Tokyo is famous for it’s night life. There are so many clubs and bars in Tokyo. Some of them cater to primarily Japanese customers, some to particular groups of foreigners, [...]
Tags: Club, Electronica, Japan, Music, night life
MTV doesn’t really seem to realize that Rain isn’t the only singer in South Korea. They must have mentioned his name in every one of their articles. Anyways, they organized [...]
Tags: Germany, Kpop, mtv, Music, Poll, Rain, South Korea, World Cup of Rock
Have you ever read Japanese sports manga like “Captain Tsubasa”, “Slam Dunk” or “Kyojin no Hoshi”? Most Japanese sports manga are stoic and serious. In them, a main character usually [...]
Tags: anime, Film, Japan, Johnnys, Music, News, Yomohisa Yamashita, Yusuke Iseya
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 [...]
Tags: Atif Aslam, bollywood, Colden Center, Concert Review, Live Performances, mtvdesi, Music, New York, Pakistan, Queens, Queens College
Nissin made a Cup noodle TV ad with Jamiroquai. It’s part of the music video for Virtual Insanity. But the lyrics were changed. He sings “i am hungry, i am [...]
Tags: Cup noodle, Jamiroquai, Japan, Music, music video, Video
We’re just one week away from the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the biggest soccer tournament on earth. Prepare to see an influx of red Korea t-shirts and a country-wide celebration [...]
Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Japan, Kim Yu-Na, Korea, Kpop, Music, Olympics, Playlist, Soccer, Songs, Victory, World Cup
On April 26, New York City glam rockers Semi Precious Weapons put on a wild rock show, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the 80s. The boys in [...]
Tags: Aja Volkman, Audience Interation, Backbends, Bowery Ballroom, Bowie, Breedlove, Champange, Cole Whittle, concert, Concert Review, costume changes, Dan Crean, Def Leppard, FIshnets, Glam Rock, Glitter, Glitter Boots, High heels, Jack Daniels, Justin Tranter, Lady GaGa, Lady Starlight, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Salgado, Monster Ball Tour, Music, New York City, Nico Vega, NYC, Pantsless, Ran, Rock and Roll, Rock n Roll, Semi Precious Weapons, SPW, Stevy Pyne, Stripping
You’re throwing a party. You’ve got the guac, the mojitos, the hip friends. Now, what about the soundtrack? It’s gotta honor Mexico but it’s gotta start people dancing. And it’s [...]
Tags: 60 Tigres, bocafloja, Chikita Violenta, Cinco De Mayo, Cinco de Mayo Soundtrack, Hip-Hop, Holiday, Hong Kong Blood Opera, Los Amigos Invisibles, Los Fancy Free, Manu Chao, Mexican, Mexican Indie, mexico, Music, Neon Indian, Playlist, Rebolledo, Silverio, Soundtrack, Top 10, Top 10 Party Songs
Sorry this took forever and a day but its up now. Last week funnyman Ash Chandler picked a playlist too and we had a blast! Check it in all its [...]
Tags: @MissMalini, Amy Winehouse, Ash Chandler, Blondie, Chirs Isaak, comedian, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Flo-Rida, General Elektriks, Goo Goo Dolls, Guns N Roses, Marvin Gaye, Mumbai, Music, Pirate Radio, Playlist, Pussycat Dolls, Radio One, Seal, The Doors, The Verve, Videos
This is very cool. In this “NIKE music” ad, when a DJ twists a shoe hooked up to speakers, it changes the sound — sort of like a turntable… In [...]
Tags: Advertisements, Advertising, anime, comedy, DJs, Japan, Japanese, Marketing, Music, Nike, Spots, Video, Viral, YouTube
MTV Iggy locked on to Far East Movement waaaay back in 2006. We invited the group to perform at a MTV Chi Rocks concert and have cheered them on ever [...]
