Janelle Monae Source The American artist Janelle Monae recently recorded a cover for one of her favorite songs from David Bowie, Heroes. Speaking about it, the artist says that: Bowie is part of my musical DNA in so many ways…And ‘Heroes’ is one of my favorite Bowie songs. When you love your favorite song, you want to keep some of the beautiful qualities of the original, but we brought Atlanta in the…
Amidst some personal legal problems, M.I.A. has finally shared the cover of her long expected delayed album, Matangi. The album is theoretically coming out on November 5 through Interscope, though I wouldn’t bet all my money on that one. More visuals and a taste of the new album below. Oh, and if you really wanna see something wicked, select the pictures as if you were selecting a text box – it’s seriously awesome. Via M.I.A.’s…
What the heck just happened? No, seriously, WHAT happened, Maya? As if it wasn’t enough M.I.A.’s new album is totally disappointing, with respect to general musical standards (If I were to compare “Maya” to her previous other two records… well, you get the idea), last night’s Letterman performance topped anything one could call pathetic. I’m still pretty shocked! Honestly, I’m not even sure if it was bad BAD or intentionally bad – you never fucking…
Clearly on a whole different level than that of the incisive “Born Free”, this new M.I.A. radio rip, allegedly titled “XXXO” , sports a more mainstream appeal, venturing into a pop friendly sound. It’s not your typical pop, though – far from it. It’s different and tight, something that only the likes of dubstep legends Blaqstarr and Rusko, who handled the production work for the track, can deliver.
Violent, aggressive, and disturbing is nothing but M.I.A.’s latest video for her latest single “Born Free”, which just recently leaked on the web. It’s better to leave this short for words, so I’ll leave you to Romain Gavras’s directed video below. Free the ginger kids! M.I.A.’s still untitled third album will be allegedly out June 29th.
In a recent interview for Rolling Stone, the flavorful Maya Arulpragasam or M.IA., as she most known in the in hip-hop scene, revealed a myriad of scrumptious details regarding her upcoming, still untitled, new album. She confesed to RS, among others, that she wasn’t all that happy with how Kala come out to be (for what’s it worth, we were very happy with it, Maya), and that her new material will be her ‘back to…
Electrelane is a british indie/experimental rock band (previously located in Brighton, UK … now scattered around the world). They’ve been making music starting with 1998, they released their first album in 2001 – “Rock it to the Moon” – and have been touring ever since. The band was last formed (well, theoretically, it still is) by Emma Gaze, Mia Clarke, Verity Susman and Ros Murray. There have also been other past members, such as Tracey…
Rye Rye’s latest collaboration with M.I.A. is the explosive single “Bang,” a thrilling roller coaster ride of a song. The video isn’t any lower either, featuring non-stop amazing dancing, with some moves sure to twist some heads (check out the finale moves!). Rye Rye’s debut album is yet to be released, but if the material it’s packing is half as good as Bang and Tic Toc, we’re in for an ace LP.
M.I.A. and Baltimore’s own Blaqstarr teamed up to do a Way Down in the Hole (Tom Waits) cover, mixing up various versions of the song that can be found as the theme song for The Wire. The song itself isn’t fantastic, but like any song featuring M.I.A. it has some crazy beats! In the hands of a capable DJ, this could rock a few clubs silly. From the video’s end, It’s clearly low budget, and…
If M.I.A. plans on quitting music for real, then she’s got a strange way of doing it, considering she’s been really active, musically speaking, lately. Just a few days ago, she got featured on Esau Mwamwaya + Radioclit’s latest leak, Rain Dance, and now she’s released yet another song, this time in collaboration with Baltimore’s Rye Rye, on “Tic Toc.” The song’s really smashing, with some really, really heavy beats and interesting samples. Next Paper…
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