We were just poking around M.I.A.'s Twitter, like ya do, because a) why not and b) of her resounding "FUCK NEW YORK TIMES!!!" in response to their article calling Sri Lanka the #1 vacation…   Read Story »

Kala's followup was produced with Blaqstarr, will be more personal and honest ("I don't want it to be gimmicky or silly or hipstery"), and includes the song "I'm Down Like Your Internet Connection"…   Read Story »

Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »