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16 de novembro de 2017

Popload Festival 2017: PJ Harvey pegando um bronzeado, Phoenix na balada, Ventre e Carne Doce mostrando a força do indie BR


Criado em 2013, o Popload Festival já nasceu sendo um dos mais interessantes eventos musicais do país. Desde seu surgimento, trouxe ao Brasil artistas como Iggy Pop, Wilco, Tame Impala e Cat Power ao lado de brasileiros como Cidadão Instigado e Céu. Desdobramento do site (ex-coluna) de mesmo nome e principal veículo sobre música indie no Brasil, neste ano teve como atrações principais PJ Harvey e Phoenix, além das ótimas Ventre e Carne Doce, ambas brasileiras, Neon Indian e Daughter.

PJ Harvey atendeu às expectativas com o melhor show da noite. Passaram-se 13 anos desde sua primeira vinda ao país, quando tocou no Tim Festival (na mesma edição em que tocaram Kraftwerk, Brian Wilson e Primal Scream), e seus dois shows por aqui dificilmente poderiam ser mais distintos entre si. Em 2004, fez um show pesado, enérgico e distorcido acompanhada de um trio de bateria, baixo e guitarra (tocada pelo mini-Frusciante Josh Klinghoffer, atualmente no Red Hot Chilli Peppers). Agora, em 2017, são 10 músicos no palco (entre eles os colaboradores de longa data Mick Harvey, que também toca com Nick Cave desde o Birthday Party, e John Parish, com quem PJ tem dois discos lançados em parceria, além de Alain Johannes, que foi do Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age e Them Crooked Vultures) para construir um clima soturno, politizado e musicalmente mais complexo. A atual turnê estreou em 2016 no Primavera Sound, em Barcelona, e é focada nos dois discos mais recentes de PJ, The Hope Six Demolition Project, de 2016, e Let England Shake, de 2011. Se nos dois primeiros shows da turnê o clima sombrio, cheio de sopros e percussão minimalista assustava (depois de Barcelona, também vi o show dela no Nós Primavera, em Porto, Portugal, e em ambos as reações da plateia foram parecidas), o público brasileiro chegou preparado para a atual fase de PJ e recebeu em troca uma banda ainda mais afiada, de performance excepcional (e em dose dupla, já que na noite anterior ela se apresentou em um teatro de São Paulo em uma ação social do festival que beneficiou doadores de sangue e pessoas que exercem trabalhos junto a ONGs parceiras do Popload Festival).

O show começou em estilo banda marcial com todos os músicos entrando enfileirados (PJ entre eles, empunhando seu saxofone), ao som de "Chain of keys", a pesada "The Ministry of Defense" e o single "The Community of Hope" (um dos poucos momentos "pop" do show), nessa sequência. Depois da roqueira "Shame", uma das melhores do disco Uh Hu Her, de 2004 (e única dele no set), PJ emendou uma série de canções do Let England Shake (com o qual ganhou o Mercury Prize pela segunda vez) e duas do calmo White Chalk, de 2007: "Dear darkness" e "White chalk". A música mais antiga (e barulhenta) do show foi a punk "50 ft Queenie", do álbum Rid of Me, de 1993, seguida no show dos hits "Down by the water" e a blueseira desértica "To bring you my love", de 1995, para encerrar com "River anacostia", do disco mais recente, canção sobre a poluição das águas que tinha seu sentido reforçado ao ser tocada a menos de 2km do Rio Tietê.



De escalação aparentemente deslocada e anacrônica ("quem ainda ouve esses caras?", pensei quando saiu a programação), a francesa Phoenix fez um show bastante animado e que funcionou bem como encerramento da noite. É aquele indie pop que explodiu mundialmente há quase 10 anos e que hoje em dia é um pouco brega, um pouco música de publicitário, um pouco balada de playboy que quer ser minimamente descolado. Mas são extremamente bons no que fazem, o pacote completo de entretenimento do rock pop mundial com muitas luzes, pressão sonora e performance ensaiada bem ao gosto do público instagramer. Além dos megahits "Lisztomania" e "1901" e de hits como "Trying to be cool" e "Lasso", músicas novas como "Ti amo" e "J-boy" funcionaram bem ao vivo.



