The Quietus — She acknowledged the move was a "long shot" more info

Yahoo! Music — Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Chance the Rapper, Lady Gaga, and M.I.A., plus brand new streaming music from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Katy Perr... more info

Yahoo! Music — The "Galang" music video gave fans early insight into the artist -- who studied at London's prestigious Saint Martin's School of Art and Design -- and her taste for creative and politically conscious graphic design. While the "Paper Planes"... more info

MTV.co.uk News — It was too “dangerous” for the former One Direction member to film in India, said M.I.A. more info

Stereogum — The video for M.I.A.'s new song "P.O.W.A." was supposed to be released yesterday, but it wasn't. Instead, we're getting a brief clip of the track along with a lyric sheet, both of which M.I.A. tweeted today. In the song, M.I.A. explains that she is n... more info

Consequence of Sound — Sri Lankan pop provocateur follows in the footsteps of David Bowie, Patti Smith, David Byrne, and others. more info

The Quietus — M.I.A. will take on curation duties at this year's edition of the festival more info

MSN Music — After Beyonce shared several photos from her baby bump portrait collection, fans took to social media to point something out: Bey's photos looked a lot like shots from M.I.A.'s upcoming music video, "POWA," which she was promoting Thursday (F... more info

Consequence of Sound — Rapper/singer updates the AIM track as a gift to her fans. more info

Stereogum — The UK band Elastica released one self-titled album of ridiculously catchy, close-to-perfect new wave in 1995. Then, they took five years to record The Menace, the pretty-good follow-up, and promptly broke up soon afterward, though they did have time... more info