Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Atmosphere | Band Of Horses | Bettye LaVette | Black Eyed Peas | Built To Spill | Calexico | Dave Matthews Band | Fergie | Heartless Bastards | Jack Black | Jack White | John Vanderslice | M.I.A. | Maserati | Mastodon | Matt And Kim | Os Mutantes | Outside Lands | Pearl Jam | Q-Tip | Tenacious D | The Dead Weather | The Dodos | The Duke Spirit | Thievery Corporation | Tom Jones | Vau-De-Vire-Society | Ween
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit's the Very Best project is releasing a a 7" of "Warm Heart Of Africa" in advance of their debut album of the same name." You already have that title track, which paired Esau with Ezra on... CONTINUE READING NEW VERY BEST - "YALIRA"»
Posted on August 18, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Daft Punk | DJ Hero | M.I.A. | The Very Best
M.I.A. does verses on the chilly NORML-approved "Legalize My Medicine," the first single from Nump's Student Ov Da Game. It's not about Robitussin, peoples. Listen, download, and puff with a passion at Siccness (via Urb).... CONTINUE READING NUMP (FEAT. M.I.A) - "LEGALIZE MY MEDICINE"»
Posted on July 8, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Nump
M.I.A. protegé Rye Rye unleashed this banger around SXSW time, as one of the first releases on Maya's nascent N.E.E.T. label. And the 18 year old's first single is cloaked in her mentor's matronhood, from the hook's "bang"s, to the... CONTINUE READING NEW RYE RYE (FEAT. M.I.A.) VIDEO - "BANG"»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Rye Rye
In the wake of escalating atrocities in the Tamil/Sinhalese civil war in Sri Lanka, Maya met Maher on Friday night to explain her people's plight to Bill's Real Time audience. (She's the one labeled "Tamil Rapper.") There's a quick octo-mom... CONTINUE READING BILL MAHER INTERVIEWS M.I.A.»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in (112 comments)
Tags: Bill Maher | M.I.A. | Neverever | Real Estate
On Tuesday M.I.A. met O.P.R.A.H. at the "Time 100" dinner honoring the year's most influential people outside of 4chan (marblecake, also the game, guys). That's the new BFFs with Maya's fiance/Seagram heir Benjamin Brewer. According to a Gayfish-style all caps... CONTINUE READING OPRAH, MAYA, MAYA, OPRAH»
Posted on May 7, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Green Man Festival | Grizzly Bear | M.I.A. | Michelle Obama | Oprah Winfrey
She tweeted the news last night, and it was confirmed earlier today. Maya replaces dropout Amy Winehouse on Saturday and it'll be her first performance since giving birth to a beautiful baby boy not named Ickitt. (UPDATE: He's named Ikhyd... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. JOINS COACHELLA '09 LINE-UP»
Posted on March 20, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Crystal Castles | Heartless Bastards | M.I.A.
The Rye Rye/M.I.A. connections run deep: the pair toured relentlessly on the back of Kala, Rye teamed up with Afrikan Boy on the Paper Planes (Homeland Security Remixes) EP, now the 18 year-old is releasing her debut LP on Mama... CONTINUE READING NEW RYE RYE (FEAT. M.I.A.) - "BANG"»
Posted on March 16, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Radiohead | Rye Rye | Thom Yorke
No, M.I.A. didn't have her baby at the Grammys, but she did have her baby on Wednesday, 2/11. With the little guy just a few days old, she stopped by MySpace to announce her and Benjamin Bronfman's son. Make sure... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. HAD A BOY AND HE'S CUTE»
Posted on February 17, 2009 (21 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | of Montreal
NARAS's flirtation with attempting to matter in 2009 went alright last night. There was so much promised we had Videogum come over to help us log our reactions across as many internet platforms as possible, and even with all that... CONTINUE READING THE 2009 GRAMMYS: JUST THE GOOD PARTS»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in (41 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Coldplay | Estelle | Grammys | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Popo | Radiohead | Robert Plant | T.I. | U2
Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2009 GRAMMYS»
Posted on February 8, 2009 in (348 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Coldplay | Dave Grohl | Death Cab For Cutie | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Jay-Z | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Kings Of Convenience | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Paul McCartney | Radiohead | Real Estate | Rihanna | Robert Plant | T.I. | U2
Fan favorite Slumdog Millionaire has 2/3 of the song nominations, Peter Gabriel's WALL-E tune the other third. M.I.A. doesn't get a direct nod, outside of releasing the soundtrack on her imprint. And Golden Globe winner the Boss must be pissed.... CONTINUE READING ONLY SLUMDOG, WALL-E NOMINATED FOR BEST SONG OSCAR»
Posted on January 22, 2009 (11 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Oscars | Peter Gabriel | Slumdog Millionaire
Or, in words your parents will understand: Lily Allen did a cover of the Clash's "Straight To Hell" with the original's co-writer Mick Jones, no less. Originally released in 1982 as the third single from Combat Rock, "Straight To Hell"... CONTINUE READING LILY ALLEN COVERS THE CLASH SONG "PAPER PLANES" SAMPLED»
Posted on January 20, 2009 (22 comments)
