The World Cup Goes Indie!

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Update: The compilation is with us and it’s called Fast Forward! Ole!

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 – Lightholler *

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