MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT :: FEVEREIRO 2015 com CAVE STORY

Este mês, as Caldas são a  Rainha portuguesa do Music Alliance Pact com os Cave Story, banda de Pedro Zina (baixo), Gonçalo Formiga (voz e guitarras) e Ricardo "Caguincha" Mendes (bateria). Eles, que são confessos fãs dos Pavement, levam ao mundo o nome de Portugal com um tema divertido e muito original, em termos de tributo, sobre Jonathan Richman. 


Além dos Cave Story, temos mais 19 temas e bandas nesta edição do Music Alliance Pact. Clique com o botão direito do rato, por cima do título da canção, para fazer o download do mp3 ou faça um download do ficheiro completo, com os vinte e dois temas, através do Dropbox aqui.

  ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Enero Sera Mio - Hasta Encontrarte "January will be mine" is the translation of singer-songwriter Sol Fernandez's artistic project. Her music is a perfect match of soft melodies and dream-pop with carefully crafted arrangements and sound landscapes. This track is from Enero3, her latest work, which is being released through Bandcamp.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? Nite Fields - Prescription Prescription is the second single from Brisbane four-piece Nite Fields' long-awaited debut record Depersonalisation. While the intricate guitar work and broody vocals echo The Church, there's a humid, curiously distant tone here that is something totally their own. Starting with sparse prickly guitars and splashy drumming, the song folds in on itself towards the end, becoming slightly claustrophobic but in an intimate, whispery way. Nite Fields keeps you at arm's length - you have to squint through the haze of effects and layers to get a hold of anything solid, but once you do, you've already fallen hard for this moody and mysterious band.

  CANADA: Ride The Tempo Willows - The Shape I'm In Johnny McArthur and Eric Moore make up the electronic duo Willows. They venture into uncomfortable territory melodically. The swirling repetitive underlying of The Shape I'm In resembles the dizzying sensation of intoxication. The bursts of energy are like the highs that come back to the inevitable lows.

  CHILE: Super 45 Sin Órbita - Atardecer Sin Órbita is a duo formed by Paula Roa and Martin Perez Roa, who last year released their first record, Neón EP (Sudamerican Records). Flirting with electronica and soul, the band are a mixture of Massive Attack trip hop cadence and AlunaGeorge sensuality.

  DENMARK: All Scandinavian The Radar Post - Traces Songwriter and producer Esben Svane will release his debut solo album as The Radar Post in April. The record will also be titled The Radar Post (he's keeping his real name for an album in Danish later on) and here's first great single, Traces, which you can also download in WAV format on SoundCloud.

  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera MULA - Up & Down MULA is a new experimental project formed by Anabel and Cristabel Acevedo (the twins from folk duo Las Acevedo) and up-and-coming DJ Rach Ro. Even though their musical backgrounds are very different, they want to defy certain preconceptions about mixing electronica with more urban styles. Up & Down, their first single, takes from reggaeton rhythms and electronic accents to create a space-like musical journey. Their first full record is out on February 22 on their self-made label, Pulcra Records.

  ECUADOR: Plan Arteria Mama Soy Demente - La Buena Suerte Mama Soy Demente is an experimental rock band founded in 2005 by El Ermitaño and Jolgorio Vocal. La Buena Suerte is the first single from their third and latest studio album, El Disco Rojo, an eclectic record brimming with energy and power.

  INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Much - Carried Away From Malang with Much love. The duo, consisting of Dandy Gilang and Aulia Anggia on vocals, will rock you with their fuzz-pop beat and embrace you with their warm distortion.

  IRELAND: Hendicott Writing Featuring X - Wild Love A pop-rock teenage quintet from the back-roads town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast, Featuring X are fast gaining traction for their buoyant, lively sound and skilful axe-womanship. Wild Love is their distinctive cover of Rea Garvey's classic, loaded with harmonies and feisty riffs. As well as new recordings, we've been promised something else, 'something special' in 2015.

  ITALY: Polaroid Havah - Meno Di Metà Jonathan Clancy from His Clancyness and A Classic Education recently started a new label called Maple Death. The inaugural release is a split 12'' EP between His Electro Blue Voice (already on Sub Pop and Sacred Bones), who contributed a hypnotic 19-minute track, and Havah, the new project of Michele Camorani (from punk hardcore legends La Quiete and Raein). Havah have a darker, colder and more post-punk sound. They usually play fast and short songs, and they are incredible.

  JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies Eriqu - Gang Star Neck-twisting wonkiness has been a common trait in most notable bedroom-produced Japanese electronic music worth checking out. Eriqu has his fair share of all-over-the-place tracks, but when he focuses a bit on the thundering Gang Star, he comes up with one of his best numbers to date. It ploughs ahead, although Eriqu adds a few unsettling touches such as scrambled voices or what sounds like a man making dog barks.

