Pop Candy — Hello, and happy Monday! I hope you had a delightful weekend. Mine involved a little World Cup (couldn't help it), a bit of movie-watching and ... more info

DrownedInSound — As has been said before and will surely be said again, M.I.A. really knows what she's doing. No shrinking violet. You've got to hand it to her, she knows how to 'do' publicity. The last few weeks and months have seen her hire a blimp to fly over Coac... more info

Nialler9 — M.I.A. “///Y/” Snippets from RS on Vimeo. ///Y/ ALBUM TRACKS: 1. ‘The Message’ 2. ‘Steppin’ Up’ 3. ‘XXXO’ (prod. by Blaqstarr & Rusko) 4. ‘Teqkilla’ 5. ‘Lovalot’ 6. ‘Story To Be Told’ 7. ‘It Takes A Muscle’ 8. ‘It ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - During "Space," the dreamy future-shock ballad that closes her upcoming third album, M.I.A. repeatedly coos, "My lines are down/You can't call me," over a gently percolating beat that sounds like a Sega Genesis practicing its p... more info

Stereogum — Earlier in the week it was Sali’s “Toldya.” Yesterday we got “Steppin Up.” Today’s M.I.A. update is a remix of ///Y/’s first single “XXOO.” It’s officially official. For his short verse Jay-Z makes like “Swagger Like Us“/”Bo... more info

VH1 News — A remix of M.I.A.'s "XXXO" featuring a new verse from Jay-Z hit the Internet on Friday. more info

MTV.com News — Jay raps about metrosexuals and machine guns over first single from M.I.A.'s upcoming album.By James Montgomery M.I.A. and Jay-Z Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images It's been a fairly quiet week for M.I.A. — no feuds with New York Times jour... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Good old Zane Lowe played a brand new M.I.A. song called “Elastic Love” today on his radio show. As expected, a radio rip was made and now the song has spread around the internet. It isn’t on the tracklisting for // / Y / , so it looks as thoug... more info

Idolator — A new electrifying song popped up this afternoon, (supposedly) an M.I.A. track from her upcoming album // / Y /, and it leaves no stone unturned in terms of production. There are so many beats thrown on this electro-tinged track we don’t know where... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to say if this is the new M.I.A. single — once bitten, twice shy — but I will say it’s a song that has M.I.A. on it. It premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC radio show earlier today. “Steppin Up” doesn’t appear on the ///Y/ tracklis... more info