(c) Clemens Schneider

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. This month, the spotlight is on FIJUKA.

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 36-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig 
Fijuka – Behave (From Now On) (MP3) 
First a drum machine, then a Billie Jean-style bassline and finally synthscapes that embed the voice of Fijuka’s Ankathie singing one of the weirdest declarations of love we have ever heard. Fijuka stands for DIY pop with an art school touch. Watch the music video for some Rhönrad wheel action.

May 17: AT, St. Pölten, Freiraum (Kling Klang)
May 31: DE, Munich, Strom
June 1: DE, Munich, Milla Live Club
June 18: AT, Vienna, Flex w/ The Veils

Listen to our playlist on Spotify or find all tracks after the jump:

(c) Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. This month, we are super excited to be featuring FRANCIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT!

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 37-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig 
Francis International Airport – The Right Ones (MP3) 
It is no overstatement to say that Francis International Airport are Austria’s most relevant band with an international appeal. With their 2010 album In The Woods, they took the local indie community by storm and made quite an impression at festivals such as Eurosonic and Primavera. Three years later, additional e-drums and synths contribute to the more electronic sound of its equally great successor Cache. 

May 3: CZ, Brno, Kabinet Múz
May 14: AT, Wien, WUK
May 16: AT, Graz, PPC
May 17: AT, Linz, Posthof
May 22: DE, Leipzig, Werk 2… and many more

This month, we recommend Canada’s Lake Names, Qva Libre from Cuba, Alkaloides from Ecuador, England’s Tiny Dancer, Black Lizard from Finland (does every psychedelic band have the word “black” in their band name?), The Clever Square (is that a Flatland reference?) from Italy, Russia’s On-The-Go, Turkey’s Sami Baha, and Radical Dads from the US. Listen to our MAP playlist on Spotify or find all 37 tracks after the jump:

 (c) Kidcat Lo-Fi

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the third edition of 2013, we are featuring KIDCAT LO-FI.

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 40-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig 
Kidcat Lo-Fi – Life Sucks (MP3) 
A singer-songwriter with a feminist tendency, Kidcat Lo-Fi’s songs range from love to hate and from protest to irony. Her self-titled debut album - out in April - is consciously kept raw and will feature songs called I Will Not Marry Or Reproduce and I Want To Be A Cat. Don’t we all?

April 9: AT, Wien, Rhiz (Album Release Show)
May 27: AT, Wien, B72
June 15: AT, Wien, Pop Up Circus im Neruda

This month, we welcome Cuba to the Music Alliance Pact! We especially recommend Canadian singer/songwriter folk for the winter/spring transition season by Eagle Lake Owls and the Ecuadorian Munn (Warpaint meets Smoke City’s Underwater Love). Listen to our selection on Spotify or find all 40 tracks after the jump:

(c) Johannes Staudenbauer

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the second edition of 2013, we are featuring SEX JAMS.

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 39-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Sex Jams – Shark vs Apple (MP3)
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.

March 8: AT, St. Pölten, Cinema Paradiso (+ Mile Me Deaf)
March 15: AT, Wien, Gartenbaukino (Release Party)
March 16: AT, Linz, Kapu (+ Mile Me Deaf)
April 25: DE, Berlin, Schokoladen (+ Mile Me Deaf)
April 30: DE, Dresden, Ost-Pol (+ Mile Me Deaf)

This month, we welcome back India and Estonia to the MAP! Find all 39 tracks after the jump:

(c) Andreas Jakwerth

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the first edition of 2013, we are featuring NOWHERE TRAIN (who we interviewed a few weeks ago, WATCH HERE).

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 35-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Nowhere Train – Ashes (MP3)
Nowhere Train is a project of seven folk musicians from different bands. After a train tour through the country and a documentary about it, the supergroup’s first album, aptly named Station, recently saw the light of day. It was featured on national television and Austria’s most popular website. Ashes, a song about a perfect moment, was written on tour by globetrotter Ian Fisher (Missouri/Berlin).

This month’s other highlights include a Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin side project and other gems. Find all tracks after the jump:

(c) Sarah Haas

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the last edition of 2012, we are featuring CLARA LUZIA.

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 39-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Clara Luzia – Morning Light (MP3)
Morning Light contains some of my favourite lyrics: “We held hands and cried until the morning light”. Isn’t the idea of sharing one’s sadness with someone else just such a beautiful thought? After four successful records in Austria, singer-songwriter Clara Luzia recently released her international debut album The Range, a compilation of songs from her previous albums.

March 6: AT, Wien, WUK - Album Release Show
March 8: AT, Linz, Posthof
March 9: AT, Klagenfurt, Kamot
March 14: AT, St. Pölten, Cinema Paradiso
March 15: AT, Graz, PPC 

This month’s other highlights include the next anthem for the underage indie disco by Swiss Lips (confusingly, from the UK) and the Sin Fang / Seabear side project Pojke (Iceland). Find all tracks after the jump:

(c) James William Porter III

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the 50th edition, we and our fellow MAP members bring to you lots of exclusive tracks, including Austria’s MAURACHER.

