Rockabilly outfit Heavy Trash sound off in this very inspiring clip. Jon Spencer (of JSBX) and Matt Verta-Ray tell young aspiring musicians just what they should do to get ahead in today's competitive environment.
It's no secret that we at Iggy harbor barely concealed crushes on French chanteuses. When you hear the accent you WILL. CRUMBLE. That's why when Yelle, from the French band Yelle, talks about her influences you will have no choice but to say "awww…"
Isis and Grahm from Thunderheist are a hardworking dance party duo from Canada. They play aggressive, fun uptempo party jams and the next time they roll into town you must see them. They haven't been on...
Andy Butler has toured the world with his DFA Records disco/house revival group Hercules & Love Affair. With all that experience under his belt there is only one relevant question: where is the funnest place in the world? His answer may surprise you…
Electronic psyche-pop misfits Health are one of our favorite leftfield experimental bands. They've been remixed by Javelin and Crystal Castles already – not bad for a quartet of nerdy dudes from L.A. In this clip the group considers the viability of...
Garage rockers the Dirtbombs hail from dirty dirty Detroit, Michigan and make some of the most urgent, down-home, fuzzed out punky fury this side of 8 mile. Did you know? Lead singer Mick Collins' first concert was Bo Diddley in 1972 (unassailably...
Dimitri From Paris is one of the originators of sexy disco house. He's DJed at the Playboy Mansion for crying out loud! Plus he's French and has that amazing Pepe Le Pew thing going on. In this clip we...
What does it take to make a great pop song? UK dance producers Black Ghosts think they've got it figured out. One of them used to be in the Beatles-esque psyche-pop group Simian! Who later went on to become Simian Mobile Disco! Who we love!
We like the Kills. They're so cool! Lead singer Alison Mosshart is super foxy, and guitarist Jamie Hince is totally British, AKA dry-humored (or dry-humoured) and deadpan. Here's Jamie sounding off on whether or not New York City is the greatest city in...
We heard that K-Town, a new reality show featuring Asian Americans was being filmed in the Korea Town area of Los Angeles, CA, and stopped by to meet the cast. WOW!!! The guys are ripped!! But the best...
Jonathan Wong, the rising young Canto-pop star compares living in New York City to living in Hong Kong in an exclusive interview with MTV Iggy. After meeting his current producer during his junior year at Cornell University, he moved to Hong Kong once...
When the seriously adorable triple-threat (singer/songwriter/dancer) Jonathan Wong told us that he was a “three season athlete” who didn't care much about dance well into his late teens, we couldn’t really believe it. Have you seen the man dance? He...
Jonathan Wong, the triple threat singer/songwriter/dancer from Hong Kong, talks to Iggy about his diverse musical background -- he took classical piano lessons as a young boy, listened to Canto-pop growing up in China, and discovered soul and R&B after...
