L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — British rapper brings charisma and forceful physical presence to the Mayan in L.A. M.I.A. knows no boundaries. Thursday night at the Mayan in downtown L.A., the rapper and singer repeatedly leaned out over the sold-out crowd, thrusting her lithe body... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Night fell down on Austin Town and it figured it'd be a busy night. And with The xx and Temper Trap setting the table for LCD Soundsystem, Gogol Bordello, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Matt & Kim,... more info

VH1 Blog — With 130 bands performing over three sunny days, we couldn’t possibly catch all the action at this year’s Austin City Limits music fest. So we asked you to contribute to VH1’s Top 20 Moments from ACL by tweeting pictures using #ACLtop20 — and... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Silvia said... (2004) KRAFTWERK - (1981) Computer World / 12345678 [Der Katalog] 2004 remastered (2006) I AM ROBOT AND PROUD - The Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing (2000) OHM: THE EARLY GURUS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC (2006) BLACK LUNG - Concrete Oc... more info

Perez Hilton — If only she had songs like this on HER album! Check out Rye Rye's new single and video, Sunshine, featuring M.I.A. (above). more info

Idolator — Baltimore rapper Rye Rye grabs her mentor M.I.A. and heads down to the playground for a bit of rhyming, dancing and double dutch in the video for the infectious “Sunshine.” Man, where was this sunny clip—an infinitely more entertaining affair t... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — I had the pleasure of interviewing Rye Rye before her show last week at Terminal 5 with M.I.A. (check back for that feature), prior to the release of her awesome new single Sunshine featuring M.I.A.  Today she shared the accompanying video for the t... more info

Idolator — Kanye West premiered his 40-minute short film Runaway in London last night, and in his lengthy Q&A following the screening, the rapper dropped some details about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, his upcoming album dropping November 22. (The rumored... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Gersbeck "Damn I was gonna go see M I A at Brooklyn Bowl for free tonight then I just saw the line. #noway!" -alishamayiact "This line at brooklyn bowl...wowzah. #mia #worthit?" -laurelism "Still in Line to try... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Vaselines @ Bowery Ballroom in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Data Dog @ The Woods * Mavis Staples @ City Winery * Alex Waterman @ The Stone * The Postelles @ Bowery Electric * M.I.A.'s... more info