Name: Elliphant Genre: Dirty Bass Pop When They Started: 2012 Most Like: Maluca, Buraka Som Sistema The Sound: Very raw bass influences put into a...

Parisian enterprise Kitsuné has carved out a unique spot on the international music map. Both a fashion (check out these Keds) and record label, Kitsuné has become known...

For the 16th year in a row, VP Records will compile some of the hottest soca acts from Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and St. Vincent onto one neat record. The...

His name means skeleton in Afrikaans, and he came to both terrify and delight. But in portrait, he mostly just delights. With his second album Father Creeper on the...

LIGHTS has been a member of Canada's elite for years. After winning "Best New Artist" at the 2009 Junos for her electronic-splashed, self-made pop tracks, the red carpet...

Name: Sarah Young Most Like: Munchi, Diplo When She Started: 2011 Genre: Global Bass The Sound: Like the entire world agreed on the perfect dance floor...

A second album seems like a challenge for Best Coast. After snagging surprise fame and spurring a lo-fi beach trend with Crazy for You in 2010, their own act is a tough...

We haven't heard from German strange dance engineer Siriusmo in a while. He's currently cooking up a debut LP, and to make time, he hasn't gigged or released anything...

French music/fashion label Kitsuné is hitting American shores May 22 with their first-ever compilation of stateside acts. Check out this minimix of the chill, dayglo...

New from the lovelorn, lo-fi retro San Diegans TV Girl is a lovely single "I Wonder Who She's Kissing Now," a track tailor-made for slow dances at sock hops, and for...

Name: Neon Hitch Most Like: Ke$ha When She Started: 2007 Genre: Pop The Sound: The Poppiest Pop With Raunchiest Lyrics You already know Neon Hitch as the...

The first time I saw Bassnectar live was about six or seven years ago in Manhattan's Lower East Side, sharing a stage with Sub Swara. Between the seizure lights and...

From Gemma Ray's debut album Island Fire comes the giffy, meme-y, retro MV for "Rescue Me."  Combining Mad Men fashion with delightfully creepy Surf Pop, the UK-bred,...

Just when you thought Shonen Knife had exhausted every possible song combination featuring food, animals, and Ramones-style beach Rock, along comes their 19th album...

Yep, it's 15 years later. And you'll still never get the song out of your head. Copenhagen foursome When Saints Go Machine pulled a spectacularly brave move this...

If you're a fan of St. Vincent and you happen to be in Vienna and listening to the radio, you might hear something exquisite. Her name is Squalloscope, and while her...

Fresh from an album release and a U.S. tour, J-pop bad boyJin Akanishi needed a minute to himself. And we gave him one...almost. We handed him a 35mm camera to document...

You'd think that after hauling an 800-pound organ on a U.S. tour that included SXSW, a musician might be a tad disheveled. But the British, Berlin-based newcomer Gemma...

Capetown new wave duo Popskarr is out with another sleepy, lo-fi nu-disco single, "Fighter." Popskarr (Yannick Ilunga and Terrence Pearce) connected in 2009 through...

April is almost upon us, and for some parts of the planet, that means imminent, endless downpour. To prepare you -- and to soften the sock-soaking blow -- we've...