Mais cedo, sob o sol de mais de 30º que castigava o público, os americanos do Neon Indian abriram o festival para um público pequeno que enfrentou o calor pra conferir o synth-pop oitentista hipster da banda. Ainda sobre um sol de matar, o trio carioca Ventre, sem dúvida uma das melhores bandas ao vivo atualmente em atividade, fez seu habitual show sujo e melódico, algo próximo do The Dead Weather misturado com Los Hermanos. Começaram com "Quente" (não por acaso) e fecharam com "Pernas". Se o segundo disco da banda, atualmente em produção, conseguir se aproximar da pressão do show, é certeza de um grande disco à caminho.

Outro nome frequente nos festivais de rock nacionais, o Carne Doce também fez um bom show e deixou claro, mais uma vez, não se tratar de um simples hype. A banda tem construções melódicas interessantes e letras pungentes. É dos raros casos no indie nacional em que os vocais são tão bons quanto o instrumental da banda (nesse caso, ambos excepcionais).

O público, que mais tarde chegaria a cerca de 8 mil pessoas (segundo dados do festival), começou a crescer durante o show do Daughter. Quem perdeu Ventre e Carne Doce e chegou somente na hora da banda inglesa se deu mal, já que foi o show mais fraco do dia. Apesar de mais interessante ao vivo do que em disco, é uma banda genérica, pastiche de Florence + The Machine, Cat Power e outros nomes. Opção mais interessante era sacar as ofertas gastronômicas (aproveitando que, na maior parte do tempo, havia poucas filas) e fugir do sol na grama nas poucas áreas com sombra no Memorial da América Latina.

AlunaGeorge, da Inglaterra, foi a atração surpresa entre os shows da PJ Harvey e do Phoenix, com a brasileira Iza como convidada especial. Tudo o que tenho a dizer sobre esse show é que durante ele eu comi um ótimo sanduíche do Maní e experimentei um energético de tangerina da TNT.


Playlist com os sets da PJ Harvey e Phoenix no Popload Festival 2017

Ps: A foto que abre o post é do G1.

15 de fevereiro de 2016

Rodrigo Ogi na Music Alliance Pact de fevereiro

Parece que meus companheiros gringos da Music Alliance Pact perderam o prazo e somente 16 blogs enviaram as músicas escolhidas para representar seus respectivos países. No caso do Brasil, o artista escolhido para este mês é o Rodrigo Ogi, autor de um dos discos mais elogiados no país em 2015 (Rá!). Você pode fazer o download gratuito da coletânea completa ou ouvir cada música individualmente, clicando no nome da faixa.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Rosal - John
Rosal are one of our all-time favorite bands from Buenos Aires. Led by singer Maria Ezquiaga, they have been around since 2002 delivering indie-pop gems with fine arrangements and catchy lyrics, such as John, a track from their first album. Rosal just released La Musica Es Mi Eje, which features live versions from their five albums and some great covers.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
The Delicates - Chimera
Exactly the type of song you'd expect to hear come out of Australia in the middle of our long, hot southern summer. The Delicates are five wallflowers from the Gold Coast who play soothing, understated jangle surf-pop with a hint of the type of melancholy that you only get from bands born outside the hustle and bustle of a major metropolis. Chimera will drift in and out of your headphones without much of a fuss but not without leaving you feeling a little lighter in the process.


BRASIL: Meio Desligado
Rodrigo Ogi - Aventureiro
Aventureiro is the opening track from RÁ!, one of the most acclaimed Brazilian albums of 2015. Rodrigo Ogi raps about life in São Paulo, its challenges and experiences. For those who do not speak Portuguese this track speaks for itself with its strong beats and flow.

CANADA: Ride The Tempo
P'ARIS - Focus
The identity of P'ARIS is currently unknown but one thing is for sure, they know how to write a pop jam. This totally channels the essence of fellow Canadians Tegan and Sara.

CHILE: Super 45
Los Valentina - Danza De La Lluvia
From Piloto, the record label that brought guitars back to Chilean indie-pop, we introduce Los Valentina with their debut EP Señoras. Simple songs about simple things, delicately executed and perfect for the summer, with the unmistakable voice of Valentina Martinez inviting us to listen over and over again until we learn the lyrics to sing along like nothing else matters.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria
El Bloque - Sazón
Hip hop group El Bloque are part of this year's Rap De Colección Vol.2 compilation that serves as a platform to show off Ecuadorian talent. The album features El Bloque's tasteful single Sazón, which comes with this video

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
Pygmy Marmoset - Cerita Senja
Pygmy Marmoset are a duo from Bali who sing pop songs with strong lyrics about the environment. Their latest release Cerita Senja (roughly translated as "The Afternoon Story") is about someone who craves a hug after working long hours and commuting through traffic and pollution.

