March 14, 2011 The SXSW music (and film, and interactive media) conference is one of the biggest festival/party/social behemoths in the world. It's also one of the most international. So what better place and time to...

March 14, 2011 One for Northern Japan
We recently introduced you to Japanese producer Kan Sano, who we found through his work with Project: Mooncircle.
A fan of jazz samples, Kan composes his tracks with diced up...

Actually, we can't really tell you anything for sure about the character of Australian garage pop duo Bleeding Knees Club, but they seem like okay dudes.
All we really have to go on is the handful of...

It's true. The Interweb is giggling like a wee girl about the upcoming Justice single "Civilization," out on April 4 according to their site.
There was even a teaser up, but it was torn down before...

It would be understandable if you thought Papa Topo was just a harmless Spanish indie pop duo. But the only way you could make such a mistake is if you had never watched their videos. Be warned: Adriá...

Strangeloop's name describes his sound well.
The Brainfeeder artist is one of Flying Lotus' old boys from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco, where the two shared an affinity for classic video games...
Tomorrow, the public will be able to purchase a physical copy of No One Knows About Persian Cats, one of the most criminally slept on and criminally beautiful music movies of last year. Yes, the DVD is...

Toomorrow comes today.
2010 was an unprecedented lull in Luke Vibert releases. The UK producer also known as Wagon Christ, Amen Andrews, Plug, Spac Hand Luke, and more has released music every single year since 1993, the only exceptions being a brief...

Nigerian rapper KEX has been turning up on tracks here and there but he has yet to build a huge public profile. He honestly doesn't do a lot to change that in the video for his new solo single "In My...

There's a new electro-tropicalist on the scene ladies and beasts! Everyone please welcome The Binary Cumbia Orchestra, being largely the creation of one Silvestre Herrera of La Plata, Argentina.
He's...
First there was the immortal Jan and Dean hit "Surf City," which was reenvisioned decades later by The Jesus and Mary Chain as the equally deathless "Kill Surf City." Now there's New Zealand's "Surf City," a young band picking up where those coastal pop...

One of our writers finds Floridian emcee Dominique Young Unique a tad bit intimidating, especially in her new "War Talk" video. But the people who really should be scared of her are all the other...

Zuzuka Poderosa, our favorite Brooklyn-based baile funk goddess, just doesn't stop. Since our fervent Bands We Like shout out to her in November she's totally been living up to our hype.
Her...