Listen to “Bad Girls” here

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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. (...) Read More about M.I.A.: Bad Girls (136 words)

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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,(...) Read More about Cornershop: Topknot (43 words)

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Listen to “Love in Motion (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne)” here

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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. (...) Read More about SebastiAn: Love in Motion (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne) (70 words)

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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 in fact name drops M.I.A and samples Santigold in her album. Also she somehow finds a way to make being ladylike sound hardcore. Having said that you probably think you know what this electro-clash lady is gonna sound like, but whatever it is you are probably wrong so give her a listen and do get the album. Just don’t listen to the rest of the album with your mom in the room.

Listen to “Make it Take it” here

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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 music is picking up a lot of recognition here in the states.

Listen to “Rain Dance” Here

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Humberto and Carol feel strongly that sports and music go hand-in-hand, so they decided to ask some of their favorite musicians to give them an inspirational lyric that gets them pumped-up and ready for any competition. These lyrics will be screened onto a limited number of T-shirts and available, starting on the 8th (upon the commencement of the Olympics), at their stores. The proceeds from this project will go towards a China earthquake relief fund. See full article with artist interviews.

A limited-edition Opening Ceremony t-Shirt with lyrics by M.I.A. (Getty)

Sonic Youth and an Opening Ceremony t-shirt with their lyrics. (Getty)

Vampire Weekend’s Opening Ceremony T-shirt, complete with their lyrics.

TV Baby (in the Mets T-shirt) and an Opening Ceremony T-shirt with their lyrics.

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Above is the new Georgio Armani cell phone ad. Agyness Deyn is the model in the picture, but doesn’t she look alot like Christy Turlington? She looks great, but she also looks ten years older. Amazing what makeup can do, since Agyness Deyn looks nothing like herself in the ads.

Ad season is coming up, and I’m excited to see some beautiful fashion campaigns. Quick update, M.I.A. is the face for Marc for Marc Jacobs and Olga Sherer is the model for the Lanvin ads.

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