Ever wondered what a drum machine-infused, bassless take on Poison The Well may sound like, were it fronted by a largely anonymous member of a truly dismal girlgroup? No? Not even after the following ABC News sycophantic dirge? Well, thankfully Alexis Krauss and Derek E. Miller, aka Sleigh Bells surpass all expectations, reservations and discriminations to erect a towering long player that's equal parts visceral and disco. The duo, signed to M.I.A.'s N.E.E.T. Recordings (punctuation nightmare ... that soars nebula-like over Treats, Krauss breathing heavily over sampled utopian twangs and twinkles. Effectively Sleigh Bells transform M.I.A.'s glitchy hip hop lilt into a band format, albeit with guitars being the only genetically organic instrumentation. Drenched in the sweat of others, stars in your eyes and penniless, you'd take the ecstatic confusion of Crown On The Ground over XXXO any day... ...
In the first of our new monthly A.V. Talks devoted to music, Kyle Ryan and Steven Hyden talk about July's notable releases, including M.I.A. and Big Boi, and preview August with Hyden pre-emptively dismissing the new Arcade Fire.Subscribe to A.V. TalkiTuneshttp://feeds.theonion.com/avtalk ...
singles chart. Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100: 1. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie feat. Rihanna 2. Katy Perry ...
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. Sean Kingston) 11. Fresh I Stay (Feat. Flo Rida) 12. Nicki Minaj Dang A Lang (Feat. Trina, Lady Saw) 13. Drake Do It All 14. Nicki Minaj Teqkilla (Feat. M.I.A.) 15. Drake To The Floor (Feat. Rich Boy, Lloyd) 16. Birdman Jr Doin Time 17. Short Dawg SDF [Sippin Drank Fast] (Feat. Gudda Gudda) 18. Drake July (Feat. Jhene Aiko) 19. [Bonus Track] Jae Millz Execution Style (Feat. Lil Wayne, T-Streets, Gudda Gudda) http://hotfile.com/dl/58430987/ff30132/YMTRO.zip.html ...
The Machine, The Coup) have made a number of new tracks from their upcoming release "The Ghetto Blaster EP" available for streaming online. You can check out the groups cover of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" over at their Myspace, their new track "Scars" over at Spin.com and their cover of LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" at Missinfo.tv. "The Ghetto Blaster EP" will see an August 10th release date through SSSC/ILG. ...
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% funded and due out in February of next year. NPR has a World Cafe session with Tift Merritt. GQ and Time Out have interviews with M.I.A.. Cussing ensues. Pitchfork solicits a guest list from Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast; they're at Lee's Palace on September 25. NYCTaper is sharing audio from The Flaming Lips' show in Central Park on Monday night. They Shoot Music solicits and acoustic set from A Place To Bury Strangers. Noizefests chats with Mel Draisey of The Clientele. Their new release ...
Amoeba Music - Hollywood 1. Robyn - Body Talk 2. Rick Ross - Teflon Don 3. Eminem - Recovery 4. M.I.A. - /\/\/\Y/\ 5. Inception - Soundtrack 6. Black Keys - Brothers 7. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of... 8. Prince - 2oten 9. Books - Way Out 10. Roots 0 How I Got Over Week Ending - 7/24/2010 Other Music - New York 1. M.I.A. - /\/\/\Y/\ 2. Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat 3. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today 4. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night ... of the Soul 5. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 6. Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises 7. Autechre - Move of Ten 8. The Roots - How I Got Over 9. Wolf Parade - Expo 86 10. Various Artists - Solid Gold Week Ending - 7/18/2010 Waterloo Records - Austin 1. Asleep At The Wheel - It's A Good Day 2. Black Keys - Brothers 3. Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs About Love 4. Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites 5. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Mojo 6. M.I.A. - /\/\/\Y/\ 7. Broken Bells - Self ...
-Dream's Love King moved down one spot to No. 30 with 11,600. After a month in stores, the recently divorced singer's new album stands at 106,300 scanned discs. Music newcomer Ke$ha's Animal remained at No. 33 this week with 11,400. With 29 weeks under her belt, the singer's new album stands at 849,900 sold discs. M.I.A.'s Maya took a hard hit this week moving down 25 positions down to No. 34 with 10,900. After two weeks, the singer's new album has sold 39,900 records. Philadelphia-based crew The Roots' How ...
Street Sweeper Social Club, the band comprised of Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave/The Nightwatchman) and Boots Riley (The Coup), return with The Ghetto Blaster EP, out August 10th on SSSC/ILG. It's the follow-up to their 2009 critically acclaimed, self-titled debut. The lead single off the seven song EP is a cover of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" which the band just posted to their MySpace page today. Fans have the opportunity to pre-order The Ghetto Blaster EP at SSSC's own ...
