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Mali Musicians Unite for Peace in a New Song
In the grip of an Islamic fundamentalist takeover, which includes an official ban on music, Mali musicians clearly aren't sitting still.
Singer/guitarist Fatoumata...
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Love ‘em or HATEM…Actually, Just Love ‘em
HATEM is awesome, and their throngs of fans agree. The Madrid indie-folk poetry-loving foursome recently won our Artist of the Week, probably because their understated,...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
Welcome to the weekend! It’s time to party, but mostly, it's time to choose MTV Iggy’s Artist of the Week.
This is a round-up of the best global bands we found this...
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In Other “For Real?” News, Manu Chao Gets a Trap Remix
Freaky Philip is one brave dude. The Dominican DJ reworked Manu Chao's iconic "Welcome to Tijuana" into a slow, dirty trap track. It works, too! Come to think of it,...
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Coeur de Pirate Returns, All Grown Up
For about five years, Montreal has watched Béatrice Martin grow into her skin. While she's still seriously young, the pretty, award-winning 23-year-old blonde who writes...
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Artist of the Week: Madrid Indie Poets, HATEM
HATEM, or "hello to all the world," took their name from a Walt Whitman poem. And just as poetically, they slaughtered the competition in this week's Artist of the Week....
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Flux Pavilion Blows The Roof Off in “Blow the Roof”
Our favorite English pavilion -- the flux one -- is releasing a new EP called Blow The Roof on January 28 via Big Beat Records. The title track is an explosive...
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Yes, Julieta Venegas is Still La Reina de Pop
About to release her seventh studio album, Mexico's beloved pop queen Julieta Venegas just gifted a new single unto the world called "Te Vi" ("I saw you"). It's subdued...
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Young Fathers Get Grainy in New “Romance” Video
We're into Young Fathers, and we have the blogs to prove it. The eclectic hip-hop crew from Edinburgh (via Liberia and Nigeria) have gone for the super 8 look on many of...
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Yo Quiero Mas Kraut! 9 Barcelona Artists Making Space Age Electro
I know it seems random, but something is going on in Barcelona. Suddenly, all kinds of groups from the Gaudà city are coming across my desk with a Kraut-po...
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New Jamie Lidell Track “why_ya_why” is Geniusly Strange
It's official, UK's Jamie Lidell is delightfully batshit. His new track "why_ya_why" sounds constructed from a mess of Fruity Loops, static, some tin cans and Tom...
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Psy-Trance and Moombahton? It’s Infected Mushroom’s New EP
Israel's Infected Mushroom is mostly known for throbbing psy-trance and killer visuals. But, the duo is branching out for their EP Friends on Mushrooms, Vol. 1. There's...
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AVAN LAVA are Sore Losers. Luckily, They’re Winners.
Brooklyn's rising party-makers AVAN LAVA won our Artist of the Week slot, and thank goodness, because they tell us they are sore losers. They might have stormed our...
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Ezekiel Talks Remix EP, Buraka Som Sistema, y Más!
We love Mexico's rising producer Ezekiel. Ever since dropping his nasty nasty electro dance EP Life Begins at Night in July, he's been hard at work -- networking,...
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Santigold’s Girly-Girl Video for “Girls”
Santigold just released the video for "Girls," the starlet's contribution to the award-sweeping, top-rated HBO show that premiered in its second season last night. The...
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Luxembourg’s Love Echo is Like a Hot Bath
Name: Love Echo (Vicki Glass, Vic Miranda)
Where they’re from: Luxembourg (vocalist Vicki Glass is based in Tokyo)
When they started: 2012
Genre: Dream-pop,...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
It's Friday!!! Go home!... but, not before you vote for MTV Iggy’s Artist of the Week. THEN you can go.
We spend all day, every day looking for new artists from...
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PREMIERE: Yoshiki on Composing the Golden Globe Theme
You know the orchestral themes at Awards shows? The ones that set the mood and make everything super glamorous? Turns out, these themes don't just happen.
X Japan...
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Four Tet + Grimes’ “Skin” = Wintry Bliss
UK sample master Four Tet remixed Grimes' "Skin," giving it more of an atmospheric vibe and 90s chillout house. Something about it took me back to Everything But The...
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Artist of the Week: AVAN LAVA, Brooklyn’s Nu-Disco Baby-Makers
We're not sure how, but AVAN LAVA fans were somehow able to lift their sweaty hands long enough from their passionate lovemaking to usher the electro-pop nu-disco crew...