saturday wake up call

New M.I.A. song/video "Bad Girls", directed by Romain Gavras

a: he cheated; b: he's lucky; c: he's a genius; d: it is written

Sweet! The Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack has been nominated for three Academy Awards! A. R. Rahman for original score while "O... Saya" and "Jai Ho" are both up in the original song category. I absolutely love the music in the movie, I really hope A. R. Rahman wins for original score!

A. R. Rahman & M.I.A.: O... Saya [wicked-cool song]
A. R. Rahman ft. Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah & Mahalaxmi Iyer: Jai Ho
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buy the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack here

The film is also nominated for best picture and best director, and it deserves both awards; Slumdog is Danny Boyle’s best film since Trainspotting!

On the other hand, I am quite disappointed that Revolutionary Road and The Dark Knight are not up in the best picture category. I am pretty surprise that Kate Winslet is not nominated for her incredible performance in Revolutionary Road and even more shock that it didn’t get an adapted screenplay nomination! WFT!?!? …I am very disappointed!

all i want to do is *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* and *ka-ching*

For a limited time only, you can pre-order tickets for the upcoming M.I.A. tour here.

4/28 @ 4th and B in San Diego,CA
5/1 @ La Zona Rosa in Austin,TX
5/2 @ Palladium Ballroom in Dallas,TX
5/5 @ City Hall in Nashville,TN
5/8 @ Fillmore Detroit in Detroit,MI
5/9 @ Aragon Ballroom in Chicago,IL
5/12 @ Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee,WI
5/13 @ Myth in Maplewood,MN
5/14 @ Liberty Hall in Lawrence,KS
5/17 @ Fillmore Auditorium in Denver,CO
5/18 @ The Depot in Salt Lake City,UT
5/23 @ Roseland Theater in Portland,OR
6/6 @ McCarren Pool in Brooklyn,NY
5/27 @ Edmonton Events Centre in Edmonton, AB
5/28 @ MacEwan Hall in Calgary, AB
5/30 @ Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg, MB
6/2 @ Sound Academy in Toronto, ON
6/3 @ Metropolis in Montreal, QC

Paper Planes (Remix for the Children by Adrock)
Paper Planes (DFA Remix) [wicked-cool song]
Paper Planes (Scottie B. Remix) [wicked-cool song]
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visit M.I.A.'s MySpace here
buy Kala here

all i wanna do is...

Watch M.I.A. performs "Paper Planes" on Late Show with David Letterman:

out this week

The New Pornographers: Challengers
One of the finest pop records of 2007.

Myriad Harbour
Adventures In Solitude

buy Challengers here


Caribou: Andora
Daniel Snaith is back with his signature lo-fi electronic sound.

Irene

buy Andora here


M.I.A.: Kala
Kala is nearly flawless... it contains "Paper Planes", which is one of the best songs of the year so far!

Bird Flu [wicked-cool song]
XR2 [wicked-cool song]
Paper Planes [super-wicked-cool song]

buy Kala here


Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This
An utterly catchy and entertaining album; Architecture In Helsinki has the ability to create some top-quality, catchy-as-hell tracks.

Debbie [wicked-cool song]
Nothing's Wrong

buy Places Like This here


Aiden: Conviction

Son Of Lies

buy Conviction here


Minus the Bear: Planet of Ice
Another solid indie rock record by Minus the Bear.

Knights
Dr. L'Ling [wicked-cool song]

buy Planet of Ice here


Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight

The Moneymaker [wicked-cool song]
Dejalo

buy Under the Blacklight here

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pirate skulls and bones, sticks and stones and weed and bombs

Brand new M.I.A. video for the song "Jimmy":


Jimmy
Paper Planes [super-wicked-cool song] Download this, it is one of the best songs of 2007!!!
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Kala comes out on August 8th in Japan, 20th in the U.K., and 21st in North America; you can pre-order it here

my legs hit the hurdle

It is 2:30 a.m., I am ecstatic and cannot sleep because I got my hands on the new M.I.A. album Kala about an hour ago! I have listened to the album once now and I’m listening to it again as I write this post. Compare to Arular, the new record is a lot more experimental. M.I.A. explores with infinite sounds to create some very unique and remarkable rhythms. I guess that’s all I can say about Kala for now as I haven’t really had a chance to examine the record deeply. Nevertheless, I can say that Kala sounds great and some of the more notable tracks for me include "Bird Flu", "Boyz", "$20", "Down River", "XR2", and my favourite at the moment, "Paper Planes".

Bird Flu [wicked-cool song]
Down River [super-wicked-cool song]
XR2 [wicked-cool song]
Paper Planes [super-wicked-cool song]
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Kala comes out on August 8th in Japan, 20th in the U.K., and 21st in North America; you can pre-order it here