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M.I.A.: Bad GirlsListen to “Bad Girls” here BUY HERE Live fast. Die young. That’s M.I.A.‘s motto. For the small percent of Americans who missed the bad girl’s middle finger to the FCC during yesterday’s NFL Super Bowl, this babe does not mind stirring up mass-televised controversy.
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Cornershop: TopknotListen to “Topknot” here BUY HERE No airfare and invasive security obstacles to go through, travel to India with Cornershop‘s South Asian masterpiece. The long-time British duo specialty in sampling archival tracks from all over the globe inspired artists like M.I.A. to take a worldly perspective on music. Integrating pop and catchy gems,
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SebastiAn: Love in Motion (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne)Listen to “Love in Motion (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne)” here BUY HERE Ed Banger‘s boy, SebastiAn is releasing a 22-track debut album, Total, next week (May 31st). There’s oodles to come, including collaborations with M.I.A. and Gaspard Augé of Justice.
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Song of the Day: [11/24]Amanda Blank : Make it take it Amanda Blank is not your typical female artist by any stretch of the imagination. Her vocabulary alone rivals that of most rappers when it comes to the use of expletives in her album. Often compared to M.I.A and Santigold she doesn’t aim to distance herself from them but [...]
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Song of the Day: [10/26]The Very Best: Rain Dance (feat MIA) The three members of The Very Best hail from Sweden, France and Africa. As one would expect, their sound has a global diversity to it. Warm Heart of Africa, their second album, was released in September of 2009 and features collaborations with MIA and Ezra Koenig. Their infectious [...]
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Opening Ceremony Lyric ProjectHumberto and Carol of Opening Ceremony keep us on our toes. This is one of the leading teams in innovation and evolution of our industry. Using their east/west coast shops as platforms for showcasing new concepts and projects each season, these two continue to inspire the boundaries. As the weekly contributors of…
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