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Family Of The Year — “Hero”
Bull riding is the American dream of a young father in this black and white video for "Hero" from L.A.'s Family Of The Year. The soft, folk tinged track provides the...
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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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The Paper Kites — “Bloom”
Young love. Is there anything like it? Australia’s The Paper Kites have the sun-dappled antidote to the grumpiest of moods in the simple-yet-stylish video for the folky...
Live
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...
Live
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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Take a (Melodious) Hike With Iceland’s Ásgeir Trausti
Name: Ásgeir Trausti
Where He’s From: Iceland
When He Started: 2012
For Fans of: Bon Iver, James Blake, Fleet Foxes
Sounds Like: A walk in the woods
A few...
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Premiere: Koji Gets Very Real with “In the Line,” Readies Crooked in My Mind
We are so amped to debut "In the Line" from Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Koji's forthcoming debut album Crooked in My Mind. Koji's punk-bred acoustic jams have always...
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Pirates Canoe Tell Their Story
Reika, Kanako and Sara of Americana band Pirates Canoe tell us how they infuse their music with a Japanese sensibility, the strange way they met, and how they felt when...
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Little Fox, Cooing Sweetly At You In Thai
Name: Little Fox
Where He's From: Bangkok, Thailand
When He Started: 2011
Genre: Singer-songwriter; indie folk
For Fans Of: Sufjan Stevens
Sounds Like:...
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Soosh Makes Beats with Room to Breathe
Name: Soosh (Soroosh Khavari)
Where He's from: Glasgow, Scotland by way of Iran
When He Started: 2011
Genre: Post-dubstep/beatmaking action
Most Similar:...
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See Samantha Crain Perform “Never Coming Back” in 2D
Samantha Crain's new video for "Never Coming Back" is like peering into an old-time penny arcade mutoscope. Ooh and ahh as the country folk singer flickers before your...
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The New Of Monsters and Men Video is Better Than Star Wars
Okay, it's at least better than Attack of the Clones. Freshly unveiled, the video for Of Monsters and Men's "King and Lionheart" sweeps you away to a world of danger,...
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Haim Time: a Chat with the Spunky LA Pop Trio
So I’m not gonna lie. Right before I got on the phone with Este, eldest sister of girly folk-rock trio HAIM ( pronounced to rhyme with time), I was a bit nervous. Aside...
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Sin Fang is All Grown Up
Words and Interview By Laura Studarus.
Ethereal. The word haunts nearly every description of Sindri Már Sigfússon’s work as Sing Fang. And with good reason. Over his...
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Meet HATEM, Folk-Pop Poetry Courtesy of Madrid
Name: HATEM
Where They’re From: Madrid, Spain
When They Started: 2006
Genre: folk pop, alternative
Most Similar: Sufjan Stevens, Fleet Foxes
Sounds...
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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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The Elusive Charm of Tokyo’s Shugo Tokumaru
Name: Shugo Tokumaru
Where he's from: Tokyo, Japan
When he started: 2003
Genre: Indie-folk, indie-pop
Most Similar: The Beatles, Sufjan Stevens, New...
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Is That A Thing?: Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka is a young acoustic soul musician with the ability to write songs that are a little bit pop, a lot soul, and even a smidge country. He takes the classic...
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Uruguay’s Campo: Self-Made and Grammy-Nominated
If you haven't heard Montevideo's Campo yet, you will very, very soon.
The Grammy-nominated crew from Uruguay includes an Academy Award winning composer, a superstar...
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Teenage Dream: Bondax’s Sensual House Is…Heavenly
Name: Bondax
Where They’re From: Lancaster, England
When They Started: 2010
Genre: Sensual house
Most Similar: Disclosure
Hailing from the countryside of...