At the start of the week, M.I.A. released a video for Matangi lead single “Bring The Noize.” Here is the Matangi Gold Edition, which is the same clip presented with a gold leaf-like effect on top of it. I miss the purple hair, Maya, but this looks pretty cool. Check it out below. Matangi should [...]

Last week, M.I.A. shared her rave-damaged new single “Bring The Noize,” and it was one of our favorite songs of the week. This morning, she’s dropped the video, in which she looks absolutely glorious and tough as hell while flexing bright-pink hair and some seriously done-up nails. The clip seems to take place at th...

M.I.A. is no stranger to controversy and criticism. But with the recent revelations about government surveillance, she has culled together a grip of remarks that called ///Y/ opening track “The Message” paranoid and juvenile on her Tumblr, seemingly as a statement that she was right all along. Back in 2010, this site called f...

Despite an initial April release date, M.I.A.’s fourth studio full-length, Matangi, has been temporarily shelved for allegedly being “too positive.” Over the weekend, we heard a snippet of skittering but spritely and “Me And Bobby McGee”-referencing new cut “Bring The Noize” b...

M.I.A. has a new record coming out at some point this year, Matangi, for which she has already released the single “Bad Girls.” Next week, M.I.A. is set to premiere a second single, “Bring The Noize.” As BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe tweeted, the song will air on Monday sometime between 7-9pm. And now [...]