January 26, 2012 While I get crunk like everybody else do when Azealia Banks' "212" comes in after a David Guetta/Rihanna/Eurythmics remix, I gotta say, if I wanna put my money on a girl who has her head on straight and is gonna get all "Nicki-Minaj-in-2012" (and they...
January 26, 2012 더 칵스는 한국 음악의 일면을 변화시키고 있다. 이 그룹은 광란의 파티문화, 펑크 락, 그리고 여성들이 까무러칠 만한 매력들이 한데 어우러져 서울과 해외에서 팬몰
January 26, 2012 Instrumental beatmaking is a universal language these days, with MPC technology now accessible on basically any mobile device. But true eggheads like Toyko's Himuro Yoshiteru have been at it since the...
January 26, 2012 클릭
THE KOXX are changing the face of Korean music. The quintet's unabashed partying, punk rock, and lady-killing ways have been taking fans (namely, female ones) by storm in Seoul and beyond, transforming an industry where pop music has historically...
January 25, 2012 A common complaint about African hip hop is that it imitates American hip hop too closely. But there are sounds coming out of West Africa that are both definitely hip hop and unmistakeably African. In...
Season of Mist | 01/20/2012
"Female-fronted metal" isn't just a metal band with a frontwoman -- there are plenty of those -- it's its own sort of genre. The term tends to connote clean, even operatic female vocals working as a...
Nacional | 01/24/2012
Featuring lots of blood, bullets, and corrupt colonels, the lyrics on Ana Tijoux's new album read something like a Gabriel Garcia Márquez novel. Except the album isn't set in some sleepy colonial town,...
Fader | 01/24/2012
Today we got our first intimation of what MTV Iggy Best New Band finalist Yuna has been working on with Pharell Williams. "Live Your Life," the lead single from Yuna's forthcoming self-titled album,...
Strap on your space helmets. Jotdog, a Mexican synth pop duo, journeys through a “Lluvia De Estrellas” (or “meteor shower”) from their sophomore release Jotdog 2: Turista del Amor. María Barracuda’s galactic, light-as-air vocals (and her supernova eye...
Pop vocab lesson! Emicida’s name combines “emcee” and the Portuguese word for “murderer.” The Brazilian rapper slays a crafty enemy with style and soul samples in “Então Toma.” The award-winning Catch Me If You Can-style mini movie features petty crime,...
You know those weirdly satisfying dreams you have after a long night of bar hopping and junk food binging? El Paso-based psych rock siblings Zechs Marquise revise our REM cycles with “Everlasting Beacon...
Matters of love can be difficult to decipher. Paris-residing New Yorker Saul Williams draws an Avant-garde road map in “Explain My Heart” – soothing, strange, and sexy electro hip hop at its finest. Though Williams (who’s also an actor and a poet) plays...
Oslo’s Team Me invites us to tea time with “Show Me,” an elegant selection from their upcoming debut To the Treetops! The indie pop six-piece displays refined energy with a full orchestra of instruments, mellow vocals, and several vintage costume and...
Everyone knows that one is never, ever enough. Handsome Stockholm quartet The Concept, indie pop newbies, can relate. Their single “Gimme Twice” screams hipster - ever-present Ray Ban shades, shaggy but chic hair and a video shot with an iPhone app...
DJ Clazzi makes his solo debut with the unorthodox and highly intriguing “Love & Hate.” Forming one-third of the popular band Clazziquai, DJ Clazzi has already gained widespread recognition for his experimental fusion sound. Featuring labelmate Yi Sung...
Los Rakas gives us California lovin’ with “Ta Lista” (or “She’s Ready”) from their EP Chancletas Camisetas Bordada. The Bay Area-based cousins are clearly products of their environment – they display a clever blend of breezy yet brazen hyphy-inspired...
