Big Apple Music Scene — We’re not really sure, actually. M.I.A. is making a statement about Youtube pulling down her “Born Free” video by projecting this picture on billboards all over Britain today, and we’re sure its not coincidence that it just happens to be Elec... more info

ContactMusic — Controversial rapper M.I.A. is taking part in a guerrilla art campaign targeting the 2010 general election in the U.K.The Paper Planes hitmaker and British rockers... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Sean Metalerkamp The endlessly fascinating YouTube-friendly South African zef sensations Die Antwoord have signed to Interscope, as reported by BoingBoing in March and now confirmed by the band. On his Twitter, group leader Ninja posted the ... more info

Pitchfork — NME reports that M.I.A. and the Futureheads are among the figures who have contributed billboards to a British "guerrilla art campaign" tied to tomorrow's UK general election. The Billbored campaign is projecting these images on London locations like... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo. As proven on this blog and many others last week, music videos like M.I.A.'s violent tale of ginger genocide are one of the few elements of the music business... more info

Topix — This image brought to you by Hipster Runoff --who else? And the award for best coverage of red-headed actors who are executed at close range in M.I.A. videos goes to TMZ, who not only tracked down and interviewed the burgeoning Ian Hamrick last week ... more info

Pitchfork — If anyone can make M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" sound like a willowy folk-rap song, it's the Clientele. And the UK band do just that in the latest episode of the A.V. Club's web series "Undercover". There are no gunshots, but they do interpolate a little ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The A.V. Club have a series called Undercover where they hand picked 25 songs for bands to cover and then allow bands to choose from the pre-selected songs. Once a song is covered, it is crossed off and a limited number of choices are available. The ... more info

TMZ — The redheaded kid who was fake-executed in the new M.I.A. music video is paying a dear price for his fake death -- sources say Shakira 's people 86'd his close-ups from her new project over the gruesome scene. Sources tell TMZ Ian Hamrick -- the… ... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - The 12-year-old boy who meets a bloody end in M.I.A's controversial new music video has stepped up to defend the rapper after the violent promo was banned on YouTube.com. more info