IRELAND: Hendicott Writing
Tuath - Casting Shadows Over Sun (Shammen Delly remix)
Typically an Irish language post-punk act, what makes this locally-leaning remix from Tuath interesting is in part that it's so atypical of them. A remix of fellow Donegal act Shammen Delly, this is an atmospheric bit of slow-building, fuzzy electronica that is decidedly not post-punk. Fortunately, it offers great evidence that Robert Mulhern is not a man to be pigeonholed, once again exploring rhythm and texture, simply through an entirely different medium.

ITALY: Polaroid
Paisley Reich - Fade
Paisley Reich were on the MAP playlist in January 2013, but they have grown up a lot since those early songs. They just released a vinyl EP on Lady Sometimes Records and it shows a new maturity in songwriting and a great awareness in the definition of their sound. Taking inspiration from the likes of Interpol and The National, these guys from Rome are able to create a music landscape full of shadows, noise and mystery, but which also shines with melodies and a psychedelic sweetness.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies
Foodman x Meuko Meuko - Wan Wan Wan Wan
This MAP entry sees wonky Japanese producer Foodman team up with equally left-of-center Taiwanese artist Meuko Meuko for a woozy electronic number. Wan Wan Wan Wan jitters ahead, eventually settling into a nice thump, albeit one that takes place in a sonic jungle courtesy of nature-centric samples. Despite all of the disparate parts clanging together, Wan Wan Wan Wan ends up a danceable tune.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta
Divine Sinners - Busy Bee
Divine Sinners is a four-piece band from Gozo (Malta's sister island). Originally founded by Charles J. Attard & Frank Buhagiar, they have been playing live for the past six years and have recorded four albums. Divine Sinners are currently working on their fifth album.

MEXICO: RBMA Radio Panamérika
Memo Guerra - Que Es Lo Que Siento
Continuing the impressive growth of his netlabel Abstrakt Muzak, the Monterrey-born, Austin-based virtuoso Memo Guerra has recently released his new album Moon Phase. The aesthetic choices on swooning first single Que Es Lo Que Siento - drum machines, programming, synths, an unforeseen guitar outro and more - are enveloping by themselves. Yet, underneath all these layers and sonic textures, the song comes into full in effect with its hooky central melody.

PERU: SoTB
Los Tuertos - Faith In God
Los Tuertos features Humberto Campodonico, formerly of the band Turbopotamos, alongside Francisco Chirinos and Claudio Pando. Having made their debut in 2014 with the single Tuerta Navidad, their music has a predilection for folk and nostalgic melodies in a style they call Peruvian gospel. PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Bed Legs - Vicious The sound of Bed Legs, a quartet from Braga, is pure blues and rock 'n' roll. Vicious was the first single taken from their debut album, Black Bottle, released in January.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Mt. Doubt - Soft Wrists
Leo Bargery is the guiding force of Edinburgh's Mt. Doubt, whose 2015 debut album My Past Is A Quiet Beast (available on iTunes) broods with impressive variety, from driving indie-rock to melancholic introspection and everything in between. Vocally reminiscent of Neil Halstead, the incremental crescendo-building of Soft Wrists deserves to be played loud and often. 

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Earip - 1984
Earip started her musical career as the vocalist of 90s indie-pop band Sweater and has continued on her own as a singer-songwriter for the past decade. Her fifth solo album Exile has just been released and is full of lovely tunes. Inspired by George Orwell's novel, 1984 showcases Earip's characteristic, warm voice over a calm piano arrangement.

16 de outubro de 2015

Rodrigo Campos na Music Alliance Pact de outubro

O Meio Desligado é o representante exclusivo do Brasil no Music Alliance Pact, projeto global que envolve cerca de 20 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem. Em outubro, quem representa o Brasil é o Rodrigo Campos.

Você pode fazer o download da coletânea gratuitamente ou ouvir cada uma das músicas individualmente clicando em seus nomes.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Fabiana Cantilo y Fer Isella - Viernes 3 AM
In 2009 the Argentine goverment published several declassified official documents produced during the dictatorships that ruled the country from 1962-1982. One of these documents is titled "Songs whose lyrics are considered not fit to be played by broadcast services" and it includes compositions by all kinds of Argentine and foreign artists. Canciones Prohibidas is a compilation with 16 versions of these censured songs. For MAP we selected Viernes 3 AM, originally by Argentine rock living legend Charly Garcia, here recorded by (also legendary singer) Fabiana Cantilo on vocals and producer Fer Isella on piano.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Fresh Kills - The People
At The Drive-In is the first association any rock connoisseur will make with this 90-second post-punk melodrama. It's all energy and emotion without the slightest hint of pretension. The song is chaotic and at times confusing without a single comprehensible lyric (go on, try to figure out what the hell they're saying) but that's exactly the charm of this south Australian band.

