More bulletpoints to add to the busiest retirement since Jay-Z pretended to do it: a XXX set, being super pregnant, and tangentially teasing the greatest television show to air before Don Draper poured his first scotch. Momma-to-be Maya teamed with Blaqstarr to release this election day thumper "S.U.S. (Save Ur Soul)," which reworks a bit of Tom...

HEARTFAST, the good people behind that Tunde Adebimpe solo 7" picture/DVD deal, have another nifty audiovisual artifact coming at us even sooner. On November 25, the label will issue a new vinyl single from Of Montreal.This 7" features a different arrangement of the Of Montreal cover of Parvati Khan-indebted M.I.A. track "Jimmy" that hit Forkcas...

Diplo will release a compilation called Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works: Volume One worldwide on January 26 via Big Dada/Ninja Tune. True to Diplo's eclectic and collaborative form, the disc is loaded with original tracks and remixes he has produced for Daft Punk, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Bloc Party, Black Lips, Peter Bjorn and John, Kano, ...

Photo by Kathryn YuBaby creating London MC M.I.A. released a new digital EP today (October 28) via Interscope/XL. The EP is called How Many Votes Fix Mix, and the first of its three songs is the Jay-Z-bolstered version of Kala track "Boyz". The other two songs are Kala UK bonus disc tracks "Shells" and "Far Far". How Many Votes Fix Mix is only a...

It's fun to think that alongside resurrecting the careers of the Freaks And Geeks cast and becoming a Hollywood brand unto himself, Judd Apatow has indirectly inspired Doug Martsch to cover Ms. Arulpgrasam by making "Paper Planes" so pervasive that really why not just give it your own spin, whether you're Adrock or indie rock. It's a modern stan...