Tags: Bands on Tour, Brass Monkey, Crowded Subway, dj virman, Far East Movement, International Secret Agents, Izakaya, J-Splif, Japan, Japanese, kev nish, Kobe, Lady GaGa, Limited Edition Tee Shirts, Lost in Translation, Marshmallows, Monkey, Monster Ball Tour, Music, Osaka, Scartlett Johansson, Shrimp, Subway, Universal Records
When I was last in China, lip-synching was the happy norm. Remember that little girl who raised such a ruckus in the West because her song, performed at the Olympics, [...]
Tags: Backup Singers, Ban, Chengdu, China, Chinese Governmen, Fang Ziyuan, Fine, Fined, Law, Lin Miaoke, Lip-synching, live performance, Mandopop, Miming, Music, New Year, News, Olympics, Politics, Punishment, Voice, Yang Peiyi, Yin Youcan
We listed Coachella on our top 10 music festivals to check out in 2010 and gave it a spot on our top 10 best Spring fests (just behind Amsterdam’s Awakenings…). [...]
Tags: American, California, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Coachella, Die Antwoord, Festival, Indio, Jay-Z, Jonsi, Line Up, Music, Music Fest, Sets, SXSW
Could there be anything more boring, more academic, more bleugh than a sheet of rock-hard ice? No! Not if you’re one of the sonic pioneers showcasing their “ice-related” music this [...]
Tags: Andreas Bick, Antartica, Cheryl Leonard, Ice, Ice Floes, Music, Music From the Ice, Pink Floyd, Psychedelia, San Francisco, Sound, Sound Art, Swissnex, Werner Herzog
We knew M.I.A. was creative. (Jeez, listen to a single bar! Or just take one look at her taste in Manish Arora!) But she really innovated in a recent interview [...]
Tags: Call Out, Copy, Copycat, Creativity, Diva Fight!, Divas, Fashion, Ibiza, Innovation, interview, Lady GaGa, London, M.I.A., Maya Arulpragasam, MIA, Music, new album, NME, Pop, Pop Music, Record Label, Rip-Off, Style, UK, USA
I was in the Shanghai stadium where Bjork famously whispered “Tibet, Tibet.” At the time, we couldn’t even be sure she’d said that. But sure enough, more than two years [...]
Tags: Banned, Beijing, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Cancelled, censorship, China, Chinese, Coffee House, Counterculture, fans, Japan, Korea, Ministry of Culture, Music, News, Shanghai, South Korea, Tour Dates, Visa, Visa Issues
I like the Ministry of Sound, even though I can’t say I know too much about the music, still – its so badass (in such a good way!) This Saturday [...]
Tags: @MissMalini, Bands, Desi, DJ Ivan, DJ Jamie Williams, DJ Set, Drinks, India, Ministry of Sound, Mumbai, Music, MySpace, Retro, Shiro, Tour, World Tour
Oh, thank goodness it’s April 1st. Now we can take the month off and fly around the globe, hitting the world’s best music festivals — right, boss? Because forget summer [...]
Tags: Amsterdam, Austria, Awakenings, Bang Face Weekender, Barcelona, Brazil, Bucharest, Coachella, Electron Festival, Electronica en Abril, EU, Festivals, Germany, Madrid, Mayday, Music, Music Festivals, New Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Rokolectiv, Romania, Sao Paolo, Sensation Sao Paolo, Snowbombing, Spain, Summer Festivals, Sussex, Top 10, USA
“They once made a makmende toilet paper, but there was a problem: It wouldn’t take sh*t from anybody!!!” wrote one Kenyan blogger. “After platinum, albums go Makmende,” wrote another. “For [...]
Tags: African Film Festival 2010, Blaxploitation, Bloggers, Chuck Norris, CNN, Culture, Gangster, Jim Chuchu, Just a Band, Kenya, L.A., Los Angeles, Makmende, Mbithi Masya, Meme, Music, music video, Nairobi, New Music, Origin of Name, Politics, Quentin Tarantino, Shaft, Underdog, Viral Meme, Viral Video
