There are going to be a lot of languages spoken at this weekend’s Winter Olympics. And since we’re in Canada, of course one of them will be Chiac — a SEE MORE
I was sitting at the Filmmakers Lodge on Main St. at Sundance, and across from me was the pretty Gingger Shankar. I had been introduced to her by the team at Rukus Avenue label who insisted that we connect at Sundance. Gingger was a musician, not a filmmaker, and she has been involved with Sundance since 2007 when she got into...
Last night I joined a slew of Americans and hunkered down for a tradition: Watching the Super Bowl. The beloved football finals are the country’s must-see-TV event, surpassing the ratings SEE MORE
United KingdomNick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus came to the DnB scene from Guildford, UK. Sub Focus has also remixed work by The Prodigy, Deadmau5, Dr. Octagon, Empire of the Sun and Dizzee Rascal.
With The Kominas, Al Thawra, and The Taqwacores cast members in tow, the first Saturday night of Sundance we snuck in our entire posse into DJ Rekhas party. DJ Rekha is well known in the Desi bhangra circuit and the founder of Basement Bhangra. I ran up to DJ Rekha after I got in she was spinning hot bhangra beats on...
New York,USADas Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, composed of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. They are often joined on-stage by "hype man" Ashok Kondabolu, known as Dap, for live performances and in music videos.
Los Angeles, USAIs there anything more American than getting ladies in lingerie (the real American Dream) to go around playing the American past-time? Here, Lingerie League team The Los Angeles Temptation scrimmage before their final match, which took place before Sunday's Superbowl. More about the Lingerie League in the MTV Iggy blog.
You know you’ve made it big when you are on Oprah. Allright, so The Taqwacores wasn’t on Oprah, exactly. It was the radio show the Derrick Ashong Experience that was premiering on Oprah’s Sirius network channel that day. The Taqwacores entourage followed Eyad Zahra and Mike Knight to the basement of a pop-up radio station set up in particular for Sundance....
JapanAs lead singer and guitarist of the rising Japanese band Otogibanashi, Kazuki Arima’s songwriting has wowed us before. Here, he treats us to an acoustic rendition of the pop-folk song “Nakidashisou.” Otogibanashi’s new album Fairy Tale takes pop-folk up to the present day with a decidedly indie take on Beatles style melodies, complete with clever political lyrics.
JapanThis video, for Otogibanashi’s song “Galaxy” off their new album Fairy Tale reinforces what we knew about the Japanese band- that they were unpredictable. Just after perfecting pop-folk, Otogibanashi pulls out some seriously hardcore rock, and blows us away with it.
Beach House - Teen Dream
Label – Sub Pop Records
Release Date – January 2010
Genre – Slowcore
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Four Tet- There Is Love In You
Label – Domino Recording Co.
Release Date – January 2010
Genre – Laptronica
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Soap And Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum
Label – [PIAS] Recordings
Release Date – April 2009
Genre – Experimental
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OK Go - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
Label – : Capitol
Release Date – January 2010
Genre – Power Pop
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Adiam Dymott - Adiam Dymott
Label – Razzia
Release Date – March 2009
Genre –Alt/Punk
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Little Boots - Illuminations
Label – Elektra Record
Release Date – June 2009
Genre – Electropop
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Jalebee Cartel - Dub Suit
Label – Beef Records
Release Date – January 2010
Genre – Electronica/Dancebr/>Listen
Animal Collective - Campfire Songs
Label – Paw Tracks
Release Date – January 2010
Genre –Post-Modern Pop
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Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Label – Kanine Records
Release Date – January 2010
Genre – Indie/Alternative
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Owen Pallett - Heartland
Label – Domino Recording Co.
Release Date – January 2010
Genre –Rock/Pop
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