Welcome to Austin City Limits 2007, where the weather's hot, the tacos are tasty, and the toilets are very, very flammable. Folks all over town are still buzzing about the lineup's loss of the exceedingly anxious White Stripes, but... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 15, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Blonde Redhead | Crowded House | Heartless Bastards | LCD Soundsystem | M.I.A. | Pete Yorn | Peter Bjorn And John | Queens Of The Stone Age
Indie friendly kids show Pancake Mountain plays host to Kala queen Maya Arulpragasam, and she takes the opportunity to teach the little ones (and Captain Perfect) how to do the sunshowers, step on the cockroach, and get random. Don't think... CONTINUE READING HOW M.I.A. HELPED CAPTAIN PERFECT GET HIS GROOVE BACK»
Posted on August 15, 2007 in (20 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Pancake Mountain
After the busy-bright line dancing of "Boyz," M.I.A. second clip from Kala is a more subtle affair -- Ms. Arulpragasm (we're contractually obligated to include her last name at least once per post) switching between traditional Indian jewelry (befitting the... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. VIDEO - "JIMMY"»
Posted on August 7, 2007 in (20 comments)
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"I lost my voice in LA but Jack White Fed-Exed this to my hotel to me today and I'm taking a tip from him," Maya said a few songs into her set yesterday, waving a bottle of throat spray.... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: M.I.A. BATTLES THROAT ISSUES, DANCES, CLIMBS SHIT»
Posted on August 4, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | M.I.A.
When Arular dropped after months and months of 2004's Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1, M.I.A.'s official 2005 debut felt somewhat anti-climactic. Don't get us wrong, we loved it. On top our own feelings, there was plenty of mainstream success,... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: M.I.A. - KALA»
Posted on August 2, 2007 in (16 comments)
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Did you spend Saturday with eyes glued to The Deathly Hallows? Or ears glued to The Black Lips? We did neither, but these folks managed to do both: (Pic by Paul Antonson.) Yep, no Siren for Stereogum. Not 'cause the... CONTINUE READING HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY CYCLONE»
Posted on July 22, 2007 in , (37 comments)
Tags: Cursive | Harry Potter | M.I.A. | New York Dolls | Siren Festival | Voxtrot | We Are Scientists
Miss Arulpragasam returns after having raided the Photoshop color palette pantry with a busy-bright and epileptically challenging clip for the quirk-sampled bhangra-banger "Boyz" -- the third track we've heard from Kala -- shot in Jamaica with the help of a... Kala Cover Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. VIDEO - "BOYZ" & KALA COVER ART»
Posted on June 11, 2007 in , (24 comments)
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Maya's next LP is still a couple of summer months away, but patron saint of Sri Lankan dancehall remains beneficent, offering up another cut from Kala (meaning "black," if your Tamil could use a touch up). First came "Bird Flu"... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. - "HIT THAT"»
Posted on May 3, 2007 in (19 comments)
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Back in August, Maya promised she'd soon post a song to her M.I.A.Space, and then explained the track's title: "I CALLED THIS BIRD FLU BECAUSE THIS BEAT GON KILL EVERYONE!!" Well "soon" meant "in a few months," but no complaints;... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. - "BIRD FLU"»
Posted on February 5, 2007 (18 comments)
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The first "Hung Up" boots are trickling in. DJMonsterMo leads the pack by mashing Madonna with the blogosphere's patron saint of Sri Lankan dancehall. Get his "UR Hung Up" MP3 here.... CONTINUE READING MADONNA VS. M.I.A. MASHUP»
Posted on November 1, 2005 (27 comments)
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The largely unknown Bristish band The Kaiser Chiefs finally divulge their ages in The Guardian:Until recently, they were coy about their ages (guitarist Andrew "Whitey" White is 30, drummer Nick Hodgson 28, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick "Peanut" Baines and... CONTINUE READING I PREDICT A "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" SPECIAL IN 5 YEARS»
Posted on September 23, 2005 (21 comments)
Tags: Kaiser Chiefs | M.I.A.
Nominees and odds of winning according to bookies at William Hill: Kaiser Chiefs 'Employment' - 4/1 Coldplay 'X&Y' - 6/1 Bloc Party 'Silent Alarm' - 6/1 KT Tunstall 'Eye To The Telescope' - 6/1 The Magic Numbers 'The Magic Numbers'... CONTINUE READING MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLIST»
Posted on July 19, 2005 (67 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Bloc Party | Coldplay | Hard-Fi | Kaiser Chiefs | KT Tunstall | M.I.A. | Maxïmo Park | The Go! Team
You guys have heard of comedian Aziz Ansari, right? Not only is he M.I.A.'s #1 stalker (.mov), he is totally going to give away passes to his blogger-approved one-man show and make you a mixtape. Read on... "AZIZ ANSARI PUNCHED... CONTINUE READING AZIZ ANSARI PUNCHED A WALL»
Posted on July 12, 2005 (21 comments)
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According to Pitchfork, which gets some love in today's Sun Times... Bloc Party: Jagged guitar lines and dense harmonies pepper the hook-filled songs from England's latest '80s indie revivalists. Jesu: Former frontman of industrial pioneers Godflesh merges spaced-out shoegaze and... CONTINUE READING ARTISTS TO WATCH IN 2005»
Posted on January 3, 2005 (13 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | LCD Soundsystem | M.I.A.
Britney Spears or Courtney Love? Via your fave new bookmark Golden Fiddle: Speaking of our favorite crazy, Miss Love opens up in the latest Steppin' Out Magazine:"When I was in rehab, I had some really cool CDs with me. I... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY GETS SOBER, M.I.A. KEEPS IT CRUNK»
Posted on December 13, 2004 (41 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | Neil Young
