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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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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...
blog
Get Happy With The Very Best x Grouplove
Who cares what their oversized t-shirt says, we love a happy song. Especially this one by American indie rockers Grouplove, remixed by the Afro-British trio (by way of...
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Win A Sweet Jacket From The Very Best
Sporting t-shirts and badges to represent your favorite bands get a bit tired after awhile, so we're always supportive when musicians get more creative with their merch....
Music Video
The Very Best — “Kondaine” f/ Seye
The boys of The Very Best, global pop duo du jour, travel deep into the throngs of Northern Kenya for their “Kondaine” music video. Though the duo is no stranger to...
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The Very Best and Their Finest Album Yet
A new advent of global cross-breeding pop is upon us, and it's a safe bet to say duo The Very Best is at the helm. UK/Swede producer Johan Hugo and Malawi singer Esau...
Music Video
The Very Best — “Yoshua Alikuti”
The Very Best, a Malawian dance pop duo, isn’t about the extravagant necessities and luxuries that other artists often indulge in. “Yoshua Alikuti” is a...
blog
Nadastrom Makes Moombahton out of The Very Best’s “Yoshua Alikuti”
The dynamic moombahton duo Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom -- put em together and you get Nadastrom -- tackled the latest single from Malawi's exploding Afro dance group...
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The Very Best Is Finally Back With “Yoshua Alikuti”
We've had our ears to the ground for awhile and today we have finally been rewarded with a new track and video from The Very Best. "Yoshua Alikuti," goes for majesty set...
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The Very Best Cover Florence & The Machine’s Cover of “You’ve Got The Love”
What with all these memes and cycles of hype-that-transitions-t0-malaise, sometimes pop culture is just like the Ouroboros-- the snake that eats its own tail.
Such is...
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The Very Best Reschedule Tour: New USA, Canada Dates
In the fall, MTV IGGY Editor Samantha was dismayed to wade through CMJ rain, wait through a couple of mediocre acts, and then learn that headliners The Very...
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The Very Best Cover Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp”
"Ambling Alp" is the poppiest, happiest song on the new release from US indie kids Yeasayer, so of course Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya, whose ebullient voice has the...
Music Video
The Very Best — “Warm Heart of Africa”
Esau Mwamwaya met Radioclit in 1999 and decided to make music together. Two years later they formed The Very Best, whose combo Malawi-inspired dance hip-hop attracted...