Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS PLAY DRESS-UP FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES»
Posted on July 17, 2009 (23 comments)
Tags: Ariel Pink | Beirut | Brandon Flowers | Coachella | Conor Oberst | Friendly Fires | Gang Gang Dance | Girl Talk | Ida Maria | Jenny Lewis | Lykke Li | Morrissey | No Age | Public Enemy | Robert Smith | Rye Rye | The Cure | The Killers | The Kills | Vivian Girls
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
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy The last day at SXSW is always tinged with a depressing end-of-the-summer vibe. (Or maybe end of the school year?) However you want to frame it, once the Saturday sun sets, the remaining hours... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 23, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Common | Dirty Projectors | Erykah Badu | Ganglians | Girls | Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | Kanye West | King Khan | Little Boots | Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | Peelander-Z | Perez Hilton | Real Estate | Rye Rye | Solange | SXSW | Theophilus London | Thom Yorke | Thunderheist | Victoria Legrand
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
Last year's Clash-sampling, terror-ific "Paper Planes" found a second life this summer, thanks to Pineapple Express and a bunch of hot rappers. Maya tells Rolling Stone, "The way human beings hear stuff, it's like, suddenly a song sounds better to... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. GETS MASHED-UP BY DIESEL, REMIXED BY JAY-Z»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Jay-Z | M.I.A. | N.E.R.D. | Pharrell | Rye Rye | T.I.
