Big Apple Music Scene — The votes are in and the Bronx Zoo Cobra has a new name (rejected finalists include "Cleopatra" and "Agnes"). While Mia's a clever pun on M.I.A. (albeit one that was already utilized by, er, M.I.A, the name does not suit the cobra herself. Like the r... more info

XLR8R — This year, the massive annual electronic music festival known as Sonar will take place in Barcelona and Galicia across June 16, 17, and 18, and will feature performances from the likes of Scuba, M.I.A., Aphex Twin (pictured above), Shackleton, Toro Y... more info

MVSW — Videos Le Tigre ~ “Deceptacon“ *Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour film is set to be released on June 7th. Ponytail ~ “Easy Peasy“(mp3 download) Wild Palms ~ “Delight In Temptation“ MP3s Anti-Social Music ~ “Bitter Suite (Fear)”(mp3 ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — You know what we wish we could pull off? Anything M.I.A. has ever worn. On us it would look like a trip to the circus, but on her it's so cool. Like, the coolest. That's why Miss Maya is our latest style crush. ... More » Post from: Crushable St... more info

Altsounds — Heineken Open'er, the double award-winning Polish festival, is proud to announce the addition of MIA, Youssou N'Dour, Cut Copy and Abraham Inc. to the line-up for its 10th anniversary year. Having triumphed at the European Festival Awards in January,... more info

Stereogum — “Zig Zag” was supposed to appear on underrated / / / Y / , but instead of including it in Vicki Leekx with those other album castoff, M.I.A. saved it for a standalone leak. The sing-song finds her playfully echoing New Kids On The Block’s �... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Singing superstar M.I.A. showed up to a London Fashion Week event looking like America's favorite fictional news anchor. Are the 90s back? Did they ever really leave? And what does Candice Bergen think about all this? Over to you, Murphy. ... More... more info

Impose Magazine — With Tyler, The Creator's signing to XL Recordings, he joins the ranks of Radiohead, M.I.A., and The Cool Kids. Riding a swag-rocket to the top with minimal beats and thick slimy flows Tyler's carved out a crisp style that got XL's attention back in ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Guards just tweeted that they have a new free EP on bandcamp. It’s a digital 7″, 3 song EP consisting of covers that the band did. The songs that they covered are: Metallica’s “Motorbreath”, Vampire Weekends “Taxi Cab” and M.I.A.’s �... more info

Nialler9 — I’ve seen Rye Rye twice now, both times at South By Southwest, once each year since I started going. It feels so long ago, she’s almost become this mythical young Baltimore ghetto dancing rapper who only exists in my hazy memories. Now signed to ... more info