Ryan's Smashing Life presents Jacksonknife, Static of the Gods, Eldridge Rodriguez, Child Bite @ Middle East upstairs Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter, Marissa Nadler, Mike Fiore @ Great Scott Fire Cracker Jazz Band, .357 String Band, Jinx Bros., Bryan McPherson @ Abbey Lounge Adrian Emberley, Chloe & The Pappas, Vikesh Kapoor @ TT the Bear's Sonya [...]
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Last Friday, M.I.A. announced to her audience in Edmonton, Canada that she's engaged! Not only that, but her beau-to-be comes from an "affluent" Montreal family. Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam agreed to marry Benjamin Brewer, the frontman/vocalist/guitarist for Exit and son of Warner Music Group's chairman and CEO, Edgar Bronfman Jr. Whether this is a green card marriage or the real deal is un...
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Yesterday we posted M.I.A.'s new official video for "Paper Planes." The song, off the Sri-Lankan born rapper's latest album Kala, has been met with controversy due to its gunshot refrain and use of terms like "murder" and "bongs." The video also premiered on MTV's TRL yesterday, however not in its uncensored original format. The gunshot refrain was replaced with the sound of banging metal and t...
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Holy shizznit, M.I.A. is havin a baby! I'd heard the rumours months ago, but forgot all about it coz I thought they were just rumours. But, apparently she's talkin about it now. Can you imagine how incredibly sweet it would be to have Maya as yer mum? A homegrown revolutionary with a uber-famous goddess for a mum?! I'm almost jealous!Anyway, I found out from AtariCoolKids who seems to have...
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M.I.A. PAPER PLANES.If you're goin to sample The Clash, make sure it's good! It's good....(M.I.A. from; Sri Lanka (via), London and South East United Kingdom )miauk.com
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British singer, visual artist and now humanitarian, M.I.A. announced she will use a recent performing fee to build schools in Liberia.Last Sunday (June 1) at the after-party for the MTV Awards in Los Angeles on when she reportedly climbed on top of a photo booth and told the audience she was using her $100k fee for a good cause."I'm going to use it to build schools in Liberia” she said "It cost.
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M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" is enjoying yet another wave of success thanks to a new movie called "Pineapple Express." The latest stoner flick was created by the "people who brought you Superbad" and the trailer features the Afrikan Boy and M.I.A. hit. Check it out: Apparently, "Paper Planes" climbed the iTunes singles chart once again, landing at #18 this week. That's what, the 3rd time it's be...
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Although the artist's lineup doesn't exactly meet my criterion I probably will be listening and or watching a fair portion of this today, what else could I be doing on a snowy sleety Sunday afternoon, besides napping of course...the little voice inside my head muttering something about cleaning house perhaps?from the NPR site -"NPR will be the only radio broadcaster of the concert "We Are One: ...
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A super-preggers M.I.A. struts the catwalk in a lady bug-lookin outfit with Kanye, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and T.I. at the 51st Grammy Awards: I can't wait until her kid sees this footage. M.I.A. is going to be such a fabulously freaky mom!! (They say the womb filters out most high frequencies, but welcomes bass waves...) BIG UPS to WSHH for posting this high quality vid!
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M.I.A. is pregnant. And not just with revolutionary ideas for her next record. The British-Sri Lankan vocalist/visual artist/producer/record-label founder/clothing designer, born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, is due to give birth in February, and despite what you may have read online, it's not Kanye's baby. (Daddy is indie-rock guitarist Benjamin Brewer, son of Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfm...
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...preggo. Seems the "Paper Planes"-singer was knocked-up by her fiance/the Exit frontman/son of a Sony CEO Ben Brewer, which now makes all those retirement rumors make SO much more sense. This past weekend M.I.A. pulled a Jay-Z and came out of retirement as one of many performers at Diesel's 30th anniversary party in NYC, where her baby bump was publicly revealed AND looked like it was 4 month...
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M.I.A. is up for her first ever Oscar nomination for her lyrical contribution to the Slumdog Millionaire track "O Saya." M.I.A. whose real name is Maya Arulpragasam (good luck to the Oscar announcers with that one!) is up for Best Original Song along with "O Saya"'s other collaborator A.R. Rahman. Rahman was nominated twice in the catagory, the other nomination for his other Slumdog Millionair...
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When I reported about the upcoming EP of "Paper Planes" remixes, I had no idea that Ad Rock also contributed a track to it. The album is called Paper Planes (Homeland Security Remixes) EP, physical versions drop March 4th via XL Recordings and it features various remixes of the most controversial song off M.I.A.'s Kala album. (The EP is available now digitally) As previously reported, Diplo ...
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M.I.A. will bring her "Boyz" and "Bird Flu" to the States again this Spring, with a tour that kicks off at Coachella April 26th. From there she follows a bizarre route that looks like it was mapped out by a dizzy, blindfolded monkey. Which means she'll hit numerous spots in the midwest with occasional jumps to the four corners of the country.M.I.A. tour dates:26 Apr Coachella Festival Indi...
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4REAL is a website/tv series that "takes celebrity guests on adventures around the world to connect with young leaders who, under extreme circumstances, are affecting real change on some of the most pressing issues of our time." It's a fabulous program featuring Mos Def getting involved in the hip hop scene in Brasil, M.I.A. meeting political leaders in Liberia, plus Cameron Diaz, Joaquin Phoe...
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