BRASIL: Meio Desligado
Rodrigo Campos - Katsumi
Rodrigo Campos, a prolific name in São Paulo's contemporary music scene, has just released his third solo album, Conversas Com Toshiro, which is influenced by Japanese culture. "Katsumi" is a good opening gate to his work.

CANADA: Ride The Tempo
Harrison - Sorry
Toronto producer Harrison beeps and blips his way into a sweet apology with his latest track, Sorry.

CHILE: Super 45
Breaking Forms - Folie A Deux
Breaking Forms is a duo formed by Nicole L'Huillier and Juan Necochea. Although they currently live in the United States, their journey began in Chile under the wings of two emblematic bands, Cóndor Jet and Picnic Kibun. While in the first one, L'Huillier developed a penchant for psychedelia and post-rock; in Picnic Kibun, Necochea explored the multiple facets of dance music. Breaking Forms is, in its own way, the meeting point for both genres. Proof of this is their first single Folie A Deux, a power-pop song spiced up by electronic sequences and noisy synths.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo
Electric Sasquatch - Hunting Season
The legend of Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, acts as inspiration for this stoner rock band from Cali. They feed on forest myths, adding elements of theater and visuals to their presentations. From their brilliant self-titled album, whose CD version comes in a beautiful wooden box, we present Hunting Season, in which the Sasquatchs show us a more violent and dehumanized side.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Slaughter Beach - ClearInsight
Slaughter Beach are very much a Scandinavian proposition. Hailing from Denmark, they played their debut concert in Gothenburg, Sweden and are signed to Norwegian label Brilliance. MAP exclusive download ClearInsight is taken from their debut EP, Love/Venice, released this month.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria
Radio Invasor - Magnolia
Radio Invasor is an electronic project blending digital sounds with organic elements of rock, funk, dub and hip hop. From their first EP, released this September, we present Magnolia. It's an epic, experimental track that offers a taste of Radio Invasor's potential.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
Littlelute - Berlibur Ke Poznan
Littlelute is an indie-pop outfit from Bandung. Their ukulele player recently visited Poznan and the beauty of the Polish city inspired him to write this cute pop composition (see video).

IRELAND: Hendicott Writing
Owensie - Dramamine
After more than three years tucked away from the eyes of the Irish music scene, dream-pop artist Owensie returns with Dramamine, a trippy ode to a motion sickness drug. The track features Conor O'Brien of Villagers and comes ahead of a third album of the same title that's seemed an extremely long time in the making. One for watching the world drift by outside your window.

ITALY: Polaroid
Port-Royal - Death Of A Manifesto
Port-Royal is a trio from Genova that fuses elements of ambient techno, shoegaze, melodic IDM and post-rock into a dreamy, evocative sound. Active since 2001, they have toured Europe and the United States, and released several records, compilations and remixes. Where Are You Now is their fourth proper album, out on Oakland-based label n5MD. Port-Royal are expanding their palette, and the gorgeous Death Of A Manifesto is one of their more pop-oriented compositions.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies
Boogie Idol - Seiteki Na Mimi
The recently released Schau Essen 2 compilation features many talented artists who pull from the glitzy sounds of 1980s Japan, when the economy was roaring and decadence dominated. Producer Boogie Idol offers up one of the best contributions to that set, a shimmering number full of bright synths, sticky bass lines and a slightly uncomfortable growling noise lurking beneath it all.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta
Juno And The Wolf - Dambrose
Born out of the merging of different projects in late 2011, Juno And The Wolf is the culmination of the myriad of influences that inspire its four members - James Azzopardi, Kristian Schembri, Samwel Mallia and Corey Farrugia. The band have developed an experimental ethos, an aim to create a duality with emotion and sound, flowing from heavy, raw numbers to quieter, more introspective ones rather than simply settling for one set genre. Their debut home-recorded self-titled EP was released in September 2014.

