Stereogum — Weird that Kid Rock’s Born Free topped M.I.A.’s, but at least I now know John Mellencamp, Peter Wolf, and Elton John released albums this year. Otherwise, the Top 10’s very kind to hip-hop and the Black Keys (hip-hop by association?). The Top 5... more info

melophobe — M.I.A. is an aficionada when it comes to developing her own aesthetic by making her own clothes, art, videos and music into a sole experience that can be matched to no other. Now she’s adding, as it appears, another persona to her image: Vicky Leak... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Hip-hop star M.I.A. scrapped her Friday night concert in Liverpool to care for her sick son. more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop star M.I.A. has scrapped her Friday night (19Nov10) concert in Liverpool, England to care for her sick son.The Paper Planes hitmaker was scheduled to take the... more info

DrownedInSound — It is fitting that just hours before M.I.A. takes to the stage in London the internet, news broadcasts and streets are filled with the sounds of chanting and smashed glass as the student finance riots cause havoc at the Conservative Party Millbank HQ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — While waiting in line in Herald Square to "meet" Katy Perry, who was ostensibly going to be in a ice-cream truck selling her new perfume line (but who was M.I.A. in the rain, while fans waited dutifully in line), I spotted Adrian Grenier buying coffe... more info

ContactMusic — M.I.A. said she makes music to push the boundaries of her own creativity, rather than please anyone else. The Sri Lankan singer said her last album 'Maya' contains... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We were just browsing through American Apparel's online samplings the other day (as we are wont to do) when he happened upon a section called "Maternity." For real? Dov Charney is now marketing to knocked up hipsters? The photos seem to suggest yes -... more info

XLR8R — Apparently, not even the fizzled-out dud of a record that is M.I.A.'s ///Y/ can keep her and her producer buddies from working together again. On January 25 of next year, the man behind tunes like M.I.A.'s "XXXO" and "It Iz What It Iz," Cha... more info

Between Thought and Expression — I seem to have missed the news of Ari Up's untimely passing. RIP. Interestingly, John Lydon's was her stepfather, but more importantly, she was frontwoman for The Slits and her influence on punk, ska, and artists as diverse as Courtney Love, Lily Al... more info