Listen to “Bad Girls” here

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Live fast. Die young. That’s M.I.A.‘s motto. For the small percent of Americans who missed the bad girl’s middle finger to the FCC during yesterday’s NFL Super Bowl, this babe does not mind stirring up mass-televised controversy. Read the full story

Listen to “Taken By A Stranger” here

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Simultaneously buried in biology, math, and becoming a woman, German stella and 19-year old Lena Meyer-Landrut is wrapping up high school with an early education in stardom. Retro-pop are her sounds. Curvaceous is her voice. The combo has earned her latest album Good News on German label Read the full story

Listen to “Inside World” here

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WhoMadeWho. The Danish trio inquire by title even before we can ask the question hanging on our lips: Who makes WhoMadeWho? Read the full story

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Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick are the Swedish DJs turned electro-pop princesses taking over blogosphere waves around the world. The duo takes after fellow Swede, Robyn, with synth-laden “Dance.” When the song begins, it undoubtedly could be mistaken for their country counterpart’s “Dancing On My Own.” But despite the similarities, there is one, Read the full story

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“Ray Charles” is serving as the most outstanding, chart-worthy track from three year old, Philadelphia hip-hop duo, Chiddy Bang. The sample-heavy song off their upcoming debut album, Breakfast Read the full story

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The Box Rockets are a new band straight out of the always thriving Melbourne Music scene. Recently release their EP No Control which debuts the bands own blend of Indie/Pop/Light Rock. ‘No Control’ (also the single from the Album) is a perfectly catchy lean song that hooks you in from start to finish and doesn’t bore you in between with unnecessary filler.

Sighting the likes of The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes and The Beatles as influences. These great bands have produced some of the catchiest songs around, Read the full story