MEXICO: RBMA Radio Panamérika
El Muertho TJ - Malandro
El Muertho - a street musician playing romantic delusions with only a Yamaha keyboard, wearing black robes and Kiss wannabe make-up - has emerged from the Tijuana slums to raise a few eyebrows among critics and audiences. But, hey, the best works come from outsiders: Syd Barrett, Daniel Johnston, Tom Waits... add in a little bit of Suicide industrial tremolo and you'll get the perfect treat for Halloween or the Mexican Day of the Dead.

PERU: SoTB
Nave Ascensor - Ciudad Reacción
Ciudad Reacción is the first single from Nave Ascensor's debut album, Hartistas. The Lima trio come with a strong proposal - listen as they rail against the system through rock songs loaded with critical social and visual exercises to help you free your mind.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Benjamim - Tarrafal
Benjamim is an artist formerly known as Walter Benjamin, who had a song on the Music Alliance Pact's April 2012 edition. Tarrafal is a single from his new album, Auto-Rádio, which has won over the Portuguese public and critics. In contrast to his previous guise, Benjamim opts for Portuguese lyrics instead of English. The music continues to be sophisticated pop that will get your feet tapping. Belle & Sebastian fans will love him.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
JR Green - Nigerian Princess
With a modern spin on traditional folk music (accordion and mandolin feature heavily) and a healthy dose of lyrical intrigue, JR Green sound like the happy marriage of Frightened Rabbit and King Creosote. Made up of young brothers Jacob and Rory Green, their debut EP, Bring The Witch Doctor, is being released by Hits The Fan Records - the same label that released Frightened Rabbit's first album. Sign up to JR Green's mailing list for updates and freebies.

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Silica Gel - Hrm
Silica Gel is most definitely a band to look out for. They describe their music as neo-psychedelic, experimental, progressive, dream and shoegaze - and they manage to deliver on all counts. A great track to dream away to, Hrm starts out plainly with just a simple guitar loop and some toned-down drums, gradually adds more and more to the mix, before unleashing total bliss a few minutes in.

15 de setembro de 2015

Music Alliance Pact de setembro

O Meio Desligado é o representante brasileiro no Music Alliance Pact, projeto global que envolve 20 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem. Você pode fazer download da coletânea completa ou escutar as faixas individualmente, clicando no nome de cada uma delas.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Argonautas - Perfecto
With a career that spans more than 20 years, this independent prog-rock band from Ramos Mejia, a Buenos Aires suburb, performed a couple of shows last month after being inactive for quite some time. So we thought it was a great opportunity to share this fine track from Argonautas' third album, also called Perfecto.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Jack Colwell - Don't Cry Those Tears
On his latest EP, Only When Flooded Could I Let Go, classically trained musician Jack Colwell blends the popular and the arcane to stunning effect. He has a grand vision and the chops to pull it off, creating compositions that dabble in everything from chamber-pop to doo-wop. Don't Cry Those Tears, a tribute to 60s pop, brings together strings, organ and a small choir with the seamlessness of a jigsaw puzzle. As a vocalist Colwell is often compared to Nick Cave and Patrick Wolf, and his performance on Don't Cry Those Tears is an expert balance of melodrama and levity. He is undoubtedly an artist to keep your eye on.


BRASIL: Meio Desligado
Emicida - Mandume
Brazil's most famous rapper, Emicida, has just released a new album in which he explores themes about urban life in his homeland, mixing it with African rhythms. In Mandume, he's surrounded by a group of new Brazilian MCs: Drik Barbosa, Amiri, Rico Dalasam, Muzzike and Raphao Alaafin.

CANADA: Ride The Tempo
Mieke - Sleeping Alone
You may recognize Elissa Mielke (aka Mieke) as the model in The Weeknd and Drake's video for The Zone, but she has her own thing going on. Her goosebump-inducing single Sleeping Alone reminds us all that there are worse things in the world than being alone.

CHILE: Super 45
Planeta No - Sol a Sol
Planeta No is one of the most promising acts in Chilean pop. Gonzalo García, Camilo Molina and Juan Pablo Garin, who released first EP Matucana in 2014, make perfect music for the dancefloor with guitars, synths and harmonies. The single Sol a Sol is taken from debut album Odio, which came out in August.

