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Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra Reinvents Indie Music For Salseros
Name: Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
Where They're From: New York City, USA
When They Started: 2009
Genre: Salsa for heepsters
For Fans Of: El Gran Combo, TV...
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Studio Secrets of Bonobo
Brooklyn-based British music producer Simon Green AKA Bonobo took us down to his studio and deconstructed his track “Cirrus,” from his new album The North Borders,...
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DIIV Redefines the Indie Rock Narrative
Words and Interview by Laura Studarus
In March, in the midst of performing as part of the yearly Austin, Texas music-industry grind known as SXSW, DIIV frontman...
Music Video
The Best Videos of April 2013
This April we lived it up alongside some promising up-and-coming artists from around the world. We danced along with Denmark's Quadron, partied with Stockholm's...
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Josy Coos It Out and Then Cranks It Up
Name: Josy
Where They're From: Tokyo, Japan
When They Started: 2010
Genre: Psych rock meets art punk
For Fans Of: Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass, The...
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An Unusual and Ghastly Evening with Mexico’s Selma Oxor
Words by Isabela Raygoza
If you ever meet her, you won’t forget a night with Selma Oxor. Cynical, deliciously dark and vampish are a few of the keywords that have...
Live
Josy — “To the Light”
With a crazy vibe somewhere between The Go-Gos and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the guitar-less quartet from Tokyo tends to leave a distinct impression on anyone who catches...
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Artist of the Week: Flutronix
The winner is in! Flutronix are our latest Artist of the Week! While San Fran queer hip-hop deviants Double Duchess showed some real fight out there, but they were no...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
The weekend is finally here and it's about that time to choose MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week once again!
This is a round-up of the best bands we featured this week...
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Passport Approved: 10 of Our Favorite Multinational Bands
Back in the day when snail mail was a thing (remember that?) The U.S. Postal service ran a service where you could apply to get a pen pal from another country. While the...
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Pirates Canoe: Americana from the Heart of Japan
Kyoto-based musicians Kanako, Reika, and Sara make roots music with mandolin and fiddle that sounds like it comes from the heartland of the United States. Even if it...
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Pirates Canoe — “Ballerina Meena Jane”
Kyoto Americana trio Pirates Canoe perform their soul tickling ballad “Ballerina Meena Jane” during the Brooklyn leg of their US tour.
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
Don't act like you don't know it's Friday! Yes, it's the start of your weekend! And here at MTV Iggy we're giving you another reason to look forward to it. You get the...
Music Video
The Best Videos of March 2013
In March, we went beyond bringing you hottest music videos from around the world and started making them too. As winter thawed, we made an original music video for...
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All Black Everything, Shellshag Forever
Here it is, Shellshag Forever, a single, album title and band name all in one tidy package. The Brooklyn-based San Francisco punk duo's new video for "Forever" gets deep...
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Mojeed Brings Nigerian Culture to the Rap Game
There’s this song by a London-based rapper who goes by the name of Mojeed that rests its palm on your soul. And yes, the Nigerian-American Brooklyn native feverishly...
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On Location with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
MTV Iggy Artist to Watch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart took a moment away from shoot an original music video with us for their song "Until the Sun Explodes" to pose...
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MTV Iggy Artist To Watch: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is an indie pop band based in Brooklyn with a big, jangly sound and lyrics made for soothing lonely hearts. They’re also an MTV Iggy...
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Young Adult Friction” Live
MTV Iggy Artist to Watch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play for the live audience that gathered in an abandoned Brooklyn church for the shoot of the apocalyptic video...
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Heart in Your Heartbreak” Live
“Heart in Your Heartbreak” is MTV Iggy Artist to Watch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s biggest, mushiest sing-along anthem. For this clip, the Brooklyn-based indie...