AWOLNATION and MGMT perform at Dare 2 Dream benefit concert in Chicago on August 6th Official Lollapalooza after party at House Of Blues in Chicago on August 6th After a jampacked NYC weekend of opening for Weezer and Rival Schools at the Williamsburg Waterfront and DJ'ing M.I.A.'s CD release party at Brooklyn Bowl two weeks ago, rock rabble-rousers AWOLNATION have been invited to play alongside Grammy-nominated band MGMT at the House of Blues in Chicago on August 6, 2010 as part ...
Filed under: Exclusive, Q + A If one were to compile a list of music's most in-demand producers, there's no doubt Dave 'Switch' Taylor would be near the top. The UK producer, DJ and 'fidget house' pioneer became well-known as one half of the dynamic duo who helped propel M.I.A. to stardom by producing her albums 'Arular' and 'Kala.' Switch and Philadelphia producer/DJ Diplo then struck musical gold by fusing their love of Jamaican music into the clubby dancehall project Major Lazer ... . Their latest release is a five-song EP called 'Lazers Never Die' -- and fans will get to hear the new stuff live when Switch and his co-horts take the stage at this weekend's Osheaga Festival in Montreal. Switch reunited with Diplo on M.I.A.'s newest LP, as well as teaming with pal John Hill to produce four tracks on Christina Aguilera's latest full-length effort, including title track, 'Bionic.' Spinner caught up with Switch to discuss daggering, his future career in cartoons and being an underground ...
. M.I.A. - XXXO Released: July 11th, 2010 Album: /\/\/\Y/\ Genre: Electropop Label: XL Recordings 9. She & Him - In the Sun Released: February 23, 2010 Album: Volume Two Genre: Indie pop, Indie folk Label: Merge Records 10. Beach House - Lover Of Mine Released: / Album: Teen Dream Genre: Dream pop Label ...
The following tickets are on sale beginning Friday, July 30th, 2010. Oh, and did you know you can support CoS simply by buying through the links below? Talk about an added incentive! Among the tickets on sale Friday include Bassnectar, Bullet For My Valentine, CocoRosie, Deadmau5, Florence and The Machine, Greg Dulli, Jimmy Eat World, Jónsi, M.I.A., Michael Franti and Spearhead (along with select solo dates), Stone Temple Pilots and Widespread Panic.Bassnectar: What: North American tour When ... World: What: North American tour When: September - October Tixs: Price varies depending on location Buy: Ticketmaster or Live Nation at 10:00 AM Local TimeJónsi: What: North American tour When: October - November Tixs: Price varies depending on location Buy: Ticketmaster or Live Nation at 10:00 AM Local TimeM.I.A.: What: North American tour, Atlanta date When: September 16 Tixs: $35.00 Buy: Live Nation at 10:00 AM EDTMichael Franti (solo): What: North American tour When: September - November Tixs ...
As you may have heard, M.I.A. has a new album out. She also performed a string of North American tour dates before jetting off to Europe for the summer festival circuit. Part of that schedule ori... Continue reading "MP3: Local Duo Caligula Remixes M.I.A. "Steppin' Up," Wins HARD L.A.'s Remix Contest" > ...
) 12 Jeremy Amelin feat. Angelika - Oh,Oh 2:59 (Radio Mix) 13 The Roots feat. Monsters Of Folk - Dear 3:53 God 2.0 (Album Mix) 14 Fat Freddys Drop - Big BW (Butterfish 7:49 Black Remix) 15 M.I.A. - Steppin Up (Album Mix) 4:03 16 Bettye Lavette - The World (Album Mix) 3:34 17 Soulprojectrx & Larry Ray - Unchain My 4 ...
to her New York City roots with the "street" feel of her six-month trek, expected to be announced soon. [GigWise]M.I.A. Disses LADY GAGA, OPRAH Sri Lankan provocateur said O gave her the "cold shoulder" at a recent party, and that Gaga's rise to fame wasn't "that difficult." [Time Out London]THE FLAMING LIPS Wow for SPIN's 25th Anniversary Twenty-seven years into their existence, the Okies from Weirdville bring energy, vitality, and musical relevance to an adoring crowd. [SPIN]ARCADE FIRE's Butler ...
Early projections indicated Rick Ross' Teflon Don would end Eminem's four-week reign atop ...
Oops, I forgot to do this on Wednesday. The new Arcade Fire album leaked and and apparently I like it, based off the plays I gave it. Aaron still really likes the new M.I.A. album. Look for the MAYA review coming in the next couple days! Tell us on our Facebook "Like" Page who you are listening to this week. Also friend us on Last.fm: Mike Aaron Mike: Arcade Fire(71) Mumford & Sons(62) Gorillaz(14) Aaron: M.I.A.(68) Flying Lotus(17) Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire(13) All of Last.fm, week ending ...