Malian hip-hop group SMOD has one of the most intriguing sounds I’ve heard in a long time. Hailing from Bamako, the trio could be described as a hip-hop group that [...]

Let me start off by saying that this was not your ordinary concert — out of the 8 performers, only 3 were actual singers. The very first performer, David Garibaldi, [...]

Bambu dropped this EP earlier this year as something of a prelude to his upcoming exit album which he has been stating to be his last. He’s been in the game [...]

On Getting Down from the Trees, the debut album from Valencia, Spain’s indie rock quintet Polock, frontman Papu Sebastian sets a mood that is incredibly alive and free.  Singing in [...]

Indie rock bands who want kids to dance at their shows should study the proven methods of Tokyo’s Boom Boom Satellites. The duo’s secret dance-punk-meets-trip-hop recipe has been winning over [...]

Soulful balladeers of the John Mayer school may soon find a new source of competition in a young one named Zack Weber. The promising singer/songwriter’s debut album, Daydreams and Day [...]

Everyone in America only remembers Robyn as the teeny-bopper from the 1990s who stole the scene from Mandy Moore and Christina Aguilera with her pop songs “Do You Know (What [...]

If you’re a desi in city, there was only one place to be on July 31. Pakistani pop-rock sensation Strings were in NYC, and they lit the night with yet [...]

This South African road movie, shot in 18 days with a budget of just $800,000, is thoughtful and funny, familiar and unexpected, romantic and political. A smart contemporary fairytale, White [...]

Mexicans are the fastest growing population in New York City, and nowhere was this more evident than at the Maldita Vecindad show at Central Park SummerStage on July 10th. By [...]

When I arrived at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey at 7 o’clock this past Saturday night with a friend, hundreds of Bollywood fans from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, [...]

What do wizards, homeless people, possessed children, gangs of hot boys, and serial killers have in common? Well for one thing, they’re all in this movie. Indie/comedy/strange/action/alternate reality/fiction apocalypse film [...]

The Thursday night showcase at the Bowery Ballroom in New York featured some of the hottest names in Latin music–Los Rakas, an ex-Orishas member Yotuel and Mexican Institute of Sound [...]

Let me ask you something. Do you like Aliens? Do you like Ninjas? Do you like leather pants? Great — this movie is for you. Once upon a time in [...]

By the time I read the cast list for the movie Actresses, I was already sold on the film. This was A-list billing and included someone from every generation and [...]

Jackie Chan has an undeservedly lackluster reputation as of late. The official guide to the 9th New York Asian Film Festival itself is saying his last great film was Drunken [...]

Watching Chaw, the greatest (and I presume only) porcine horror movie the world has ever known, you may find yourself agreeing with an observation thrown out late in the film: [...]

Being approached to star in a movie entirely about yourself would give most people an ego trip. However, Kenta Maeno, a 30-something Japanese folk rocker with two albums and a [...]

Atif Aslam is a raging sensation in the subcontinent, especially among young women. He is the Pakistani version of Enrique, if you will. Or better yet, a 27 year old [...]

If you’ve watched a Bollywood film in the past 15 years, chances are you’ve heard AR Rahman. One of the most prolific and revered music composers in the subcontinent (hell, [...]