If you're interested in desi music beyond bhangra and Bollywood, you may want to consider checking out the Desi Alternative Music Association's (DAMA) 1st

The LAMC kicked off at NYC's Central Park Summerstage with Ana Tijoux, El Guincho and Nortec Collective. Fans packed the space as the bands rocked in the heat....

Our favorite Frenchies took home an award at the pre-Grammy Grammy's and in all our excitement for the actual show, we totally missed it. For best alternative record, their record -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- beat out some real heavy-weights: David Byrne & Brian Eno, Death Cab For Cutie,

The debonaire J-rock megastar spent a recent afternoon with MTV Iggy, performing an exclusive acoustic set in New York's elegant Hudson Hotel. Whether bathed in the glow of sunlight or neon light, he never breaks a sweat. He told us he likes seeing people faint at his concerts, which is probably

What was it like for the artists at the MTV Iggy concert? Go backstage and find out. Walk into their dressing room and bathrooms to see 2NE1 sharing a...

We’re bringing you to Iceland to meet some not-so-sheepish indie rockers, we’ll swing past the UK to visit the queen of the grime and then wind up in China for a Kung-fu punk paddle-ball session. Be sure to check out more on this week’s artists: Reykjavik’s groovy Who Knew, London’s hard-spitting

This week we belly-up to stages and hit the streets to catch music performed live. From Puerto Rican garage rockers to Australian disco-house throwbacks to Moroccan socially conscious rap, we try to capture lightening in a bottle -- the anything-goes magic of music unleashed upon an audience. Be

Mark your calendars and cancel all appointments – MTV Iggy’s making history on December 12th, 2011. Headliners 2NE1, La Vida Boheme, Gyptian and Yuna will perform.

In our 5th episode we check out a Chilean child prodigy with a great head of hair, a British electropop group with a vampiric vibe, and a Congolese/Belgian rapper with a smooooth French flow. Check out more on this week's artists: Francisca Valenzuela, Ladytron, and Baloji....

Long before Occupy Wall Street, Italian rappers Zero Plastica gave voice to the plight of the 99% -- the messed up economy, political chicanery, organized crime, lack of opportunity and overwhelming odds stacked against regular people. DJ Nio, Lure, and G.O.Man are activists and moral consciences

MTV Iggy searched the world for the 10 best artists of 2011 and asked readers and fans to pick the best. Last night, on 12.12.11, we threw a concert to celebrate 2NE1, the Best New Band of 2011, in Times Square NY! It was an EVENT -- fan favorite finalists performed, bands were interviewed...

Damu has only been putting out his crystalline dance music for a year-and-a-half, but Sam Schorb's glistening take on UKG, electro, and house has already been touted by Mike Skinner as the future of UK bass. His summer single "Ridin'" took liberal arpeggios, laser bleeps, and r&b vocals and

What was it like for the artists at the MTV Iggy concert? Go backstage and find out. Walk into their dressing room and bathrooms to see 2NE1 sharing a laugh and watching TV, La Vida Boheme getting painted, Yuna checking her makeup, and Gyptian chilling with friends.

A good dance track is hard to find. More specifically, a good dance track that you're willing to listen to sober whilst four days away from viable social contact is hard to find. Yet "Out of It," a hit from Denmark's Fallulah, was recently remixed by Parisian disco house tinkerer Monsieur Adi, and

With just a week left until the big reveal of MTV K Presents United Cube Live in NYC, we're giving you the pre-show interview we shot with boy band sensation BEAST backstage at MTV's Times Square studio. Maknae Dongwoon steals the spotlight in this light interview as the guys talk about bringing

  You voted, tweeted, and supported, and now there is one more way for you to be a part of MTV Iggy's Best New Band adventure. The Best New Band Concert featuring 2NE1, La Vida Boheme and Gyptian goes down at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square on Monday, 12/12/11, 4 pm to...

When amor is real, it hurts. It bleeds. It’s ugly. Chilean songwriter and poet Francisca Valenzuela evokes all emotions with “En Mi Memoria (In My Memory),” a gently crooned song from her second studio album, Buen Soldado. The pop rock diva’s soft voice and piano crescendos provide cushion for the

Latin funk collective Grupo Fantasma won their first Grammy last night. The Austin-based orchestra won “Best Latin Rock/Alternative/Or Urban Album” category for their critically acclaimed 2010 album El Existential.

His American breakout moment came earlier this year when he tore up the 2011 Coachella festival, in a high-intensity electronic set backed by a full live rock band and a visual show that had breathless bloggers and reviewers proclaiming it the festival’s high point. But in Europe Anders

No one deserves to sit by the phone on a Saturday night. Boy, a Swiss-German girl duo, fights for our right to phone calls in “Little Numbers” from their debut album Mutual Friends. We’re infatuated with their breezy indie pop, Death Cab for Cutie-like sound and the black key piano-flecked

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MTV's acclaimed acoustic music series showcases the work of today's top artists and introduces the stars of tomorrow. Watch acoustic sets from the most buzzed-about new bands and check out videos, photos and interviews exclusively on MTV.com.

Two former Marines have worked to set up an alternative veterans' court in Tulsa to offer treatment and support for soldiers who get in trouble with the law.