VH1 News — As online video has improved, a rush of "storyline" videos has hit the Internet, including elaborate, controversial clips from Lady Gaga ("Telephone"), Drake ("Find Your Love"), M.I.A. ("Born Free") and others. more info
Idolator — M.I.A. is getting playful with letters—or rather, the lack of letters—for her upcoming third album / / / Y / . (Hint: it spells Maya, her real name. Guess this is somewhat of a self-titled LP, then?) After hearing first single “XXXO” (whic... more info
XLR8R — Earlier today, M.I.A. officially unveiled "XXXO," a track from her much-ballyhooed forthcoming new album, ///Y/. It's a surprisingly pop-electro ditty, especially after hearing the Suicide-sampling rawk of "Born Free."
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Pitchfork — At this very moment, NPR is streaming in its entirety the debut album from Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells, titled Treats. It is loud and features recent Best New Track "Tell 'Em". Treats is out now on iTunes and hits the world in tangible form June 22, ac... more info
Stereogum — Continuing its assault on our Top Stories, the N.E.E.T. label imprint has posted two bits of M.I.A.-related news this morning: 1) that M.I.A.’s new album will be titled ///Y/, which spells Maya in the most html-phobic way imaginable, and 2) ///Y/ ... more info
Chorus.fm — *M.I.A. (http://myspace.com/mia)*'s new album is called ///Y/ - which I believe is pronounced "Tuna Fish Explosion" - and will see release on July 13th. Head here (http://neetrecordings.com/blog/) to check out new song "XXXO." more info
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The new M.I.A. album finally has a name: it's called ///Y/ according to the epilepsy-inducing website for her N.E.E.T. imprint. When she's not being a famous person, M.I.A. is known as Maya, so the LP is something of a eponymo... more info
Stereogum — Sleigh Bells long-awaited (it’s been, like, so many months) debut LP is out today, and you can hear it. Today. Not before, because M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. imprint kept Treats on non-leak lockdown under threat of excessive violence. We’re all in the s... more info
NME.COM - Reviews Blog — It references iPhones and Twitter, and its title is basically textspeak - M.I.A.'s new tune, premiered yesterday on Radio 1, could be no more bleeding-edge and flawlessly now were it to be released via Foursquare and feature a freestyle verse about h... more info
MTV.com News — Improvements in online video have meant that artists can say what they want, for as long as they want. By James Montgomery
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