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 [...]

M.I.A. released new material at a fashion show in Paris today, an 8-minute Matangi mix. It was used to soundtrack her collaboration with the fashion line Kenzo. Matangi is also the name of M.I.A.’s next album, which is tentatively out on April 15th, so it’s likely this mix is a sign of what’s to come [...]

Onetime British pop brat-queen Lily Allen has been away from the stage for a couple of years, but earlier this week she gave her first performance in many, many moons, singing her 2006 hit “Smile” at an Etam Lingerie show during Paris’s Fashion Week. Mark Ronson directed the show, which also had appearances from M.I...