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 40-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Mauracher – Outer Space Dancer (MP3)
Outer Space Dancer is the first single from the new, fourth Mauracher album Super Seven, out now on Fabrique Records. For this album, Tyrolean electronic musician Hubert Mauracher has teamed up with singer Sonia Sawoff (of Sawoff Shotgun). Together, they create synth-filled dream-pop with ethereal lyrics such as, “When I close my eyes, I stop thinking”.

November 16: AT, Innsbruck, Treibhaus
November 17: AT, Dornbirn, Spielboden
January 18: AT, Wels, Schlachthof
January 19: AT, Salzburg, Arge

This month’s other highlights include an exclusive rework by Germany’s Touchy Mob, Waves Vienna 2012 artist DZA (Russia), and tracks produced by members of The Strokes and Tortoise. Find all tracks below:

(c) Julia Maetzl

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes, this month with Austria’s electronica veteran B. FLEISCHMANN. 

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 39-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
B. Fleischmann – I’m Not Ready For The Grave Yet (MP3)
Working in a bookshop and on various musical projects as well as composing scores for TV series, electronica veteran Bernhard Fleischmann is a busy bee. On his new album I’m Not Ready For The Grave Yet, he uses his own voice for the first time instead of inviting guest singers. Occasionally he also adds film snippets, such as in the album’s title track.

October 18: DE, Stuttgart, Kimtimjim

This month’s MAP also features Sweden’s Thus:Owls, Kamp! from Poland (which you may have seen play Waves Vienna earlier this month), a hate anthem for the indie disco by France’s Total Warr, and hyperactive Lar Kaye from Ireland. Find all tracks after the jump:

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes, this month with Austria’s folk collective DUST COVERED CARPET. 

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Dust Covered Carpet – Fragile Soul / Heavy Heart (MP3)
“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.

September 19: DE, Frankfurt am Main, Ivi w/ Cars & Trains
September 20: DE, Berlin, Kaffee Burger
September 21: DE, Leipzig, Radio Mephisto (11 AM)
September 21: DE, Dresden, Veränderbar
September 28: AT, Öblarn, ku:L
September 29: AT, Villach, Kulturhofkeller
October 4: AT, Vienna, Waves Vienna

This month we welcome La Casetera as a new representative for the Dominican Republic. Find all of this month’s excellent tracks, including Canada’s Evening Hymns and Denmark’s Indianna Dawn, below:

(c) Fettkakao

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes, this month with Austria’s PLAIDED. 

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Plaided – Freaks And Geeks (MP3)
“Would you run run run run run run run to my place and watch Freaks and Geeks all night long?” We totally would! Plaided is an acronym that was inspired by a Girls Rock Camp participant’s band and thus matches the feminist background of Veronika Eberhart and Julia Mitterbauer. The duo will go on a US tour with Grass Widow in September and also record a 7” record there. Freaks And Geeks is taken from their debut album Playdate, recorded by Wolfgang Möstl (of previous MAP act Mile Me Deaf).

September 6: NY, New York, TBA
September 7: PA, Philadelphia, House Party
September 10: WA, Olympia, TBA w/ Grass Widow
September 12: WA, Seattle, Chop Suey w/ Grass Widow
September 18: OR, Portland, Valentines
October 3: AT, Wien, Arena
October 13: AT, Wien, Brut
November 11: AT, Wien, Chelsea w/ Praha Depart
November 23: AT, Wels, Youki w/ Just Friends and Lovers
November 24: AT, Linz, Kapu w/ Just Friends and Lovers
November 26: DE, Berlin, Schokoladen w/ Just Friends and Lovers

This month, we recommend the German Kraut of Camera, Denmark’s Alcoholic Faith Mission, a more danceable version of Kings Of Leon called Fair Weather Friends (Poland), Orquesta’s Beach Boys cover version (Ireland), singer/songwriter folk by Biggles (Switzerland), and bluesy americana by Houndmouth (USA). A warm welcome to We Listen For You as the new representative for the USA and the first Polish MAP participant Lukasz Kusmierz Weblog! Find all 34 tracks below:

(c) Andreas Waldschütz

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes, this month with Austria’s OGRIS DEBRIS. 

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 37-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Ogris Debris – Sexy Chair (MP3)
This electronic duo is best known for their onomatopoetic track Miezekatze, a club and radio hit in 2010. Mixing such diverse genres as house, funk and soul, the tongue-in-cheek track Sexy Chair is taken from the Affine Records compilation What A Fine Mess We Made. The most recent Ogris Debris release The Way (feat. Ken Hayakawa) (listen on Soundcloud) has a more Arabesque vibe to it.

