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CSS Is Back with New Album Announcement and a Hangover
CSS - the Brazilian rock band best known for hits like "Music is My Hot Hot Sex" (from 2008 iPod commercial fame) and "Let's Make Love (And Listen To Death From Above)"...
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Kumbia Queers Punk the Party Bus in New Video
Everyone's favorite Argentinian queercore cumbieros Kumbia Queers make party buses awesome in the new video for "Kumbia Punk" off this year's Pecados Tropicales. Climb...
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It’s a Very Isa GT Holiday with “Xmas is Here”
Captain Bubbles and Isa GT remind us there are only seventeen shopping days left until Christmas with a video full of warmth, cheer and consumer products. "Xmas is Here"...
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Metrosexual Favela Assasin Swag
Big things have been happening for Leo Justi, the Rio De Janiero producer with a fresh take on baile funk. In the last year, he's popped everywhere from an official MIA...
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Bomba Estéreo’s New Album is Streaming Online
Turn up your stereo dials: Colombia's tasty psych-cumbia band Bomba Estéreo is back at long last with their second international release, Elegancia Tropical (Tropical...
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Brazilian Bass Culture (& Beyond)!
For just about all of history, Brazil has produced some of the most compelling music on the planet. Right now, with the rapid growth of Brazil's economy, we're hearing...
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Brush Up On Your Portuguese With Banda UÓ’s New Lyric Video
Hey Gringo! Learn some new words with the official lyric video for Banda UÓ's Diplo-produced tecnobrega joint. The Brazilian trio's song is called "Gringo," and if you...
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Brazil’s Holger Releases “Ilhabela”
Citizens of the internet, rejoice: One of our favorite bands rocking out in Brazil right now, Holger, just dropped a new single on us.
For those in need of a...
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Musicians! Submit Your Joyful Noise To The Navidades Con Etoro Comp
It might seem a little early for Christmas but the holidays creep up sooner than you think and Etoro Records is getting ready. They're preparing their Navidades con...
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We Found Garotas Suecas’ Sergio Sayeg In New York!
Do you miss Garotas Suecas and their sweet, sweet Brazilian funk soul? We sure do. They've been ever quieter since the release of their smoldering 2010 debut Escaldante...
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PSY Gets Favela-Funked
"Is it Christmas already? No? Then why is the universe giving me this present?" you might ask yourself, upon encountering this blog post.
PSY - the Korean artist of...
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Bomba Estereo’s New Video: “El Alma y El Cuerpo”
Bomba Estereo, our favorite Colombian neo-traditional party rockers, recently dropped a glistening video morsel for the first single off their new album, Elegancia...
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Brazil’s Tulipa Ruiz Releases Sophomore Album For Free Download
Holy Brazilian indie-pop!
Tulipa Ruiz is one of the top young artists from São Paulo boldly pushing Brazilian rock and pop in progressive directions, and she just did...
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Chile’s Astro To Get US Album Debut
Following a splashy US debut at this year's SXSW, Chilean indie favorites Astro have announced that they will release their self-titled debut album in the United States...
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Banda UÓ Pumps You Up In “Faz UÓ” Video
We hope you like stripper heels and synchronized dance routines with your boxing and bench presses, because Brazil's Banda UÓ is getting their sexy tecnobrega fierceness...
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Artist of the Week: Brazilian Heavy Baile Boss Leo Justi
It was a tight race all the way but Rio de Janeiro bass producer Leo Justi is the man of the hour and MTV Iggy’s Artist of the Week! Congratulations Leo!...
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No Te Va Gustar Keyboardist Marcel Curuchet Dies in Motorcycle Accident
Tragedy struck the Latin rock scene this weekend as news came in that No Te Va Gustar keyboardist Marcel Curuchet died in New Jersey on Saturday from head injuries...
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Brazil’s Punk Flower Tulipa Drops Album in July
OK, this is pretty exciting. Novo MPB ingenue Tulipa Ruiz is coming out with a new album this July. Called Tudo Tanto, folks back home are already calling her the...
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Javiera Mena’s “Sufrir” Remixed By Members of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The 2010 ethereal electronic track "Sufrir" ("to undergo, to endure") has had quite a long journey from home. The single, which belongs to Chile's rising Javiera Mena,...
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Baile Funk Getting Squashed in Rio Crackdown
Funk carioca, better known in these parts as "baile funk" has been the ruling soundsystem party sound of Rio de Janeiro for decades. But it looks like the music's future...