Dois novos integrantes na MAP - Music Alliance Pact, projeto que une blogs de diferentes países realizando uma curadoria mensal com alguns dos mais interessantes representantes do novo indie mundial: o indiano NH7 e o estoniano Rada7, que fez o grande favor de unir todas as faixas da coletânea deste mês em um perfil no Soundcloud.
A escolha do Meio Desligado neste mês, e que representa o Brasil, é o Sambanzo, projeto do saxofonista mineiro (residente em SP) Thiago França. Algumas das outras bandas que indico a audição nesta edição são Girl Band (Irlanda, excelente música, sonoridade meio Liars), Marley Muerto (Equador), Sex Jams (Áustria, puro Pavement), Tengger Cavalry (China, heavy metal com influências de música folclórica mongol) e Candy Empire (Estônia).
A coletânea completa também está disponível para download. Para saber mais sobre as edições anteriores é só seguir a tag "music alliance pact" aqui no blog.
A coletânea completa também está disponível para download. Para saber mais sobre as edições anteriores é só seguir a tag "music alliance pact" aqui no blog.
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
The Omelettes - Perfect Wave
The Omelettes' sophomore album seeks to part from the 60s British sound of their first work and the result is something much more psychedelic and introspective. Perfect Wave is one of our favorite tracks from the new record, The Drawing & The Traveller. You can also watch a video of their song Mondays here.
AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Them Swoops - Too Fast For Love
Never trust a happy song, right? While Tame Impala are still trumping the globe with Lonerism and Gotye's break-up song is STILL unfortunately stalking us everywhere, we do make mood-lifting songs here in Australia. Indie-pop ain't a dirty word, especially when bands like Them Swoops make tracks like this. Too Fast For Love will probably sound like the first time you heard The Shins. Felt good, hey? We're not such a sombre bunch after all.
AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Sex Jams - Shark Vs Apple
The alternate girl/boy singing on Shark Vs Apple and its saucy, playful lyrics make it an instant favourite. Basically, the first single from the new Sex Jams album Trouble, Honey is what Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta would have sounded like had Grease been a noise-rock musical. Half of Sex Jams also play in May 2012's MAP band and this year's Eurosonic favourites Mile Me Deaf.
BRASIL: Meio Desligado
Sambanzo - Xangô
Sambanzo é um dos projetos musicais do saxofonista Thiago França, membro do Metá Metá e colaborador de artistas como Gui Amabis, Criolo e Romulo Froes. "Xangô" é parte do álbum Etiópia, no qual estão presentes experimentalismos, jazz, candomblé, afrobeat, rock e outros gêneros, hora dançantes, hora "cabeçudos".
CANADA: Quick Before It Melts
Barbarosa - Sinking West
The title track of Barbarosa's debut EP calls up images of the Wild West - rugged, romantic, ruthless and without rules. Sinking West's menacing undertone is brightened by modern pop sensibilities, and the playing is fast and fierce. The full EP is available now on the band's website.
CHILE: Super 45
Perrosky - A Mil Millas
Perrosky, a duet formed by brothers Álvaro and Alejandro Gómez, offer a local interpretation of the music styles that gave birth to rock 'n' roll in the USA. Their fifth album Vivos is swarmed by distorted guitars, vocal effects and, of course, a great set of songs. Our highlight is the touching blues ballad A Mil Millas ("A Thousand Miles Away"), which depicts a man searching for himself but whose possibilities seem blocked to him.
CHINA: Wooozy
Tengger Cavalry - War Horse
Deeply influenced by the nomadic culture of north Asia, Tengger Cavalry's music evokes ancient times when wandering warriors, steeds and wolves danced across the great grasslands. The melody of horse-head fiddle, the rhythm of heavy drum, the echo of Mongolian throat singing and the distortion of guitar all create an expressive scene of pagan culture.
COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo
La Pulpafonic - Camelia
Jam for the ears, that's how we can describe the sound of La Pulpafonic. A project born in Bogotá, it aims to present Colombian folklore within a new context and a new flavor: the taste of the fruit pulp. Electronic sounds literally extracted from fruits, mixed with an eclectic explosion of dance rhythms from this century. From their first work released in 2012, we squeeze out the song Camelia.
DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Freja Loeb - W.O.M.D.
Earlier this month Freja Loeb followed up her 2011 debut album Odyssey with the release of a new EP titled W.O.M.D. Where the album stood on the shoulders of the 1980s pop scene, the EP finds its sources of inspiration in the same decade's rock scenes. Here's the title track as a MAP exclusive.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera
Las Acevedo - Cena En La Terraza
Love is still in the air, after a Valentine's Day full of fresh romantic tunes brought by several Ibero-American bands. Las Acevedo, the hippie twin sisters of folk, present this breezy love song about dining in terraces, chasing fireflies and packing away your significant other inside a trunk with flowers in their hair.
ECUADOR: Plan Arteria
Marley Muerto - Dorado Salmon Violeta (featuring Frances Possieri)
Marley Muerto is led by Daniel Pasquel, a musician and producer who was born on the same day that Bob Marley died. This project sees him play with a range of electronic sounds and collaborate with some important local artists. Pararmar is his debut album released while his band, Can Can, takes a break.