Nusantara Beat is one of my favorite pre-debut-album bands of the moment. They're from Amsterdam and all six members are Dutch Indonesian, either first, second or third generation.
Their music most definitely sounds Indonesian, with roots in both folk traditions and in Indonesia's pop music of the last 50 years. At the same time, there's no doubt that it's made by young, hip Europeans who love global grooves, psych-rock and surf rock. Nusantara Beat has four singles out now, and you'll hear the most recent one this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday March 9, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): Top shelf música popular brasileira from Uli Costa e Sandália de Prata, a tribute to Ángel Pedraza of Grupo Kual? who passed away two weeks ago, new technocumbia from Corpus Christi's El Dusty, the forthcoming single by Rolando Bruno y el Grupo Arévalo from Buenos Aires, Anatolian rock hot off the presses by Şatellites and Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, and Red Baraat mash up qawwali with Hava Nagila.