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Braids, the young, gloriously disaffected electronic wiz quartet from Montreal, announced a short northeast US tour. They'll be playing their brand new songs, which are slated for official release on...

Jasmine Solano never sleeps. As one-half of the genius behind the Electric Punnany wave, the pretty-faced DJ (who spins for nearly every party "the cool kids are") puts her rapper's cap back on for...

The British indie kids are serving up a first listen of their new album in it's entirety for fans with access to the internet. Yeah, we said it. EVERYONE can now hear BLOC PARTY's highly-anticipated fourth studio album, which, like a throw to Beyonce,...

While Vybz Kartel was in prison awaiting trial for murder, his groundbreaking dancehall album Kingston Story dropped today, along with a music video for "My Crew" shot by Vice on a shoestring...

Astonishingly prolific UK pop demiurge Keel Her has announced plans to settle down and put out some more regular releases.  Though it's been exhilarating to watch her creativity in real time as she...

Okay, seriously, by now you must have read several posts on the Swedish collective of musicians that include everyone from Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn  to The Teddybears. And when we first broke...

New York-based DJ duo Kill the DJs (KTDJS) gifted us this week with K-pop for Lovers, an hour and twenty minutes of pop hits tweaked, remastered and remixed into retro dance-rock, hip-hop, atmospheric R&B, disco, abstract reggae and blues. While it's...

See, we told you in this interview that the Deadamau5 cohort/World of Warcraft nerd/pop maven was ready to blow UP. Canadian starlet LIGHTS is hitting the US for a tour, at the heels of recording the...

Following Madonna, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Franz Ferdinand, Björk is now the latest international superstar to come out in support of the Russian feminist activists/punk band Pussy Riot. The group...

Holy Brazilian indie-pop! Tulipa Ruiz is one of the top young artists from São Paulo boldly pushing Brazilian rock and pop in progressive directions, and she just did something unthinkable and...

Frontman of Polish black metal destroyers Behemoth, Adam "Nergal" Darski has become the product spokesperson for Demon Energy Drinks. A portion of the sales will go to DKMS foundation, which supports those diagnosed with various forms of blood cancer,...