  MALTA: Stagedive Malta Yews - Keep Trying Till It's Something Singer-songwriter Yasmin Kuymizakis (Yews) composes and produces ethereal electronic pop music in her bedroom. Currently based in London, she has a different set-up every time she performs live, playfully changing and adapting her simple songs. Her debut Selene EP was released in 2014.

  MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Sotomayor - Cielo Raúl Sotomayor and his sister Paulina were part of Mexico City's Beat Buffet, a hip hop combo that parted ways with its other members a few months ago. Not much time had passed when they announced this new project, whose introduction card is Cielo, a beautiful, downbeat, sensuous electropical tune.

  PERU: SoTB Los Outsaiders - Niña Los Outsaiders are a great garage-rock group based in Lima. Led by Charlie VTW, their sound is influenced by classic and contemporary rock'n'roll. They recently released their first album with the help of producer Gordon Raphael, known for his work with The Strokes.

  PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Cave Story - Richman Hailing from the city of Caldas da Rainha, Cave Story are Pedro Zina (bass), Gonçalo Formiga (vocals, guitar) and Ricardo "Caguincha" Mendes (drums). Their sound will delight fans of Pavement. Richman is an obvious tribute to the great American musician Jonathan Richman.

   SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop Monogram - Anno(mute) Monogram, aka Liam Rutherford, first appeared in MAP's August 2013 edition under his previous pseudonym Mast. The accompanying song, Romance, was my favourite of that year. Anno(mute) is a subtler, haunting offering, but remains true to his DIY ethic. Working from a remote cabin studio in the Borders, he plays all instruments, designs his own artwork and self-produces his promo videos to create an all-encompassing experience.

  SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK JoJo Blowhard - Good Night Operating under the motto that "lying is OK", JoJo Blowhard writes sad songs that make for great company. His first EP Good Night was released in late 2013, but he has come under the spotlight again with the recent release of the title track's video. A sober melody paired with JoJo Blowhard's sympathetic voice, the tones from Good Night will linger long after the song has stopped playing.

  SPAIN: Musikorner Buck & Cake - Brillo Labial According to a close friend of Buck & Cake, the music Douche Buck and Cake Moss play is about "leaving subtleness behind, marrying an old man and counting the days to his demise in order to inherit his fortune. It's dying your hair blonde using cheap products... and refilling your Chanel bottle using that coconut cologne you bought in a dollar shop." Basically, Buck & Cake's electropop is about carelessly giving yourself over to the pleasures of life.

  UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Twin Limb - Long Shadow The music of Twin Limb is that constantly folding and dancing smoke of a freshly blown-out candle. Minimalist sounds find itself turning into emotional highs as the pure talent of Twin Limb sneaks through the smallest mannerisms of brilliant songwriting.

SOUNDS Of THE SOUTH - "TRIALS. TROUBLES, TRIBULATIONS" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH são Justin Vernon, Fight The Big Bull, Matthew E White, Meagafaun e Sharon Van Etten. O tema abaixo encontra-se neste álbum, "MusicNow 10 years".

LASER & BAS - "DANSA SA" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Este é o single de estreia dos suecos Laser & Bas. Espera-se um álbum para Abril.

MINI MANSIONS - "ORDINARY MAN" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

"Ordinary Man" é mais um single do álbum "Freakout", dos Mini  Mansions.


 

CRUSHED BEAKS - "OVERGROWN" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Do álbum de estreia dos Cruhsed Beaks, "Scatter", há um novo vídeo para um dos temas, "Overgrown", nessa obra.

DEERHOOF - "BLACK PITCH" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Novo vídeo dos Deerhoof, de um  tema retirado de "La Isla Bonita", o último álbum por eles publicado.



 

PEACE - "I´M A GIRL" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Há um novo vídeo dos PEACE, para o tema "I´m A Girl", do álbum "Happy People" que estará disponível a 9 de Fevereiro.

Vejam o nosso post de 2012.

THE WOMBATS - "GREEK TRAGEDY" (Remistura pelos BASTILLE )

Este é um daqueles exemplos em que a remistura do tema dos Wombats, pelos Bastille, é sobejamente superior ao original.

HOUNDMOUTH - "SEDONA" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Do novo álbum, que será publicado em Março, este é o novo vídeo dos Houndmouth.

ULTIMATE PAINTING - "RIVERSIDE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Os Ultimate Painting são um duo e "Riverside", do qual podem ver o vídeo a seguir, é um dos temas do seu disco de estreia. O vídeo foi realizado por Elizabeth Skadden.

AVI BUFFALO - "THINK IT´S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

 






Novo vídeo para um tema que faz parte do seu álbum do ano passado.

