New M.I.A. Album Coming This Summer With a Little Help From Verizon Tech Support
In her short career, M.I.A. has assembled quite the roster of collaborators, from the Wilcannia Mob, the quintet of aboriginal Australian boys featured on Kala‘s “Mango Pickle Downriver,” to international tastemaking sensation Diplo, who co-produced Kala with DJ Switch. But Filipino Verizon tech supporters? Even we wouldn’t have guessed that one.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJudd Apatow Hints at Pineapple Express Sequel
The man who brought M.I.A. to the masses with the awesome trailer usage of “Paper Planes” is now considering a sequel to his stoner bromance flick.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDiplo Drops Hints About New M.I.A. Album
If Diplo gets his way with the next M.I.A. album, then listeners can expect “Booty Shorts” paired with “Summertime Clothes,” “The Purple Bottle” leading to getting “Wasted” and “Dope Boys” frolicking with “My Girls.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOutside Lands Becomes First Festival Streamed Live on YouTube
Music fans without transportation to Golden Gate Park's Outside Lands this weekend need not wallow in envy. Instead, they can watch the concert live on their computer screens.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Very Best Prep Debut LP, Stream Track Featuring Vampire Weekend Frontman
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig has found a new outlet for his Paul Simon-eque affinity for Afro-pop, sharing the mic with Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya on the title track of The Very Best's upcoming debut LP The Warm Heart of Africa. The track, on which the unlikely duo sings atop a fusion of traditional African drums and electronic dance beats, began streaming on the band's MySpace last week. ... read more
Found in: NewsPlunk, Plunk, Plunk: Grizzly Bear Sounds Like M.I.A. Sounds Like Lauryn Hill?
So, Grizzly Bear has a new album, Veckatimest, and people are freaking out about it almost as much as they'd freak out about, like, an actual grizzly bear. We just heard it clocked in at #8 on the Billboard chart for its first week of sales, 40% of which came from the Internet. Paste's own Matt Fink called it "a masterpiece" in his review last week. By all means, it's shaping up to be one of the biggest albums of the year—although when it comes time for the Paste staff to duke it out for our Best of 2009 list,... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VCoachella 2009, Saturday: The Killers, M.I.A., Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Bob Mould, Jenny Lewis and more
Come along with Paste as we look back on some of the more notable sets from Day Two of Coachella 2009... ... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusOutside Lands 2009 line-up features PJ, DMB, M.I.A., more
Although several music festivals have struggled this year because of a floundering economy and poor ticket sales, Outside Lands is gearing up with some big names for its second year.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsM.I.A. to fill Amy Winehouse's spot at Coachella
Sri Lankan rapper/new mommy M.I.A. is set to take the stage at Coachella in place of Amy Winehouse, who was forced to cancel her festival appearance after running into roadblocks while trying to obtain a work visa. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFour Reasons to Get Behind Rye Rye in '09
First came Edgar Allan Poe. Then, after a long interval indeed, came the double-whammy of The Wire and Michael Phelps. And now, in a sign of its possible ascendance from the depths of the cultural abyss, the fair city of Baltimore has given us the girlish rapper Rye Rye, who in her short life has already become muse to Blaqstarr and protégée to M.I.A., and whose sassy rhymes are reason enough to get excited about 2009. Here are four reasons to get on the bandwagon now: ... read more
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