XLR8R — Twenty-first-century world music—that is, music that looks to, borrows from, and name-drops artists and genres from different parts of the globe—has frequently been met with discomfort and thorny arguments about appropriation and authenticity, al... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: Xu Xu Fang Video: 'China Girl' Highlight: "The video is quite dark with a seemly simple narrative about the mysterious demise of an old rancher," director Keith Musil tells Spinner. He's previously directed Fol C... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — John Doran restarts our Unspun Heroes series with a look at Eno and Byrne's seminal album, 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' - a huge influence on artists like Gold Panda, Rainbow Arabia, Burial and Salem. 'My Life In The Book Of Ghosts' was originall... more info

Stereogum — When we posted Vivian Girls’ cover of “John, I’m Only Dancing,” I mentioned it was part of the 2-disc We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, a compilation that also includes MGMT, Chairlift, Rainbow Arabia, and enough other people to... more info

Altsounds — Dawning the mexican wrestling mask in February 2009, MwG began tearing down the streets with big bass and a nasty swag, breaking out remixes for the likes of Bassnectar, Rainbow Arabia, CYNE, Faunts, Yppah, and shared the stage with the likes of Pean... more info

Rollo & Grady — Crocodiles Recommended Shows :: June 28th – July 2nd Monday, June 28th Rainbow Arabia with Gary Wilson and The Blind Dates and Tame Impala @ Echo (Free) Tuesday, June 29th Blitzen Trapper with Moondoggies @ The El Rey Tame Impala Early Show & Late... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Though the band's MySpace page claims a home base in Echo Park, the music of Rainbow Arabia exists outside the constraints of regionalism. The Internet Age is a strange, tropical-feathered beast. Climate and close quarters can still breed a specific.... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — You know that HEALTH's second remix album, DISCO2, is seeing release next Tuesday via Lovepump United (it drops internationally July 6 on City Slang). You might not know, however, that with every copy of the record comes a whole 'nother digital album... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Preview the fifth EP here; download link at the end The final part of our week-long forage around LA’s music scenes (following the subversives, the Smell bands, the psych rockers and the world folkers) sees us shine a light on the boundless imagin... more info

Big Stereo — Rainbow Arabia – “Holiday In Congo” Continuing in the great tradition of Rainbow Arabia videos is “Holiday In Congo” — certainly not as dark as “Omar K”, but just as humorous. Hello clan of Michael Jackson impersonators. Shot by Cadu... more info