DRENGE - "WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

De "Undertow", o álbum do duo de irmãos conhecidos como Drenge, que sairá no início de Abril, podemos ouvir "We Can Do What We Want".

BIG NOBLE - "OCEAN PICTURE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

O projecto de Daniel Kessler, dos Interpol, que dá pelo nome de Big Noble, tem o seu álbum de estreia disponível em Fevereiro. Desse disco, "First Light", há agora um vídeo para o tema "Ocean Picture".









 

KAREN O - "DAY GO BY" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Novo vídeo para um tema, "Day Go By", retirado de "Crush Songs", o álbum a  solo de Karen O editado no ano passado.

MODEST MOUSE - "COYOTES" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Do novo álbum dos Modest Mouse, depois de uma longa espera, este, "Coyotes", é o novo single. O vídeo, foi inspirado numa história verdadeira de um coiote que viajou num comboio em Portland. 

LUSTS - "TEMPTATION" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Temptation é o single de estreia do duo Lusts, composto por Andy e James Stone, de Leicester, Grã-Bretanha.

CAT´S EYES CRIAM BANDA SONORA (THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY)

Os Cat´s Eyes (Faris Badwan dos Horrors e Rachel Zeffira)  são responsáveis pela banda sonora do filme "The Duke of Burgundy", realizado por Peter Strickland.  

THE VACCINES - "HANDSOME" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Primeiro single do terceiro álbum dos Vaccines.










 

SLEATER-KINNEY - "NO CITIES TO LOVE" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

MUSIC ALLIANCE PACT :: JANEIRO 2015 com IMPLODING STARS

Este mês, de Taipas, Guimarães, apresentamos ao mundo os Imploding Stars, projecto de Filipe Oliveira, Jorge Cruz, Diogo Teixeira, Francisco Carvalho e Élio Mateus.  

Activos desde 2010, os Imploding Stars são uma banda que navega nos abundantes mares do post-rock. Eles têm um Ep editado,  "Young Route", e um álbum, "A Mountain and A Tree", de onde foi retirado o tema que apresentamos este mês. 

Como constatarão, os Imploding Strars produzem um som maduro, ao nível dos melhores desta área, podendo, com facilidade, conquistar fãs de bandas como, por exemplo, os Mogwai. Se não os conhecem, recomendamos entusiasticamente que o façam. 

 

Além dos Imploding Stars, temos mais 18 temas e bandas nesta edição do Music Alliance Pact. Clique com o botão direito do rato, por cima do título da canção, para fazer o download do mp3 ou faça um download do ficheiro completo, com os vinte e dois temas, através do Dropbox aqui.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Mariana Päraway - Sirena Somewhere between Mendoza and the Andes, Mariana Päraway becomes a mountain siren who sings about entangled fates in her latest album, Hilario. Mariana's music navigates through pop, folk and electronic landscapes resulting in a deep, refined sound exploration.

  AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They? AFXJIM - Distant Sydneysider Travis Baird is a multi-instrumentalist who earns a living scoring video installations, playing as a session musician and performing on tour with the likes of Melodie Nelson and Sounds Like Sunset. AFXJIM is Baird's solo project, which consists of home recordings pieced together from loops, drum machines and field recordings of everything from kindergarten classroom chatter to police radio transmissions. It's a subtle fusion of experimental electronica and acoustic songwriting, falling somewhere between Tortoise-inspired post-rock and the folktronica of early Four Tet. Distant is the title track of AFXJIM's second LP. Carried on a bed of slide guitar and rumbling percussion, the track's centrepiece sample features singing "recorded to MiniDisc in a bus-top karaoke bar in the Costa Rican backwoods".

  BRAZIL: Meio Desligado Duani - Aproveita Aproveita is the first single from Duani's debut solo album, which will be released this year. He became famous in Brazil in the 90s, playing forró (a very danceable rhythm strongly related to the Northeast culture of the country) with the band Forroçacana. In this single, he plays all instruments and sings. The lyrics are a manifest about comprehension in love and its different ways of desire, packaged with black music and soul.

CANADA: Ride The Tempo Morning Show - I'm Listening Alt-folk trio Morning Show features members of Bed Of Stars and The Archers. The multi-instrumentalists show a pallet that is heavily influenced by Canadian peers such as Dan Mangan, Hey Rosetta! and Wintersleep. I'm Listening is a beautiful, balanced single you will have on repeat.

CHILE: Super 45 Tus Amigos Nuevos - Paraná If we have to blame someone for why Chilean rock has been overshadowed by the pop scene, all darts would point to the extreme seriousness with which most of bands go on stage. Luckily, Tus Amigos Nuevos have been refreshing the idea that rock can be cathartic, danceable and, above all, very funny. This year they promise to be even more so thanks to their second album, from which Paraná is the first single.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo Diamante Eléctrico - Todo Va A Arder Bogotá power trio Diamante Eléctrico have a lot of blues influences in their DNA. Juan Galeano, the lead singer, bassist and producer, worked with Gavin Lurssen (Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters) to master their latest EP, called B. Todo Va A Arder is a good example of what Diamente Eléctrico can do, and will do on stage when they open for Foo Fighters in Bogotá this month.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian MOMO - Lemon MOMO is what happens when a Faroese singer (Dánjal á Neystabø) and a Danish noise-guitarist (Stephan Sieben) clash in music. It also means "peach" in Japanese and the theme for the duo's first electro-pop album is fruit. The first single is Lemon and it's here as a MAP exclusive download.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria La Máquina Camaleön - Hoy (Más Allá Que El Mar) La Máquina Camaleön is one of the most original bands in Quito's indie music scene. Debut album Roja evenly blends folk, psychedelic rock, reverb guitars and organic sounds. Their song Hoy (Más Allá Que El Mar) is a clear example of the sonic versatility of this group led by Felipe Andrés María.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar Vincent Vega - Recreational Suicide Vincent Vega is a rock band formed in 2005. Inspired by At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age, they released the album Always Hard To Make A Change, Just Like How To Stay The Same in 2008. They recently emerged from a two-year hiatus, and Recreational Suicide is one of the new songs that marks their comeback with a darker, heavier sound.

  IRELAND: Hendicott Writing Axis Of - Munro Bagger Having dropped their metal edge in favour of a rough-around-the-edges melodic punk-rock buzz, north-coast Northern Irish act Axis Of look set to explode in 2015. Famed for their vibrant live show, the three-piece were described by UK magazine Rock Sound as "the most exciting act to come out of Northern Ireland, possibly ever". Second album The Mid Brae Inn, out this month, features this vicious, craggy melody and plenty more worth getting your teeth stuck into.

ITALY: Polaroid Peter Kernel - High Fever Peter Kernel are Barbara and Aris. They want to play pop-rock music "in a primitive and sexy manner", and they can really do it. Thrill Addict is their third album and it is full of dark percussion and loud guitars, screams and whispers. Their sound is wild, unpredictable and, ultimately, beautifully seductive.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies X-Files - Cleanfight Yes, yes, this Tokyo-area project fronted by Sho Takeuchi has the same name as a certain sci-fi show from the 1990s. Yet his music is far more serious than that moniker implies. Cleanfight unfolds slowly, backed by a clattering beat and dashes of distant piano. Yet, as the song lumbers on, X-Files introduces guitar, which cuts through everything else. It is serious and ultimately focused.

  MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika Francisco Martínez - Nichim Nichim means "flower" in Tzotzil, an ethnic tongue spoken in the south-eastern state of Chiapas (yes, where the Zapatistas rose a decade ago, bringing attention to the conditions of the indigenous inhabitants all over Mexico). Francisco Martínez, multi-instrumentalist with alt-roots band Centavrvs, has this spin-off project filled with sensuous folkloric rhythms and the unique feature of rapper Slajem Kop making rhymes in Tzotzil. Truly beautiful.

  PERU: SoTB Astronaut Project - Night Formed in 2014, Astronaut Project sees Alberto Zegarra explore new musical sensibilities through alternative pop, in contrast to the style of his previous bands. In February, he will release an EP. Astronaut Project's first single is Night and it's great.

  PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Imploding Stars - Earthquake Imploding Stars are a quintet who began playing in 2011. They classify their sound as post-rock and we are sure people who like Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai or God Is An Astronaut will become instant fans. Earthquake, taken from their new record A Mountain & A Tree, comes with this video.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop KLOË - Grip The hype around Glasgow electro-pop singer KLOË (aka 18-year-old Chloé Latimer) is at feverish levels - and for good reason. She has justifiably drawn comparisons with CHVRCHES and Ellie Goulding and, just like those two acts, her debut song was premiered on the website of New York label Neon Gold. The track in question, Grip, is both brooding and blissful, having been shaped into contemporary sublimity by super-producer/drummer Lewis Gardiner (Prides). The first live outing from KLOË in February is sure to be buzzing.

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK Kim Sawol X Kim Haewon - Go To Hell Both members of singer-songwriter duo Kim Sawol X Kim Haewon have been making fine music on their own, but in 2014 they teamed up for a joint EP called {Secret}. It stunned everyone with its dreamy sound and seductive atmosphere, inspiring comparisons with Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. Go To Hell is an attractive duet with a simple yet stylish arrangement.

UNITED STATES: We Listen For You Spirit Animal - Party In The Back It's always an all out funk-rock party with Spirit Animal, and they'll never apologize for fusing their amazing talent with overflowing fun. Party In The Back is the perfect upbeat song to melt away the winter blues and get the body moving.