Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketM.I.A. has joined an all-star panel of judges for a Vimeo contest. [Pitchfork] Pre-Milli Vanilli lip-syncing new waver fesses up. [PreFixMag] In case you need a refresher, Jarvis Cocker and PJ Harvey are still hot. [Flav... more info

Allmusic Blog — Todd Sampson, a veteran of the Las Vegas punk scene who performed with M.I.A. (no relation to the “Paper Planes” rapper), Self Abuse, and Samsons Army, died last weekend after a performance at the Black Door. The cause of Sampson’s death is cur... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Norway's Øya Festival is the largest outdoor music festival in Oslo, and it's back for its eighth year. Running from August 10th-14th, we'll be there to see the likes of the Flaming Lips, M.I.A., Pavement, Iggy & the Stooges and LCD Soundsystem, enj... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Robyn – Body Talk 2. Rick Ross – Teflon Don 3. Eminem – Recovery 4. M.I.A. – ///Y/ 5. Inception – Soundtrack 6. Black Keys – Brothers 7. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of… 8. Prince – 2oten 9.... more info

411 Mania — Plus M.I.A. disses Oprah and GaGa... more info

Perez Hilton — Ouch! People must be realizing how shiteous M.I.A.'s new album, ///Y/, is, because it has dropped from 9 to 34 on the Billboard 200 in only its SECOND week! And we imagine that it's going to continue going waaay DOWN! Sorry, bb! Guess you'll remembe... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — I don’t know about everyone else (nor do I care frankly) but I had an amazing time over the weekend at HARD NYC on Governors Island. It was an extremely hot summer day but that did not hinder my cousin and I from venturing out to Governor’s Islan... more info

Topix — After poor sound quality and a rainstorm cut short her headlining gig at last week's Hard NYC festival on Governor's Island, M.I.A. has finally figured out how to appease her fans. more info

MTV.com News — Ross' Teflon Don debuts at #2.By Gil Kaufman Eminem Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Rick Ross may have called his new album Teflon Don, but his nonstick verses weren't slick enough to knock the crown off of Eminem 's head. With a barely ... more info

Perez Hilton — MIA — Paper Planes Brentwood Redux - watch more funny videos Amazing! Check out this HIGHlarious Funny Or Die video featuring the oh so 'against the grain' Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. enjoying her brand new life living in the suburbs as a wealthy youn... more info