Influenced by: Lizzy Mercier Descloux, The Slits, Grace Jones, New Age Steppers
Genre: Dance & Electronic
Biography: If you read a lot about new music on the Web, odds are pretty good that, at some point between the September 2004 release of ...
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Dec 12 2008 8:26AM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: The Hit List
Spinner.com:
'Paper Planes,' M.I.A.
The electronica queen from Sri Lanka composed this jam with trusted conspirator Diplo, borrowing the main riff from the Clash's 'Straight to Hell.' Already sold? While parents may worry that it encourages students to daydream...Read moreDec 08 2008 6:00AM
by Benjy Eisen
Spinner.com: There are some things that are just more important than showing up to accept a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Not many things, per-se, but the birth of a child certainly qualifies. According to her MySpace blog, it looks like M.I.A. might...Read moreNov 26 2008 8:00AM
by Kim Davis
Filed under: Potent Quotables
Spinner.com: "I have a lot of male energy ... That's how I know my baby's gonna be a boy." --M.I.A. In a recent interview, the Sri Lankan singer explained that after a parrot told her she was "like a dude," she realized her unborn child would be, well, the same....Read more
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