The World Cup Goes Indie!
South Africa 2010 in 2 months, 30 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes
Yep, we like nothing better than taking the month of June off every 4 years to watch all the World Cup action. Sometimes we even go through mental torture trying to decide whether football or music is our greatest love but the truth is we love them both equally. So with South Africa 2010 rapidly approaching we’ve taken it upon ourselves to give the 19th World Cup a soundtrack that is kind on the ears of those of the indie persuasion. What we’re planning is a compilation made up of songs written about each of the World Cup finalists. So that’ll be 32 songs in all! As you can imagine it’s a very tall order and with a not so grand indie tradition in several of the countries it may make for some interesting results.
If you are a band or solo artist and are interested in getting involved in this compilation please get in touch. It promises to give you decent exposure, a share of the royalties and will hopefully be a lot of fun. There is no limitation to which country you chose except that the song you write will need to be true to your adopted team. The Compilation is now fully subscribed!
Listed below are the 8 groups containing all 32 participating teams. Each country will either have ‘Available’ or ‘Artist’ associated with them to indiecate whether they’ve been snapped up or not already.
Group A
South Africa – Cop On The Edge
Mexico – Standard Fare
Uruguay – Showstar
France – The Very Most
Group B
Argentina – The Dirty 9s
Nigeria – Grand Pocket Orchestra
South Korea – Pearse McGloughlin *
Greece – At Last An Atlas
Group C
England – Detox Cute & The Beauty Junkies *
USA – Echo Orbiter
Algeria – Boca Chica
Slovenia – True Womanhood
Group D
Germany – Betty and the Cavalero
Australia – Sleep Good *
Serbia – Hunter-Gatherer
Ghana – The Invisible Clock Factory
Group E
Holland – Burning Codes *
Denmark – Cleemann
Japan – Goatboy
Cameroon – Spirit Spine
Group F
Italy – Le Man Avec Les Lunettes
Paraguay – Harry Bird
New Zealand – Adam and Darcie
Slovakia – Escape Act
Group G
Brazil – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
North Korea – Francis Bacon’s Ghost
The Ivory Coast – Storkboy Choons
Portugal – Tap Tap
Group H
Spain – The Yellow Melodies
Switzerland – Candy Claws
Honduras – My Brother Woody
Chile – Manwomanchild
* = Recorded
