What happens when a girl from Sweden channels early 90's hip-hop via Jamaican dancehall? You get Elliphant's "Music Is Life", that's what. As I've mentioned here before having a Jamaican sound on your record is really hot right now, mainly because of Diplo's influence, but Elliphant brings her own unique spin to the sound like everything else she ( Read more... )

Jamaica's kind of become the "it" place for hip indie bands right now, even if you're an Australian band like the always amazing Van She. Kinda makes you want to plan a vacation, no?

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Finally we get an official video for what is so far one of the top five songs of 2012. You can't help but love "Get Free", from its relaxed reggae vibes to its powerful lyrics and vocals from Dirty Projectors' own Amber Coffman, but the original video always felt like nothing more than a placeholder for the video that we now have. Shot entirely ( Read more... )

Jamaica has another great video out (remember when I posted about them here?), and I can't wait to hear more from these guys.  After two songs I'm already a huge fan.  I think an album might be out on August 23rd, but I'm not sure.

This time these Parisan dance rockers made the most metal video in the history of metal, without actually playing any ( Read more... )

It should be no surprise at this point that I like bands that sound both like they are some long lost band from the 80's, and yet in no way could have come from any other time than now. Perfect example is Jamaica (formerly known as Poney Poney), who have a new demo with a rockin' video. It (somewhat) mockingly shows the rise and fall of a hit ( Read more... )