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Five Guys Named Isadora
Name: Isadora
Where They’re from: Brooklyn, NY
When They Started: 2012
Genre: Psychedelic indie rock
Most Similar: Weezer, Andrew Bird, Radiohead
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Going on the Record with Zuzuka Poderosa in Brooklyn
Born in Brazil, Zuzuka Poderosa spent part of her childhood in the Caribbean and now resides in New York. As a global bass vocalist, this world traveler brings raw power...
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Helado Negro — “Dance Ghost”
Helado Negro (or “Black Ice Cream”), an Ecuadorian-born and Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, scoops up a taste of paradise in “Dance Ghost” from his upcoming album...
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Dive into AVAN LAVA’s Weird-Ass Dreams
AVAN LAVA – pronounced a-VAHN la-VA – is annihilating Brooklyn dance floors with their spandex-flavored, Prince-style electro-pop. Turns out, they’re just as batshit...
Who Needs Acid When You’ve Got AVAN LAVA Dreams?
AVAN LAVA tells us their dream-inspired origin story. Then they throw stuff. View only while under the influence.
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Finding Fatima Al Qadiri In Her Futurist Bass
Fatima al Qadiri is kind of from the future. Specifically, she grew up in Kuwait, but, as she explains and illustrates in her music and art, the Kuwait of her childhood...
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St. Lucia — “September”
St. Lucia, a Brooklyn-based disco pop band, clashes his decades and seasons in “September,” the title track from his late 2012 EP. Fall is over, but the electrotrance...
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French Horn Rebellion: From Band Geek to New York Chic
French horns are so misunderstood. They’re loud, they’re geeky and they’re full of spit. But when a couple of Americans added sick beats to their brassy repertoire, the...
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The Breakfast Club Starring….. AVAN LAVA
Okay, so they're NOT in high school. And they're totally NOT in detention. But the members of AVAN LAVA do kinda have that super cool, subversive '80s vibe down pat....
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AVAN LAVA — “Sisters”
Brooklyn's upcoming electropop band AVAN LAVA are pretty clear that the ladies in their “Sisters" video are...more than just. A single from their Flex Fantasy EP,...
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Brooklyn’s Autre Ne Veut Is Electro (Shock) Therapy
Name: Autre Ne Veut
Where He's From: Brooklyn, New York
When He Started: 2010
Genre: lo-fi pop, R&B
Most Similar: How To Dress Well, Cyril...
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Isa GT Announces “Tu Hermana En Bikini” Mexico Tour and US Dates
DJ Isa GT just announced rare dates in Mexico (with Kumbia Queers' DJ Guaguis)and the US starting this Friday in Oaxaca City. US dates are mostly in February and, while...
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AVAN LAVA are Sore Losers. Luckily, They’re Winners.
Brooklyn's rising party-makers AVAN LAVA won our Artist of the Week slot, and thank goodness, because they tell us they are sore losers. They might have stormed our...
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Dre Skull’s Kingston Diaries
The Brooklyn-based, bearded DJ/producer shares a never-ending saga of scheduling studio time with Vybz Kartel, and his fearful ordeal of trying to finally close the
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Artist of the Week: AVAN LAVA, Brooklyn’s Nu-Disco Baby-Makers
We're not sure how, but AVAN LAVA fans were somehow able to lift their sweaty hands long enough from their passionate lovemaking to usher the electro-pop nu-disco crew...
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PREMIERE: Drop The Lime “No Sleep For The Wicked”
The video for Drop the Lime’s moody disco-noir cut “No Sleep for The Wicked” starts out all Friday Night Lights, but soon turns a little more Thriller when the night...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for your favorite!
New year, new resolutions.. blah blah blah. If all these changes are freaking you out, relax! We gotchu at MTV Iggy! Our old faithful Artist of the Week competition is...
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Brooklyn’s AVAN LAVA Rescues Any Empty Dance Floor
Name: AVAN LAVA
Where They’re From: Brooklyn, New York
When They Started: 2009
Genre: electropop, indie
Most Similar: Flight Facilities, Tom Tom...
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Joy! Balún Releases A New EP For Xmas
It's a surprise Christmas present! Tropical tinged dream pop band Balún gave their fans three delicious new songs without any prior warning yesterday. Breezy and...
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Top 10 Reasons Why We Are So, So Ready for 2013
2012, let's not even get into it. You are over and we are really fine with that. Barack Obama got re-elected and, hopefully, we'll never have to think about Mitt...