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo
Anyone/Cualkiera - En Cualquier Parte
From Medellín, as part of the No Rules Clan, we introduce Anyone/Cualkiera, who have been making hip-hop for more than five years. Their latest work, Tiempo Libre EP, is very interesting, not only for its collaborations - which includes Kario One on En Cualquier Parte - but for its approach to old school and reflection of Medellín life.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Palace Winter - Menton
Palace Winter - aka Danish producer/synth wizard Caspar Hesselager and Australian singer-songwriter Carl Coleman - release their five-song debut EP, Medication, on October 2. Here's the awesome second single Menton as a MAP exclusive download.

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria
Andes Music Machine - Stray Song
Andes Music Machine were formed by Pinteiro, an electronic musician from Quito, and The Pineda Brothers, who belong to the indigenous community of Peguche in the Andes of Ecuador. They play Andean music with electronic and traditional instruments, creating a sound that represents new Latin American music beyond the popular cumbia.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
Peonies - Truth
Peonies are Cinta Marezi, Jodi Setiawan and Paramitha Citta. They come from Jakarta and love to sing and dance in an indie-pop style.

IRELAND: Hendicott Writing
Overhead, The Albatross - Big River Man
Having forged a reputation as a truly stunning live band, Overhead, The Albatross have finally unveiled the first single from their long-awaited debut album, out shortly. Big River Man is about Slovenian distance swimmer Martin Strel and contains the band's usual swirling guitars and complex, beguiling layering. It's loud yet nuanced, jagged yet melodic, and entirely instrumental. You need to hear it.

ITALY: Polaroid
Any Other - Gladly Farewell
Adele Nigro is only 21, but she has been making lovely folk-pop with intense lyrics and a strong attitude for years. She reminds me young songwriters such as Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee or Eskimeaux. Adele recently formed a trio called Any Other, who released their debut album this month (available at Bandcamp) and it is the best new voice I have heard in a while.

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies
Takeaki Oda - Loop
The term chillwave presumably vanished from many music fans' heads several years ago, but the microgenre persists in Japan, with lots of great results. Takeaki Oda is the latest Tokyo artist to embrace it and Loop is an absorbing number that makes dusting off classic terms such as "sun-dappled" worth it. He adds a level of familiarity by weaving in some childhood sounds, at least if you played the Nintendo 64.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta
Norm Rejection - The Radical Underground
Norm Rejection formed in 1994 and are the country's first metal band to have both English and Maltese lyrics. With three albums and two EPs to their name, they fuse different styles into a distinctive metal sound. Norm Rejection are known for their songs of rebellion and liberation as well as their powerful live performances.

MEXICO: RBMA Radio Panamérika
Selma Oxor - Luna Llena
Based on the tracks we've heard so far from the upcoming Fantasías de Tocador, Selma Oxor appears to be stretching the electroclash foundation of her sassy project into nastier zones. Although musically more restrained (we have yet to encounter a killer guitar riff like the ones found in Dotes de Cocina or Jungle Juice) and naked, Oxor feels terribly confident in her vocal acrobatics that have been pushed to the foreground. In Luna Llena, the former Bam Bam member adopts a vamp persona while carrying a batch of bubblegum synths and a threatening ambience that's as lustful as it is catchy.

PERU: SoTB
Los Lagartos - Invierno
Los Lagartos recently launched their La Luz Del Mediodía EP, influenced by American jangle-pop and 80s British rock. Invierno, the fifth track of this remarkable record, is a fresh tribute to British rock played under Lima's grey sky.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Few Fingers - From Pale To Red
Few Fingers (Nuno Rancho and André Pereira) release their debut album, Burning Hands, this month. They have a beautiful indie-folk sound, as you can hear on From Pale To Red, which is backed by this video directed by Tiago Gomes. Nuno Rancho was also featured in the Music Alliance Pact's December 2008 edition when he released his first solo album.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Daydream Frenzy - Pride & Wonder
Daydream Frenzy are one of the most promising alternative rock bands to emerge from Scotland in quite some time, with support from Kerrang! magazine and an endorsement from Tom Delonge of Blink-182 fame testament to the very obvious talent this Aberdeenshire trio possesses. Daydream Frenzy released debut album Pride & Wonder in March - seek it out on iTunes/Amazon/Spotify. Its title track (see video), presented here as an exclusive free download, perfectly encapsulates their appeal: jumbo choruses, exceptionally strong melodies and accomplished musicianship.

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Tierpark - Bullfight
Seoul-based dreamgaze outfit Tierpark release second album The Moment Two Worlds Meet this month. Showcasing the band's characteristic dynamic sound, Bullfight offers intense progressions and captivating guitar lines perfectly complemented by Sehee Kim's vocals.

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