Tags: Lily Allen | M.I.A. | Mick Jones | Public Enemy | The Clash
Technically N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) = beatmakers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but as you might've noticed when we posted The Spirit Of Apollo's "Gifted" -- featuring Kanye West, Santogold, and Lykke Li -- the project also includes a... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A. (FEAT. M.I.A., SANTOGOLD, SPANK ROCK & NICK ZINNER) - "WHACHADOIN"»
Posted on January 12, 2009 in (12 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | N.A.S.A. | Nick Zinner | Santigold | Spank Rock | The National
This is 2008, so how about some more "Paper Planes." M.I.A.'s ubiquitous anthem gets showcased in Slumdog Millionaire, but this version is the slightly funky remix that pops up on the OST. Here it's set to footage from the film,... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. VIDEO - "PAPER PLANES (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE REMIX)" »
Posted on December 16, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | M.I.A. | of Montreal | Slumdog Millionaire
Remember the 50th Annual Grammy Awards? Alicia Keys duetting with the ghost of Sinatra? Will.i.am rapping nonsense? Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters??? It's easy (and fun!) to make fun of the Grammys, but last year they really... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY»
Posted on December 3, 2008 (64 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Band Of Horses | Beck | Daft Punk | Death Cab For Cutie | Gnarls Barkley | Grammys | Hot Chip | Justice | Kanye West | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | M.I.A. | Metallica | MGMT | My Morning Jacket | Ne-Yo | No Age | Radiohead | Robert Plant | Robyn | The Raconteurs | Weezer
Continuing being totally retired, Maya's got a new video today. The first title card to splash across the screen credits "Film & Clothes" to M.I.A. -- which means it's essentially a spot for her seizure-baiting fashion line. But she remains... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. (CLOTHING ADVERTISEMENT DRESSED AS A) VIDEO - "SHELLS"»
Posted on December 1, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Lykke Li | M.I.A.
I know it might be a bit much to say Slumdog's a "Great Movie" in a music blog post title because I am not a film critic (yet). But last night I got into a long conversation with Lindsay about... CONTINUE READING GREAT MOVIE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE HAS NEW M.I.A. SONG»
Posted on November 25, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: A.R. Rahman | M.I.A. | Slumdog Millionaire | The Black Keys
SPIN's December cover girl shouldn't have to defend her choice of fiancé (Ben Brewer, son of Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr.), but here is how she reconciles the union with her "fuck-the-system mentality": "His dad is so 'the System.'... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. ON MARRYING INTO THE SEAGRAM FORTUNE»
Posted on November 20, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Little Joy | M.I.A.
Third Eye Blind (you remember, from the '90s?) quietly released a new single a few weeks ago. Reader Michael points out that frontman Stephan Jenkins quotes "Paper Planes" (I thought we buried that?) in its final minute, a fact I... CONTINUE READING THIRD EYE BLIND SUBMIT "NON-DAIRY CREAMER" TO WORST SONG OF 2008 CONTEST»
Posted on November 14, 2008 (302 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Third Eye Blind
It tends to be a pretty good time when The Smoking Gun unearths these rocker tour riders. Mostly because we get to laugh at musicians' uncensored, exorbitant, diva-like demands and feel pretty good that we're nowhere near that silly as... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. IS PARTICULAR ABOUT HER CHEESE»
Posted on November 10, 2008 (39 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | M.I.A. | Rage Against The Machine | Rihanna | The Decemberists
More bulletpoints to add to the busiest retirement since Jay-Z pretended to do it: a XXX set, being super pregnant, and tangentially teasing the greatest television show to air before Don Draper poured his first scotch. Momma-to-be Maya teamed with... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. AND BLAQSTARR SORTA COVER THE WIRE THEME »
Posted on November 4, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Blaqstarr | M.I.A. | Pop Noir | The Wire | Woods
It's fun to think that alongside resurrecting the careers of the Freaks And Geeks cast and becoming a Hollywood brand unto himself, Judd Apatow has indirectly inspired Doug Martsch to cover Ms. Arulpgrasam by making "Paper Planes" so pervasive that... CONTINUE READING BUILT TO SPILL COVER M.I.A. IN ITALY»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Built To Spill | M.I.A. | The Shins
I was going to write up a guide to contemporary Indie Rock Halloween Costume Ideas, but decided against it. You're probably wearing a Fleet Foxes costume right now. Where's the fun in that? So instead we turn our attention to... CONTINUE READING 10 TRENDY POP STAR COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN '08»
Posted on October 23, 2008 (47 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Dirty Projectors | Kanye West | Katy Perry | Kid Rock | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Miley Cyrus | Rivers Cuomo | T-Pain | Vampire Weekend | Weezer
