Born in Singapore to a Balinese mother and a New York father, frontman Gabe Levine leads Takka Takka to play simple, sparse, pop with an Afro-pop bend that crescendos to moving choruses. Based in Brooklyn, the group has opened for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and is playing at CMJ on October 23rd at...

Decked out in a neon jumpsuit and heeled combat boots, Baile funk singer Zuzuka Poderosa opened for Maluca at the Spot in New York City. Zuzuka immediately energized the crowd with her fierce vocals and pounding Brazilian underground music. She ended the set by gyrating into the audience, much to

We don’t really know what PUi means or why the “U” is capitalized. But we do know that the New York-based gypsy metal warrior-lookalikes put on a really riveting show! Between a snake charming belly dancer, intimidating abs, hefty body paint, and a unique Arabic folk metal sound, it’s no surprise

Mexicans with Guns, or solo San Antonio producer Ernesto Gonzales, came to Coco66 armed with a mission to make the crowd squirm -- in terror, and on the dance floor. Donning a freaky painted mask and dropping his signature dark dubstep beats, Ernesto made Brooklyn cower. Click here for full review!

The readers hath (haveth?) spoken. Brooklyn's Xray Eyeballs are MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week! Xray Eyeballs is the murkier, morbid-er incarnation of Golden Triangle. Armed with reverb, washed-out lyrics, an angry beach punk sound, and an affinity for the undead, the band is about to terrorize

J-Rock band, Boom Boom Satellites (ブンブンサテライツ), will be coming to the United States to support the release of their new best of album, Over And Over. It's actually a repackage of their Japanese best of album, 19972007, which was released earlier this year but as you can tell from our review of the

The golden age of hip hop that lasted until the 90s is filled with gems that never saw much light. Masters of the Universe are one such crew, their discovery today hindered by a Binary Star album of the same name (though that album is pretty nasty as well). The group Masters of the Universe...

Yes, it was another crazy week for MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week. New York cabaret gypsy trio The Debutante Hour and Minneapolis deep dark pop band Dearling Physique may have little in common when it comes to genre, but they both have the same rabid fanbase. They were neck and neck the whole...

Having emerged from five decades of Soviet occupation -- which required all music to be funneled through a government-managed label and every singer’s repertoire to be stocked with patriotic songs—over the past 20 years, the big cities of what was formerly the Bloc have been a ripe breeding ground

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,...

Mother's Day is celebrated around the world. It's a special day when many of us show Mom we love her by buying her some nice flowers or a necklace or something. Some countries celebrate it in March, others in April and May. In Nigeria, Mother's Day is observed on March 17. This is significant

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...

Los Angeles-based musician ASKA (Aska Matsumiya) is usually doing a hundred different projects and all of them are art. The classically trained pianist has been a part of conceptual art band The Sads for years. A good place to catch The Sads's pretty, fanciful sound would be, say, and art gallery

Brooklyn trio Ninjasonik don’t give a crap about what other people think about them—they rap about it in almost every song. But while complaining about haters is as ubiquitous in hip hop as sex and Benjamins, Ninjasonik is actually completely sincere about the sentiment — and they proved it at

Back when we were at SXSW earlier this year, we did an interview with Atlanta, Georgia rockers Gringo Star. Amazing (or ridiculous, depending on whether or not you like puns... we like puns) band name aside, the southern blues/rock quartet has been garnering acclaim from the Onion's AV Club, Spin,

Soulful p0p rockers Tim Be Told got one of the most positive reviews we’ve ever seen our critical blogger GT dole out, and as they are currently touring the States, having all kinds of adventures, we thought we'd ask them to tell all about the crazy on tour antics. Learn more about their rise...

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,...

Dorm rooms don't seem like the best places for creative inspiration. But it was in one at the University of Virginia that Tim Be Told recorded their first LP, Getting By. Having written nearly 50 songs before he got to the University of Virginia, the band's frontman, pianist and vocalist Tim

Soulful pop rockers Tim Be Told got one of the most positive reviews we’ve ever seen our critical blogger GT dole out, and as they are currently touring the States, having all kinds of adventures, we thought we’d ask them to tell all about the crazy on tour antics. Learn more about their rise...

Free at last! Santa Ana, California's Chris Alfaro just wants to Free The Robots, and his forthcoming album Ctrl Alt Delete is the soundtrack to what will happen when our android brethren are cut loose. Free The Robots makes a sound in the vein of other instrumental hip hop coming out of LA these

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