São 38 músicas na
Music Alliance Pact deste mês, na qual a banda mineira
Dibigode é a escolha brasileira. O Meio Desligado é o representante exclusivo do Brasil no Music Alliance Pact, projeto global que envolve cerca de 40 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas desses países. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem. Escute as músicas abaixo e faça o
download da coletânea completa.
BRASIL:
Meio Desligado
Dibigode - Mariposa (A Lagartixa E O Urubu)
Dibigode é um quinteto formado por multiinstrumentistas mineiros cuja sonoridade é marcada pelo pós-rock e a música instrumental experimental. Essa versão de "Mariposa (a lagartixa e o urubu)" integra a nova edição do álbum de estreia da banda,
Naturais e idênticos ao natural de pimentas da Jamaica e preta, que acaba de ser remasterizado e está disponível pra
download grátis no site da banda. Potencial para se tornar umas das principais bandas de música instrumental do país.
Born in Chaco, Paula García relocated to Buenos Aires for the first time in 2006 to study music production. Since then, coming and going between Chaco and the capital, she adopted the Sobrenadar identity, developing it through two LPs and three EPs, self-released digitally. 1859 is her latest album, and the highest point of that constant evolution. Released through Bandcamp during the first half of this year, it has already obtained several reviews that name her as one of the most promising new local electronica artists. The song 1859 is a bonus track from a special reissue by Mamushka Dogs Records.
Any of our overseas friends who are fans of The Twerps, do tune in. Sydney via Adelaide four-piece Bad Dreems are one of the best Australian bands at the moment (in our humble opinion). Too Old is about a fizzling relationship, with a nod to the humdrum routine somewhere in between. Its delivery is anything but boring, though. Loose treble riffs, vocalist Ben Marwe's casual drone and arguably the catchiest hook being passed around all make this track so great. If only everyone else took a cue from these guys and stopped trying so hard to sound good. Downer-pop at its best.
"A rooftop above concrete or a cliff above the shore or an accident on the street." The first lines of Fragile Soul / Heavy Heart set the tone for the rest of this strangely calm, reduced and peaceful song that is, after all, about suicide. It is no surprise, then, that Dust Covered Carpet are based in a city with a well-known affinity for all things morbid: Vienna.
On his second album as Evening Hymns, Jonas Bonnetta has made public his very private and personal response to his father's passing. There are moments of sentimentality and sweetness, and there are times when raw nerves are exposed, stinging with pain and heartache. Arrows is a touching, haunting song about the ghosts that linger long after a loved one has passed away.
Ases Falsos present their debut album Juventud Americana (Arca Discos), a collection of songs that refer to the Latin American ideology yet manage to sound contemporary at the same time. The classy use of synthesizers, the meticulous vocal harmonies and the melodic wrapping are, along with irony-filled lyrics but with a strong political and social meaning, the highlights of this work. Our pick is La Sinceridad Del Cosmos ("The sincerity of the cosmos"), a song that questions police brutality... from an animal's point of view.
Baby Formula, currently the only shoegaze band in Beijing who plays dream pop live, are formed by an artist who dedicates himself to being a loser, a senior who doesn't know where to get a master's degree and a writer who hasn't sold any piece of work yet. Their music is influenced by a wide range of bands from Slowdive to The Radio Dept.
After four years of waiting, electro-cumbia group Bomba Estéreo returns with a more reflective album in which they explore their essence, but without forgetting their Caribbean power. Pa' Respirar means "to breathe", a theme that reflects the band's new vibe, where you can feel the world they inhabit.
There's been a new wave of Americana and country music sweeping Denmark in the past few years (I say 'new' - I don't really think there ever was one before) and one representative of this is the quintet Indianna Dawn, centered around singer and songwriter Dianna Dønns. MAP exclusive download I Always Miss You is from their great debut album Somebody's Dead.
From the depths of rural laments, La Casetera's first MAP submission is all about Dominican folklore. José Duluc is part of our musical history, playing alongside iconic rock star Luis "Terror" Días for many years. His nostalgic approach to peasant work on his latest song, La Mano Partía, makes us contemplate the aspirations of the less fortunate and their longing to be generously rewarded someday.
Woodpecker Wooliams aka Brighton girl Gemma Williams is a 27-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and for once that term is true: the former midwife plays harp, kora, omnichord, keyboard, harmonium, electric organ, accordion, penny whistle, clarinet, bells, glockenspiel, electric shruti box, recorder and drums. She's also more Björk than Beyoncé, a kookstress with a high chirrup of a voice and a back-story involving a bird obsession and a bee fetish. Don't expect wall-to-wall cute, though. On Crow, one of several avian-related titles on her The Bird School Of Being Human album, she sings about building "a great funeral pyre" as the music becomes increasingly clanging and industrial. Prepare to be haunted long after it ends.
Skip Zone is a six-piece folk-rock band from Helsinki that performs mid-tempo cosmic Americana songs with some outstanding vocal harmonies and catchy pop melodies. A little bit early Wilco here and a little bit Ryan Adams there create well-crafted songs. Skip Zone's debut EP can be heard on
SoundCloud in its entirety.
Aud is a folk-pop duet hailing from Nancy, heavily influenced by Patrick Watson, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut and other indie acts. Their first EP, Origami, released in 2010, brought them much success and Violets is taken from their second one, The Death Of The Stag God, released on September 14. Not only are they brilliant lyricists, but also exceptional multi-instrumentists who use guitars, drums, pianos, glockenspiel and harmonica to create a diverse spectrum of sounds and feelings.
Let's conclude our series on new Kraut with this fine trio from Duesseldorf, whose debut Douze Pouze had quite an impact on German music scene. They combine the charm of monotony and repetitive patterns with distinctive lyrics reminiscent of Neue Deutsche Welle. But Stabil Elite is not just one of those retro bands - it's mature, handmade music with a great range of originality.
Monotown just finished their debut album in a collaboration with four-time Grammy-winning mixing engineer Michael Brauer. While the album's narrative may have roots in their motherland, its sound will be equal parts American western film score and Beatles psychedelia, flavored with haunting textures reminiscent of contemporary indie-rock bands.
AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig 
CANADA: Quick Before It Melts 
CHILE: Super 45 
CHINA: Wooozy 
COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo 
DENMARK: All Scandinavian 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera 
ENGLAND: The Guardian Music Blog 
FINLAND: Glue 
FRANCE: Yet You're Fired 
GERMANY: Blogpartei 
ICELAND: Rjóminn 
ARGENTINA: