Mad Decent just posted this warm remix of “Helicopter” by Diplo and Lunice. The little drum stutters are a nice surprise. Listen:Deerhunter – “Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice Remix)”(via P4K)Halcyon Digest is out now via 4AD.

Diplo tweeted a link to this “lost” M.I.A. song, presumably from the ///Y/ sessions. As you can tell, it’s a demo, without much more than M.I.A.’s processed vocals, a beat, and a grinding synth, but Diplo also said he may leak the full version soon. Listen:MIA and Diplo – “4THEPEOPLEON...

And now for something having to do with M.I.A. that is less controversial than Diplo, truffle fries, and redheads. The image above is the cover to ///Y/, M.I.A.’s pushed back third album. The cover actually looks pretty close to the image that accompanied the release date announcement. The only change is the addition of [...]

M.I.A.’s big New York Times Magazine piece reveals a lot about the singer, and a lot of it isn’t good. Writer Lynn Hirschberg includes barbs both small and large in her 8,000 words on the artist. (Example: “‘I kind of want to be an outsider,’ she said, eating a truffle-flavored French fry.&#8...

Major Lazer (AKA DJs Switch and Diplo) and La Roux’s Elly Jackson teamed up in Jamaica for the Lazerproof mixtape, available as a free download from Mad Decent today. The name comes from Major Lazer plus the name of La Roux’s biggest hit to date, “Bullet Proof,” (so you can expect a mix of Lazer’...