ContactMusic — British rapper M.I.A. has vowed to quit America if Republican presidential candidate JOHN MCCAIN wins next week's (04Nov08) election. The Paper Planes hitmaker, real ... more info

Silent Uproar — Right in time for the election, M.I.A. dropped the How Many Votes Fix Mix EP exclusively on iTunes this week. The digital EP features a Jay-Z remix of "Boyz" and two new tracks, "Shells" and "Far Far." Stream or download "Shells" over at The Fader. T... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung New Jersey punk rockers Titus Andronicus have signed to powerhouse label XL, home to (depending on what country you're in) Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, the White Stripes, M.I.A., Sigur Ros, and many more. XL will reissue Titus A... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung New Jersey punk rockers Titus Andronicus have signed to powerhouse label XL, home to (depending on what country you're in) Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, the White Stripes, M.I.A., Sigur Ros, and many more. XL will reissue Ti... more info

My Old Kentucky — Ants In My Trance has a new M.I.A. song up called Shells (Slow). The song is currently on the How Many Votes Fix Mix EP and is on the Kala Extended Edition cash grab.M.I.A. - Shells (Slow) (follow link)-----------------------------------------------... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Everybody seems to love "Paper Planes" by M.I.A., with the exception of David Letterman, whose producers apparently censored the song by silencing its gunshot samples. Last year, I called it "the best use of a Clash sample I've ever heard."... more info

Pitchfork — Diplo will release a compilation called Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works: Volume One worldwide on January 26 via Big Dada/Ninja Tune. True to Diplo's eclectic and collaborative form, the disc is loaded with original tracks and remixes he h... more info

Stereogum — Harlem-via-Cleveland's Charles Hamilton has been polarizing blog comments sections for a few months now. The self-promotional, self-referential rapper is halfway through a three month blog tour that finds him releasing eight, DJ Skee-assisted mixtap... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn YuBaby creating London MC M.I.A. released a new digital EP today (October 28) via Interscope/XL. The EP is called How Many Votes Fix Mix, and the first of its three songs is the Jay-Z-bolstered version of Kala track "Boyz". The other... more info

Stereogum — It's fun to think that alongside resurrecting the careers of the Freaks And Geeks cast and becoming a Hollywood brand unto himself, Judd Apatow has indirectly inspired Doug Martsch to cover Ms. Arulpgrasam by making "Paper Planes" so pervasive that ... more info