In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

Congo-born emcee Baloji’s nom de guerre means “sorcerer” in Swahili and Chiluba. His album Kinshasa Succursale has certainly cast a spell over listeners with its blend of live instrumentation and hip hop fire – the old and the new Africa. When we shot these exclusive and intimate performance videos

The Brooklyn quintet Yeasayer definitely live up to the hype. Their electro-psychedelic-practically uncategorizable music makes for some of the best live shows we’ve seen. At the Austin City Limits Music Festival this year, Yeasayer showed off their enormous vocal talents and got the crowd on their

For all intents and purposes, can we all just come to the consensus that 2011 is UK house producer Maya Jane Coles' breakthrough year? This year saw the 24-year-old Londoner perform nonstop (including at big international music fests like Glastonbury) in Europe and the States, remix for the likes

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

One of Hong Kong's most refreshing new bands, All for A Vision takes the electronicore tactics of a heavily tattooed group like Asking Alexandria and retools them in the service of a more innocent perspective. Their recently released self-produced EP Reasons and Devices consists of four earnest yet

The movie theater at Union Square was a quarter full with a mix of Japanese young people and other New Yorkers. What drew this group together -- one of many around the world who turned out for the special screening event on November 29th -- was the L'Arc~en~Ciel 20th L'Anniversary Live concert

Sometime late 2008, rap duo Das Racist released "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" onto Youtube. The song consisted of two guys repeating "I'm at the Pizza Hut/I'm at the Taco Bell/I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" until you either wanted to shoot your monitor or fell off your

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

In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

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....

Forget using lo-fi to invoke nostalgia – as so many so-called “chill-wave” bands tend to do. Sleigh Bells seem to reach...

K-pop sensations BEAST, 4Minute, and G.NA - collectively known as United Cube –-recently began touring together in an effort to bring themselves closer to their fans all over the world. After successful concerts in Tokyo and Seoul, United Cube quickly announced that they would be adding tour stops

Calm, collected, and yes, cute. That’s Emicida, the Sao Paulo freestyle king who swept the Brazilian MTV Music Video Awards this year. On a recent trip to NYC, the MC killer and his crew visited East Village Radio for an afternoon, and MTV Iggy was there to capture it all. In an exclusive

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.

Brooklyn’s Xray Eyeballs is a solo project of Golden Triangle’s O. J. San Felipe that got out of hand. Somehow it has...

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...

In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

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.

MTV's 2011 Best of coverage in music, movies, TV shows, videos and top news. We've seen a lot of top moments this year. Take a look at top 2011 picks.

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