March 6, 2012
Why do we love Bollywood throwbacks so much? Is it because we rediscover the familiarity of music that we grew up with? Or is it because the industry produces so much music that they've drained...
March 6, 2012
NBC's reality music show, The Voice, stars superstar musicians like Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green. The artists select a team of budding singers to train and mold into tomorrow's chart toppers -- Think Sa Re Ga Ma Pa gharanas...
March 6, 2012
Don't worry, it's not us who Saif Ali Khan punched after our scathing review of the hideously takcy, non-Mujra "Dil Mera Muft Ka" from his upcoming film. The Bollywood actor, turned producer; turned...
March 6, 2012
Sound the conch shell and prep the aarti taali! We'll be nazaar-utaaring and feeding mithai to some very talented Desi actors who are about to launch their own shows on mainstream American Networks.
These aren't new names to the list of actors...
March 6, 2012
Not another name song! As if Sheila, Razia, Jalebi Bai, Munni and Channo weren't enough, the Houseful 2 team thought another one of these pathetic excuses for art would be an innovative enough...
January 5, 2012 Simmi Gerwal and Karan Johar better watch out because Oprah is coming to India. The daytime talk show host turned media mogul tweeted a fan about her plans last month.
According to her Tweets Oprah's coming for more than just pleasure. She's...
December 9, 2011
If you're waiting to see Dharma Production's remake of the Amitabh Bachchan cult film, Agneepath to watch steamy scenes between Hrithik and Priyanka, we don't blame you. But there's another reason to...
February 16, 2011 From Babylon to Jakarta.
Raised in New York City and currently residing back in his home country of Indonesia, Ras Mohamad is the self proclaimed Reggae Ambassador of Indonesia. Ras claims the duty of...
Tigerstyle, bhangra brothers based in Glasgow, blast the work week blues away with their bass-rific “Kudi” (or “girl”). Everything about the single screams par-tay. Sharp vocals from vocalist Rani Randeep pay homage to their homeland while the techno...
Gods Robots, a San Francisco/ Mumbai duo presents “Stay,” a harmonious merge of pop electronica and ethnicity. The setting is reminiscent of a grade school science classroom and rightfully so. Listeners get a lesson in crossing genre boundaries complete...
Jay-Z should keep an eye on his wifey. Bikram Singh, NYC-based Bhangra artist, openly admires “Beyoncé.” He urges party people to dance like the r&b diva – he even has a lookalike trio doing the “Single Ladies” choreography! We’d gladly wave our right...
NYC-based Bhangra artist Bikram Singh delivers the politically correct “Kinna Sohna Munda” from his album Bik I Am. The musically inclined practicing attorney merges a Punjabi folk song’s chorus with sharp, pop-driven production of today. No objections...
Adil Omar, we sweat your technique. The Pakistani rapper fuses jazz with new age rap in “Paki Rambo,” an addictively dope cut from his forthcoming debut The Mushroom Cloud Effect. The head nod-able track boasts vintage scratches and jazzy splashes of...
Who could resist fun-loving hipsters and pretty girls having fun in the big city? Electropop enthusiasts Robopop provides what the people want in "Just One Night," a music video for the film Love, Lies, and Seeta.
On a rooftop above NYC's Times Square, Atif Aslam talked to MTV Iggy's Shenaz Treasury about producing his first single at 15 with his pocket money, changing the business of the Pakistani music industry,...
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