February 17, 2012 Soca isn't like other music. The rest of the musical world has SXSW buzz, taste-making blogs, and indie posturing to determine who is a big deal. Soca musicians have Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival. And...
February 14, 2012
We recently interviewed a few of our favorite artists to learn what Valentine's Day is like in their neck of the woods, and how they choose to celebrate (or not celebrate) it. Here's how they...
After news broke of her unexpected death, countless artists Tweeted their respects to the late vocal powerhouse Whitney Houston, a true legend who made a mark on the music industry that won't soon fade. The icon lost her decades-long battle with...
Love, man. It's complicated.
We had a hard time putting together this year's "Love versus Hate" Valentine's Day List. Not because folks have stopped talking about love, but because artists are...
Ahh, the Grammys. The awards that put that tiny, unknown band Arcade Fire on the map!
On Sunday, the Grammys will try pushing boundaries again with artists like Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Skrillex. You know, the ones making seven figures...
We can say this with confidence: in 2012, no song will be safe from a moombahton remix. And that’s not a bad thing.
Over the last few years, moombahton has blasted out of Washington DC, ricocheted...
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En todos los países, el K-pop parece estar surgiendo en popularidad ahora. Tal como películas coreanos capturaron la atención del mundo hace una década, ahora el K-pop tiene fans por toda Asia, los Estados Unidos, Europa, y hasta...
Everywhere you look, Kpop seems to be exploding in popularity. Much as Korean movies took the world by storm a decade ago, today Kpop is finding fans beyond Asia, in the United States, Europe, and more.
In 2011 alone, Billboard magazine started a Kpop...
First there was samba and tropicalia. Then there was funk carioca. Now, enter the latest sound making waves from Brazil: tecnobrega.
In some ways, tecnobrega (which translates as “cheesy techno” in...
Coachella! Thou hulking beast of Indio! We salute thy overflowing Port-O-Lets, thy searing heat, and thy overpriced water bottles! We even salute the misguided fashion choices of thy attendees! We salute you, especially, because this year's line-up is...
Yep, it's 2012. Our time is running out. The Mayan calendar (sort of) mandates that on (maybe) December 21, the heavens will descend upon the earth, winged horses will bludgeon us all, and we'll have...
Collaboration is a kind of magic. Two distinct creative worlds coexist for a moment, providing a glimpse into a new artistic possibilities. And how much cooler is it when the collaborators come from...
2011 may not have been a great year for the economy, peace, or the elder Kardashian, but it was an exceptional year for music videos around the world. From France to Jamaica to Korea, artists came up...
