RWD Magazine has published one great interview after another every day this week. RWD caught up with Eve to discuss hip hop, beats, her new album, record labels and reppin. Just yesterday, they published one of the best interviews with M.I.A. talking about the Tamil Tigers, Timbaland (including what she thinks of Timbaland using her tune on a Snoop Dogg track) and other treasures. We’ve got those interviews and a bunch of music from the new albums… ([More →])

M.I.A. is too cool for school, and she knows you can’t wait any longer to listen to Kala. Even though it won’t be released for another week, you can listen to it right now on M.I.A.$pace. All 12 tracks from “Bamboo Banga” to “Come Around” are streaming for your pleasure! Just make sure to buy the CD when it drops on August 21st. ([More →])

Today there is a veritable feast of new yumminess to satiate any appetite for new sounds of “Innocence”! Bjork announced the winner of the “Innocence” video contest and we found some lovely music blogs that feature the new remixes… ([More →])

Another sizzling video from M.I.A.’s upcoming Kala album! Nimble dancers strut their stuff in the new video for “Boyz”:

Watch “Boyz” in high quality mov format on M.I.A.’s site
or watch the youTube version here:
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BOH! So HOT! Love the Bogle moves! Nice work Maya! The official M.I.A. website has finally been updated and it is more manic than ever! I had no idea those colours were still possible after 1987! Did she find some forgotten boxes of dusty Commodore 64 Paintbrush software?

Kala’s release will be pandemic:
XL opens the floodgates first on August 8th in Japan, then August 20th in UK and finally Interscope catches the wave in the US, releasing Kala on August 22 .

Kala Tracklist:

01 “Bamboo Banga”
02 “Bird Flu”
03 “Boyz”
04 “Jimmy”
05 “Hussel [ft. Afrikan Boy]”
06 “Mango Pickle Down River [ft. the Wilcannia Mob]”
07 “20 Dollar”
08 “World Town”
09 “The Turn”
10 “XR2″
11 “Paper Planes”
12 “Come Around [ft. Timbaland]”

M.I.A. Tour Dates (Updated)

August 3 2007
Lollapalooza at Grant Park
Chicago, Illinois

August 5 2007
V Festival
Baltimore, MD

September 8 2007
V Festival
Toronto, ONT

September 9 2007
Oshega Festival
Montreal, QUE

September 14 2007
Austin City Limits Festival
Austin, TX

M.I.A. LINKS

epileptic warning as with all things M.I.A.!

Official website - updated!
M.I.A. Space
herTube

Eve is ready to drop a new album, Here I Am, on August 7th. It has quite a diversity of flavors from collaborations with Mary J. Blige, Sean Paul, Robin Thicke, T.I., Timbaland and Swizz Beatz. It also has the Philly lady stretching her vocals and testing some area outside of her usual comfort zone. She lists “All Night Long” as her favorite song on the album, but also the one that was most challenging for her. She sings the whole song, rather than rapping, so it has become something she really has to work at. She told MTV news, “Now I felt like I’d take the gamble because it is the fourth album, and why buy my album if you’re going to hear the same thing you heard three years ago?” ([More →])