Brazilian chanteuse Céu jumped to notoriety about five years ago thanks to her self-titled debut album breaking new grounds.

Lovefoxxx oozes cool on this sassy brand new video “City Grrl” off CSS’ latest La Liberación, featuring the eccentric, Brooklyn-based androgynous singer Ssion.

With the evolution of global dancehall remixing, our Brazilian queer crew, Banda UÓ just doesn’t let up on the rambunctious renditions of top 40 pop…

Não moro mais em mim is a feel-good album of beautiful arrangements, ft. Lido Pimienta, Mima, Jóvenes y Sexys, and more, and we fully recommend downloading…

Meet Emicida, the first South American rapper to ever perform at Coachella and the best current example of the progressive Brazilian b-boy scene.

As if one Zuzuka Poderosa song weren’t enough to prove our Brazilians do it better theory, we bring you two, yes, TWO downloads FREE of charge from…

Lucy and the Popsonics will take you back to a time when you were 14 years old, clad in barbwire necklaces and baggy black chain-link pants.…

The Echocentrics, supergroup formed by Grupo Fantasma + Brownout + Ocote Soul Sounds, have a cinematic sound that would be the perfect match for a…

Best thing about mixtapes, most of them are FREE (!), and they’re a great way to discover new music. In this new column, DJ Juan Data…

Best thing about mixtapes, most of them are FREE (!), and they’re a great way to discover new music. In this new column, DJ Juan Data…

We’re saddened by the mysterious death of Fauna member Catar_Sys (of Zizek Club). Help us pay tribute to him and the amazing legacy he left behind. …

From Bambaataa to Brazil, baile funk’s history has been storied. Learn how Brooklyn’s Zuzuka Poderosa (and her bunda) makes it her own.

Nacional Records will release a tribute album to Brazilian psych-tropicalia ’60s band Os Mutantes, ft. Cafe Tacuba, Aterciopelados, Fito Paez, and more.

Forro In The Dark teams up with Gogol Bordello for a North American tour this fall.

The first of our handpicked list of Latin bands that will be live at SXSW 2010.

Today we awoke to an empty Austin.  Things were quieter, 6th Street was no longer closed off to cars, and those few people on the…

If someone asked you: “what does the South of the United States and the Northeast of Brazil have in common?,” most people (myself included) would…

My first rock n’ roll experience was watching Guns and Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” on MTV at my babysitter’s house when I was in…