August 31: AT, Bregenz, Freakwave Festival
September 28: TBA

This month’s compilation also includes Digit’s electro-R&B (Canada), Scottish indie by Holy Esque, the soulful voice of Josephine (England), Bark Bark Disco’s raw pop (Malta), the summer-evoking (because they’re Italian) lyrics of Cosmetic, and the Portishead-style (though poppier) Anchor by Kúra (Denmark/Iceland). Listen to all 37 tracks after the jump:

(c) Kidizin Sane

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. This month, we proudly present Austria’s LIKEWISE (they’re new to Tumblr so go say hi). 

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 35-track compilation through Ge.tt here. 

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Likewise – Hope Upon My Heels (MP3)
There must be something in the water in Upper Austria’s Kremstal region. Part of a collective of remarkably talented young bands, five-piece Likewise released their full-length debut Prometheus Run earlier this month. Covering topics ranging from Greek mythology to wanderlust to romance (obviously), the 12 songs on the album oscillate between folk and Americana. 

July 6: AT, Linz, Summerbreak
July 7: AT, Haag, Böllerbauer
July 13: AT, Inzersdorf, Rock im Dorf
September 21: AT, Graz, Forum Stadtpark w/ Kristofer Aström
September 22: AT, Lambach, The Bakery
October 12: AT, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Mamas w/ Velojet
October 13: AT, Aflenz, Sublime
October 15: AT, Innsbruck, Weekender
October 19: AT, Steyr, Röda w/ Velojet

Apart from the beautiful and talented Likewise, this month we also recommend the Pantha du Prince side project Ursprung (Germany), Alt-J (currently in the FM4 charts and from England), the sunny tunes of Wraygunn (Portugal) and Nouveau Vélo (Netherlands, obviously), darkwave by She Past Away (Turkey), and a rework of a Whitney Houston song by Faws (Ireland).

Listen to and download all tracks below:

Music Alliance Pact 05/2012: MILE ME DEAF

Very late in the day, but still on the 15th of the month, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes, this month with Austria’s MILE ME DEAF.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Mile Me Deaf – Wild At Heart
Mile Me Deaf is one of the other bands Killed By 9V Batteries’ Wolfgang Möstl plays in. And although side-projects - such an unfair name for a 500+ songs oeuvre - are usually a space for weird shit your band mates didn’t agree to, their first album Eat Skull, and especially the first single Wild At Heart, is surprisingly free of noise and distortion. Instead, it creates the last-day-of-summer-holidays feeling you know from Girls and Beach House.

June 1: AT, Wien, Gartenbau Kino (Record Release Show)
August 4: AT, Salzburg, Rockhouse (STUCK! Festival)

Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

Find all MAP tracks below:

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scene. This month, we are featuring A Thousand Fuegos: The Treachery of Things (Seayou/Fettkakao) was released two days ago and can be streamed in full length on Bandcamp.

Right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 35-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
A Thousand Fuegos – No Up No Down
“Don’t you know that everything we build up once will fall apart someday?” Time and religious metaphors are recurring themes on The Treachery Of Things, from which No Up No Down is taken. The album circles around the notion that we can never grasp the true identity of the things around us; they remain passive while we assign attributes to them. A Thousand Fuegos started out as a lo-fi project and these days focuses on beats, loops and spacey synths that create a mystical atmosphere.

April 17: AT, Wien, Rhiz (Album Release Show)
April 18: BE, Brussels, AB (w/ Soap&Skin)
May 16: AT, Dornbirn, Soundnoise Festival 

This month, we welcome Puerto Rico Indie to the MAP. Our favourites from April’s compilation include the Dutch Aafke Romeijn, all-over-the-Feuilleton Alabama Shakes (USA), and the award for best band name goes to Walter Benjamin (Portugal). Find all 35 tracks below:

(c) Dominique Hammer

Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by 38 music bloggers with an eye on their local scene. In March, we are featuring the wonderful Giantree with their song Communicate from We All Yell, out on March 23 on monkey. (listen and read more here).

Right-click on a song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Giantree – Communicate
With past major label experience, the founding members of what is now Giantree found a new home on an indie label, but without denying that what they are doing is pop in capital letters. Their debut album We All Yell comes with synthesizers and catchy hooks. Communicate, a song about fragile beginnings, was a radio hit in Austria.

March 16: AT, Feldbach, Club Glam
March 23: AT, Wien, Haus der Musik (CD Presentation)
March 29: AT, Graz, PPC
March 30: AT, Wr. Neustadt, Triebwerk
March 31: AT, Weitra, Gmündrockcity… and many more

This month we welcome Quick Before It Melts as a new representative for Canada. Read all about the 38 tracks from around the world below: