ANDREW BIRD (AO VIVO / LIVE)

A rádio de Seatlle, KEXP, 90.3FM, tem um evento anual que se designa como Pickathon. Um dos participantes regulares é Andrew Bird. Este ano, fazendo-se acompanhar por membros da sua banda, segundo o blogue dessa rádio, como Alan Hampton (baixo) e  Eric Heywood (guitarra) e, ainda, Tift Merritt, a cantora e guitarrista e companheira de Andrew Bird. Ainda segundo a KEXP, entre as canções tocadas e publicadas estiveram “Dear Old Greenland”, do álbum de 2001, "Swimming Hour" , “Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin’ Bed”  e“Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning” (de Blind Willie Johnson).

O.M.D. - "NIGHT CAFÉ" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

"Night Café" para além de ser um tema incluído no último álbum ods Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, "English Electric", editado em abril, será, a 16 de setembro, o terceiro single retirado desse disco e terá uma edição especial. Essa publicação, para além de "Nght Café, na versão do álbum, terá quatro versões remistuaradas e mais cinco temas, designados, pela banda, como lados-b.

CASS McCOMBS - "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

Cass Mccombs regressa, a 14 de  outubro, com um novo (duplo) álbum, "Big Wheel and Others". Desse disco, há agora o tema "There Can Be Only One" para ouvir. 

 A edição dupla em vinil será muito exclusiva, estarão apenas 500 cópias disponíveis

TEARS FOR FEARS - "READY TO START" (VERSÃO/COVER ARCADE FIRE)

Muito esquecidos por Portugal, para além da passagem dos hits mais óbvios nas rádios, os Tears For Fears, que preparam um novo álbum, pegaram num tema de "Suburbs", o álbum editado em 2010 dos Arcade Fire.  "Ready To Start" aparece assim numa versão fascinante, apesar de distante do original, mas que irá agradar muito aos velhos e novos fãs dos Tears For Fears.

NIRVANA - "HEART-SHAPED BOX" (NOVO/NEW DIRECTOR´S CUT)

Com o lançamento, a 23 de setembro, da edição "deluxe" de "In Utero", assinalando o 20º aniversário  da sua primeira publicação, foi disponibilizada, pela primeira vez, a versão director´s cut do vídeo Heart-Shaped Box realizado por Anton Corbijn. Até agora, o vídeo, nesta versão, só estava disponível no dvd "The Work of the Director: Anton Corbijn".

TRAAMS - "FLOWERS" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Os TRAAMS são um trio, de Chichester, West Sussex. Eles existem desde 2011 mas só em 2013 editaram o seu ep de estreia, "Ladders". O seu primeiro álbum, "Grin", vai ser editado a 16 de setembro e é dele que surge este single, "Flowers", e o respectivo vídeo, realizado por James Burgess.

PRINCE - "BREAKFAST CAN WAIT" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

Prince divulgou o seu novo single, "Breakfast Can Wait", uma verdadeira pérola ao nível dos seus grandes clássicos, e que tem como capa uma foto de Dave Chappelle, como Prince, a servir panquecas. Esta capa foi inspirada, e retirada, de um dos episódios do comediante norte-americano, Dave Chappelle, em que Prince é o motivo da paródia (ver abaixo) depois do vídeo/single.

O single está disponível em 3rdeyetunes.com.

OLIVER WILDE - "PINCH" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

O compositor, músico e cantor Oliver Wilde, de Bristol, divulgou o vídeo para o single "Pinch", canção retirada do disco de estreia de Wilde,  "A Brief Introduction To Unnatural Lightyears" (capa na foto).

M.I.A. - "UNBREAK" Mixtape (NOVO / NEW)

Enquanto o novo álbum  de M.I.A. não chega, que tem uma previsão de edição para 5 de novembro, ela vai libertando novidades como a de hoje, uma mixtape denominada como "Unbreak".

O novo álbum vai chamar-se "Matangi", nome inspirado numa deusa indiana da arte, dança e música e que poderá também ter inspirado o primeiro nome de M.I.A., Mathangi.

MOUNT KIMBIE - "HOME RECORDING" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

"Home Recording", o novo single retirado de  'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth', o último álbum do duo  Dominic Maker e Kai Campos, mais conhecidos como Mount Kimbie, tem agora um vídeo.

HOLY GHOST! - "OKAY" (NOVO TEMA / NEW SONG)

O tema "Okay" é como um doce do que aí vem, o novo álbum "Dynamics", com edição a 9 de setembro, dos Holy Ghost!, que tem uma mãozinha preciosa de James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem).

KIM DEAL - "ARE YOU MINE?" (NOVO VÍDEO / NEW VIDEO)

Kim Deal, que tem estado em digressão com os Breeders, tendo desistido dos Pixies, acaba de estrear o novo vídeo, para mais um dos singles, a solo, o quinto, que tem estreado online no seu sítio na web. Desta vez o novo single é "Are You Mine?", com "Wish I Was" no lado B. O tema já tem um vídeo, realizado por Kurt Ralske.

Há uma edição em vinil do tema, no formato de 7", com uma edição limitada de 1000 cópias.

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.