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Alika & Nueva Alianza — “Jengibre”
Alika & Nueva Alianza provide an added dose of heat to hip hop with “Jengibre.” We dig Alika’s steady stream of Spanish words, the catchy chorus and Friday...
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Sexy Fi Just Got Your Attention
Name: Sexy Fi
Where They’re From: Brasilia, Brazil
When They Started: 2009
Genre: Groovy Indie
Most Like: Garotas Suecas, Céu
Sounds Like: Brooklyn on the...
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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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Product of Brazil: João Brasil’s Rio-Bred Corn
Name: João Brasil
Where He's From: Rio de Janeiro
Genre: Nu-Tecnobrega, sort of
Most Similar: Banda UÓ, Jaloo
When He Started: 2007
Sounds Like: The...
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Martín Buscaglia’s One-Man Funk Bomb
“SPAM!”
That’s the word Martín Buscaglia yelled periodically, while pogo-ing across the stage at the Mercury Lounge, eyes wild. It was the annual indie showcase at...
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Dorados Rockabilly Trio Stays Gold
Name: Dorados Rockabilly Trio
Where They're From: Medellín, Colombia
Genre: Rockabilly/Punk
Most Similar: The Rock Tigers, Los Vigilantes
When They...
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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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There Is No Antidote For Argentina’s Veneno
Name: Veneno
Where He's From: Argentina
Genre: Dance
Most Similar: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Justice
When He Started: 2012
Sounds Like: Buenos...
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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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Hip-Hop Brazil: 13 Brazilian Rap Artists Who Made History
By now, just about every country on earth is represented on Planet Hip-Hop, but few loom as large as Brazil. Though better known for samba, funk carioca, forro,...
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The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
The tell-all documentary about the Peruvian rapper from Harlem talks hip-hop, prison, politics and power
From the depths of notebook stacks filled with ideas,...
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Pop and the Sublime, with Alex Anwandter
Alex Anwandter took to the stage in New York City last month at the Latin Alternative Music Conference’s annual “indie showcase” like a human glitter bomb. Dressed in a...
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Rio’s Leo Justi and the One-Man Global Dancefloor
Leo Justi is a super intense looking dude, and his music doesn't disappoint. The up-and-coming Rio-born-and-based producer even wowed MIA with his remix of "Bad Girls,"...
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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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Ulises Hadjis — “Donde Va”
Maracaibo, Venezuela's Ulises Hadjis is a little bit folk and a little bit soft rock. "Donde Va" or “Where Is” emphasizes the best of both elements. His single shadow...
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Cumbia….. of Death!!!
Name: La MiniTK del Miedo
Where They’re From: Bogota, Colombia
Genre: Cumbia Góthica, Dark Cumbia, Witch-Cumbia
When They Started: 2012
Most Like: Arca,...
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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 Leo Justi and the Art of Favela-izing
Name: Leo Justi
Where he's from: Rio de Janeiro
Genre: Brazil ghetto beats + electronic + hip-hop + moombahton + kuduro = Heavy baile
When he started:...
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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...