January 13, 2011 People who love Flying Lotus' instrumental work wouldn't expect him to tone down the abstraction, but that's exactly what he's doing in his collaboration with a vocalist with a pretty straightforward singing style.
Jose James is a half Irish, half...
January 13, 2011 Singer/emcee Zara was born in Nigeria but raised in the US. When she returned to Naija as a young woman her preternatural abilities as a vocalist caused a stir.
And now her dancehall-influenced...
Watch out Natalia Lafourcade and Ximena Sariñana! Madame Récamier, AKA Gina Récamier, looks to give you a run for the title of biggest indie pop sweetheart in Mexico.
Just watch her in the video for...
Nigerian-born/Washington D.C.-based Kahli Abdu's mixtape Ministry of Corruption is an ambitious and successful tribute to one of his most famous countrymen. He samples the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti on...
Miss Baby Sol spent the actual Baby part of her life in Zaire (now known as the DR Congo) before coming to the UK and exploring her vocalism. Her early work can be heard on the hooks of some of the UK's...
Admit it, you love French producers.
Whether it's the loungy throwback style of Dimitri from Paris, or the electronic bump of Daft Punk, or the soulful bass-ness of Breakbot, their readiness to bring...
Here's a tip.
To follow up his dream-like 2010 album Broken Soul Jamboree, UK wizard of wobble Tipper is opening up 2011 with a return to straight-up glitch hop fire with a little EP of intelligent breakbeats called Snake Eyes. The title track rides...
This is a great story out of Edinburgh.
POL Arida is a world famous one-man act -- on Second Life. Apparently, the whole globe craves his sad guitar music, so long as he's in avatar form.
Second...
Nigerian soulstress Omawumi's latest single "If You Ask Me" announces that the singer is back, bursting with creative energy, and totally unafraid of controversy.
Singing in Pidgin, Omawumi deals...
We've written about Argentina's Denise Murz, a stylin' club pop singer who is anything but Pretenciosa (despite her debut album name).
The bouffant blond is coming out with another LP conquest Gran...
Leno Lovecraft is a young New Zealand DJ with clear aspirations to soundtrack a Star Wars porno.
After releasing the EP Alien Sex Juice and a bunch of mixtapes, he moved to France and tinkered on the...
It's too bad Madison didn't release her EP in time for all the new year's day parties -- it would have made great background music to the fizzy hiccups of champaign bubbles popping.
"Effervescent" is...
Last we talked about Les Mentettes Orchestra, an Argentinan group with more than 20 bandmates, they were torturing us with teasers for their beautiful self-titled album. Now, they're sharing it! I can...
