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,...

New Zealand, whose popular music scene didn't take root until well after the British Invasion hit its shores in the mid-'60s, has made up for a late start in joining the global pop-music party. (Photo: Dove Shore)...

Have you ever thought of the popular American Christmas song "Frosty the Snowman" as a haunting, goosebumpy tale? We hadn't either until we heard Malaysian folky Zee Avi's shivery version. The skeletal arrangement and the old-timey wail in Avi's voice give the ordinarily cheery story the feeling of

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...

Apartheid may be officially over, but South Africa is far from seamless unity. In the space created by the Black/White divide, however, in the frisson of classes and cultures grating against each other, young Zulu and Afrikaaner (and Sotho and Xhosa) kids are making music.

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

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

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

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

The young Pakistani singer has managed the near impossible – a superstar career as an independent rock musician, in a region dominated by Bollywood. His soaring ballads, soft-lipped good looks, and warm, emotionally resonant voice ignite audiences into a sobbing, frenzy. And his music, drawing

Any review of Vybz Kartel’s new LP Kingston Story has to grapple with the strange fact of its mere existence before the music itself can be assessed. Most dancehall albums are basically collections of an artist’s hot tunes, already released as singles (used to be 45s, now mp3s) and proven on radio,

After teasing fans with a dramatic one-minute long MV preview, A Cube Entertainment has revealed the full music video for vocal extraordinaire Huh Gak’s new single, “I Told You I Want to Die.” “I Told …

Skipping the traditional weekend of turkey dinners, thousands of K-pop fans made their way over to Las Vegas this past Thanksgiving weekend for the first annual Billboard K-pop Masters concert. The two-day concert event (November 25-26), launched in honor of Billboard’s…

Dressed in cozy Christmas sweaters, fluffy hats, and knitted scarves, the boys of MBLAQ smiled big in an autographed teaser photo for their upcoming digital single, “White Forever.” The music video for the Christmas themed …

BEAST puts on a jaw-dropping finale performance of their chart-topping single “Fiction” before saying goodbye to their fans in New York City. But fret not, B2UTIES, 4NIAs, and G.NIs, something tells us this won’t be …

It’s been four years since SM Entertainment’s artists — known collectively as SMTown — have come together for a winter holiday album. After finally dropping their 2011 edition, The Warmest Gift, on December 13, the …

Here’s to yet another win for K-pop’s most loved idol-turned-musical-actor. JYJ‘s Junsu attended this year’s 17th Korean Musical Awards Ceremony on November 14, where he was presented with the award for Most Popular Actor for the …

Say what you will about Girls’ Generation, but numbers don’t lie, and it looks like the 9-member girl group is still making waves with their latest album, The Boys. The Boys, which was released just …

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 …

Skipping the traditional weekend of turkey dinners, thousands of K-pop fans made their way over to Las Vegas this past Thanksgiving weekend for the first annual Billboard K-pop Masters concert. The two-day concert event (November 25-26), launched in honor of Billboard’s…

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