ibiza or on the BART.

DEPECHE MODE concerto/gig no/at ALIVE festival 2013, 13/07/2013

DEPECHE MODE concerto/gig no/at ALIVE festival 2013, 13/07/2013

Transmissão para a web, durante o festival, pela RTP com uma excelente realização.

Web transmission, during the festival, by RTP (Portuguese state TV station).

VAMPIRE WEEKEND concerto/gig no/at ALIVE 2013 12/07/2013

VAMPIRE WEEKEND concerto/gig no/at ALIVE festival 2013, 12/07/2013

Transmissão para a web, durante o festival, pela RTP, com uma excelente realização.

Web transmission, during the festival, by RTP (Portuguese state TV station).

OF MONTREAL - "FUGITIVE AIR" (NOVO SINGLE / NEW SINGLE)

Kevin Barnes, dos Of Montreal, e os seus companheiros já gravaram, em três semanas, o novo álbum, com a ajuda do engenheiro de som Drew Vandenberg, que já trabalhou com os Deerhunter.

"Fugitive Air" é o primeiro single desse novo disco. A obra foi toda gravada ao vivo,  com a banda toda junta numa sala, sem a utilização de qualquer ajuda de software ou tecnológica para abrilhantar vozes, guitarras ou ritmos. Barnes quis tudo ao natural.

THE KNIFE - "RAGING BULL" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Os The Knife estrearam  o vídeo para "Raging Bull", um dos temas do novo álbum, "Shaking The Habitual" (capa na foto).  

O vídeo é composto por fragmentos de filmagens de um espectáculo que a banda deu em Estocolmo.

O vídeo foi realizado por Soorklubben, uma equipa criativa que trabalha com os The Knife.

WOODKID ao VIVO com a ORQUESTRA NACIONAL DE LYON

Yoann Lemoine, mais conhecido como Woodkid, acaba de disponibilizar, no seu sítio, o concerto, filmado para o canal Arte,  com a Orquestra Nacional da sua terra natal, Lyon, dirigida por Stephan Gaubert, com coordenação de Thibault Mortegoute e Jennifer Gilbert, como violino solo. Este concerto aconteceu no festival Les Nuits de Fourviérs, no passado dia 8 de junho, em Lyon. O festival, que se iniciou em junho, terá espectáculos, de música (pop, jazz e clássica), dança, teatro e novo circo, até ao fim de julho,