Last night the Super Bowl happened. The Giants won, so well done to them. As always, there's a lot of half-time entertainment and this year it was up to people like Madonna and M.I.A. to provide it. Unfortunately - as with Janet Jackson' weird star-shaped nipple a few years ago - there was some "controversy". »
A new track from M.I.A. surfaced earlier this week. Called 'Bad Girls' it's taken from her Vicki Leekx mixtape. Now, as is often the case, there's a video for the single, directed by Romain Gavras (who has worked with her on 'Born Free') and filmed in Morocco. It was premiered over on VICE's new video channel, Noisey but you can also watch it here.»
M.I.A needs a bit of credit here - she certainly deserves it. Her new video for 'Story To Be Told' very much carries on the theme of ancient computer displays going fucking crazy. Although it doesn't quite have the artistic sophistication of that one where all the ginger kids were running away, only to be cruelly blown to pieces of rusty dust, it does something. I'm not sure I can describe what it is. »
As has been said before and will surely be said again, M.I.A. really knows what she's doing. No shrinking violet. You've got to hand it to her, she knows how to 'do' publicity. The last few weeks and months have seen her hire a blimp to fly over Coachella and publicise her forthcoming third record, as well as various bits of controversy surround an now-infamous New York Times profile piece.»
As has been said before and will surely be said again, M.I.A. really knows what she's doing. No shrinking violet. You've got to hand it to her, she knows how to 'do' publicity. The last few weeks and months have seen her hire a blimp to fly over Coachella and publicise her forthcoming third record, as well as various bits of controversy surround an now-infamous New York Times profile piece.»
Following on from the hideously designed website, the heinously named album and a whole lot of shit about a negative profile piece, the increasingly annoying M.I.A. has revealed the cover art for her new album, /\/\ /\ Y \/ .»
We should really be used to M.I.A doing things her own way by now, but then again it's always nice to get a surprise in one form or another from her, I guess. There's a bit of triple-barrelled news this time as the previously unnamed album now has a name,»
Graphic. »
...on a BLIMP. Yeah. »
Fed up of speculative album news stories after the Joanna Newsom affair of yesterday? Well, tough, because we've got more, this time M.I.A. related, aaaaaaaaand a video to accompany it. Proof. Of something.»
Sweden's Pirate Party - yes, Pirate - has won a seat in the European Union Elections. The party, which has campaigned against copyright laws, won 7.1% of the overall vote in the country, which has translated into a seat in the European Parliament.»
A short while ago the annual Mercury Music Prize wheeled out its somewhat predictable list of names. DiS took exception to the several notable omissions. There are releases which have enriched our worlds and could have done with the leg-up that the Mercury was established to provide. Rather than mope around and moan on messageboards we decided to set-up our own award.»
Onstage at Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee...»
World-pop extraordinaire M.I.A. has cancelled her upcoming UK and European dates»
M.I.A. is to put her $50,000 fee for performing at last weekend's MTV Movie Awards towards the construction of schools in Africa»
A raft of new additions including Lupe Fiasco, Hercules & Love Affair, Vampire Weekend and Panic At The Disco have completed the line-up for this year’s Hove Festival»
More names have been added to the bill for this year’s Hove Festival»
M.I.A. will appear at the London Roundhouse this summer for a one-off show»
The initial details of this year's Latitude festival were announced tonight (19 Mar)»
M.I.A. and DJ Znobia have teamed up with Lisbon’s Buraka Som Sistema for a track that’ll knock you seven miles sideways»
"If you want to take your family through borders, from ocean to ocean, call M I A... 1-800, M I A... row-da-boat.com." »
The ten finalists for this year’s Shortlist Music Prize have been announced.»
Popular record emporium HMV rounded up the nation’s jabbering critics, threw them in an emptied swimming pool, left them to rot in the sun ‘til their mouths and brains cooled, and then got them to stick charred hands in the air.»
M.I.A. is super-pissed following recent censorship of her 'Paper Planes' video, and the sound during her performance of said track on Letterman»
DiS has a pair of tickets for M.I.A.’s forthcoming December dates in Manchester and London to give away»
M.I.A. has sorted some new tour dates for December.»
A whole new breed of festival has emerged in Cologne. One that does not have many UK bands, still focuses on music resting on the fringes of indie and pop and, most importantly, does not suck. Seriously...»
Tom Waits, Karen O, John Frusciante, M.I.A., David Byrne, various members of Wu Tang Clan, KRS-One, Lovefoxxx... all will appear on one new record...»
M.I.A. has pulled out of this weekend's Glastonbury Festival...»
Music industry dahling M.I.A. tours a little at the end of this month.»
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