Name: Santos Where he’s from: Tijuana, Mexico Genre: ruidoson Most Like: Maria Y José, Los Macuanos Sounds like: A dance party that's at least six feet...

Kees Dieffenthaller might sing about wining and relaxation, but the man works hard. And it’s especially true this week. The dreadlocked leader and frontman of Trinidad's...

Norway's Razika is winning fans all over the world with the kind of dreamy, effervescent indie pop that only Nordic nations seem to produce. But there's an extra catchy...

Fans of UK artist Natasha Khan, better known as Bat for Lashes, have waited patiently for three long years for a follow up to her sophomore release, 2009's Two Suns....

The titans of Nigeria and Ghana go head to head! But instead of clashing Ghana's superstar rapper Sarkodie and Nigeria's D'Banj made sweet, sweet music together on a...

Erykah Badu is in a fight with that bubble guy. Whatevs. The really big news is that this summer she will be lending her many talents and charms to the grand enterprise...

Get ready to rock because Girl in a Coma is ready to roll! The trio will be venturing out from their home base in San Antonio for headlining tour through North America,...

Le Butcherettes has fully joined the family of bands connected to Omar Rodriquez-Lopez. The garage rock trio heads out on a European tour next week supporting the...

 Yamantaka // Sonic Titan is a phenomenon so complex and shifting that defining it is almost subjective. A lot of bands have pretensions to being a collective, but this...

Name: Cola Jet Set Where they're from: Barcelona, Spain Genre: indie pop When they started: 2001 Most Similar: Belle and Sebastian, The Magnetic...

When people think of the early, gritty beginnings of house music they often picture a sweaty, dark warehouse in Chicago. But London had its own sweaty warehouses, and a...

Nigerian singer-songwriter Bez puts a quiet kind of soul into his vintage-tinged music. Even when he's upbeat, there's a certain enigmatic quality that lingers. In this...

Diplo's Express Yourself EP isn't out until June 12, but the genre-busting DJ is evidently very excited for it. Firstly, he's got it streaming over at Spotify a week...

Name: Viva La Virgen Where she’s from: Berlin, Germany/Malaga, Spain Genre: Nu-Cumbia When she started: 2011 Most Similar: Chancha Via Circuito, Isa...

Fifteen years ago, Lostprophets rose out of the underground music scene in Cardiff, Wales with a melodic, aggressive sound influenced by metal and hardcore punk. Today...

Name: Kadavar Where they’re from: Berlin, Germany Genre: heavy metal When they started: 2012 Most Similar: Black Sabbath, Christian Mistress, Church of...

The Avengers were a great punk band with a career that closely mirrored the profile of a great punk song. Fronted by a fiery, charismatic singer in Penelope Houston, the...

Rebecca Ferguson was an X-Factor contestant like no other. With a fragile, painfully unassuming demeanor, the young mother of two nevertheless won over Simon Cowell and ...

Name: Outerhope Where they’re from: Manila, Philippines Genre: indie pop When they started: 2005 Most Similar: Belle and Sebastian, Allo Darlin',...

Please allow Colin Munroe to reintroduce himself. He's the kid who moved from North Gower, Ontario to Toronto with a dream to break into music. Though he nearly got...