September 7, 2012 Last night, Psy rode his "Gangnam Style" viral music video wave from over 100 million views straight to the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. There he hit the red carpet, performed with UK boyband The Wanted and joined American actor Kevin Hart onstage for a...
September 7, 2012 NYC indie-pop royalty band Pains of Being Pure At Heart has been having a love affair with Stephin Merritt since they were teenagers. In the musical, metaphorical,...
It was a neck-and-neck race between Russia's Sistra and Brazil's Bixiga 70 this week, but in the end it was the chilling east bloc synth rock foursome that took the Artist of the Week crown....
This new video for "Glass Walls" off Duck Fight Goose's 2011 album Sports is a spare yet mind altering companion to the Shanghai band's tight post-punk grooves.
That synth fry calls to mind Kraftwerk...
Welcome the latest global music showcase, brought to you by MTV Iggy and presented by Chevy, where four of our favorite artists are waiting on you to select an iconic song for them to cover.
Whether...
When you listen to Flying Lotus, your head goes to some trippy-ass places -- and one filmmaker/actor named Kahlil Joseph was kind enough to put all of it into stunning HD.
Featuring three songs off...
When it comes to kwaito, there is no greater emcee than Arthur Mafokate. For nearly two decades the Soweto-born star has been touted as the king of kwaito, breaking down barriers and ushering in what...
There was something missing. Something more had to happen before we could let the season go. That thing was this video from Trini soca pop group Kes the Band. Frontman Kees Dieffenthaller gets very...
In case anybody didn't know this was happening: As I type, a '60s era diesel locomotive packed with over 80 African (and some non-African) musical luminaries is chugging across Britain and playing shows,...
The famous voices featured on Martin Solveig track "Hello" are releasing their third album Body Parts on September 25, and the Toronto-dwellers have released a candy-coated pop-tastic sampler to whet...
And the award for most epic low budget music video definitely goes to DJ Vadim. Preparing to release his sixth album Don't Be Scared on BBE records, Daddy Vad got together with Swedish Latina emcess...
Bomba Estereo, our favorite Colombian neo-traditional party rockers, recently dropped a glistening video morsel for the first single off their new album, Elegancia Tropical. The track, "El Alma y El...
We're just six days away from the release of the xx's new album Coexist. Right now they're streaming the album in its entirety, for your gorgeous, melancholy pleasure. Check it out here.
[via NPR]
