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They call their sound “psychedelic cumbia,” and we called them a “freight train at full speed” at SXSW...and it’s all true. Whatever you’ve heard about them – all true....

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

Now we know a little bit more about The Serenades than we did back in April, when we blogged about their first single "Birds" and the mysterious involvement of Adam Olenius of the Shout Out Louds. Details have been revealed, and they're promising. Adam, the main songwriter, singer and guitarist for

Just when you thought Kara’s infamous “Mister” butt dance was gone forever, it comes out of nowhere and sucks you back into its black hole of addicting booty-shaking ways. Kara’s resident skinny-licious member, Goo Hara, …

K-pop’s most adorable soloist IU is gearing up for Japan, folks! Signing with EMI Music Japan, home to fellow Korean artists, SHINee and T-ara, IU will release her very first Japanese album next month. The album will …

The five piece band including dhol, violin, sitar and DJ love to joke that they came together on Shaadi.com. But it was a unique one-off collaboration that sparked the eclectic D2D sound. Catch Delhi 2 Dublin performing "Happy Song" in New York City! Can't get enough D2D? Why don't you pick up

What do you get when you combine hot Columbians, punchy colors, bellydancing, and a lucky unicorn? Bogatán band Bomba Estéreo's "Ponte Bomb!" From their EP of the same name, the electro-tropical duo gives us something muy fuego for the summer. ...

Let's cut to the heart of Karina Buhr: she's Patti Smith with kohl eyeliner and a hell of a lot of Brazilian culture at her disposal. In the video for "Carapalavra," off her second album, she dons a hijab in the streets of and glares at the camera, like the concrete poet that she is....

MTV Iggy's 2010 Best New Band, the Colombian psychedelic quartet Bomba Estéreo, was in NYC this summer as part of a wild, non-stop world tour. We caught up with singer Li Saumet and bassist Simon Mejia who had lots of advice for the Best New Band finalists of 2011. "Enjoy it and savor it...

Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? The handsome bro in Yo! Linares's new video seems to be asking those fundamental existential questions as he stumbles through an ever changing landscape of parties, house shows, and randomness. Human beings may never know the answer to the

Every month we bring you the work of the Music Alliance Pact (M.A.P.), a last.fm user group of music bloggers from 34 countries now (up from 33 last month) who every four weeks choose their favorite new track from their favorite new artist and share it with the group. What results is a one-click...

How would you improve Mos Def's bouncy, minimal, percussive earplosion "Quiet Dog"? If you're Brooklyn-based dubstep heavyweights Sub Swara, you twist the tension inherent in the track until it explodes with darkly throbbing bass lines and live drum samples. Ooh, we've been head-bopping and

This isn't the Toro y Moi that you're used to. His debut -- Causers of This -- defined a new, prickly electronic bedroom pop sound that fell somewhere between the synth stylings of Nosaj Thing and the surf fuzz of Best Coast. But for this new 7", due out on July 19th internationally, he...

DJ Mpula, of Portuguese kuduro sound system Batida and host of the Radio Fazuma show, has released his three song Mamã Africana EP for free download at Akwaaba Music's Bandcamp, but it won't stay there. He released it to celebrate Africa Day, which commemorates the 1963 founding of the Organization

Sweden's Club 8 dipped into the treasure trove of Ghanaian high-life and come up with this month's fabulous The People's Record -- proving they're not a one-note twee duo. Sure, there's still Karolina Komstedt's whispery, fragile vocals -- which instantly recall the blissed-out, lo-fi twee sound

Our favorite hip-hop geeks Das Racist have dropped their first mixtape, cheekily titled Shut Up, Dude. // Get the XSPF Music Player widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) Released in anticipation of their new album, it’s a mix that spans the stoner

Australian falsetto rocker Ben Lee is dropping his eighth studio album Deeper into Dream in October, which is eons away in musicland. But he’s offering the single “Get Used To It” for free.

Globally active Brazil-based DJ/producer Maga Bo took Bomba Estéreo's seething hit "Fuego" on a musical journey through Latin America and the Caribbean. It's subtle, but the DJ took the the Columbian electro-cumbia duo's hybrid style and hybridized it even more, creating a bouquet with bottom notes

If you're bummed to have been elbowed out of a Phoenix show, worry no more! The spangly, heaving French rock act's 8-song set from their concert in Sydney is available as a free download on their website today. And the set includes such hits off Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as hits "1901" and

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