Already adopted as the next darling of the press, this album is assured a large territory in the musical landscape of 2005. It started with the cover of the Fader this past fall, a review of a UK single in the New York Times, and more recently a two page New Yorker feature. Through an amazingly organic word of mouth about her debut single Galang, M.I.A. has already become a household name to the hip glitterati of the world. "This Sri Lankan-born beauty lays knotted crime tales over grimy, glitchy dancehall...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Already adopted as the next darling of the press, this album is assured a large territory in the musical landscape of 2005. It started with the cover of the Fader this past fall, a review of a UK single in the New York Times, and more recently a two page New Yorker feature. Through an amazingly organic word of mouth about her debut single Galang, M.I.A. has already become a household name to the hip glitterati of the world. "This Sri Lankan-born beauty lays knotted crime tales over grimy, gli...   [ read more ]

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A cursory listen to Arular makes one wonder how it could generate so much heated, in-depth talk, as it did well before its official release. This is very direct and physical party music, with lots of slang-filled phrasings that might not have any more meaning than "The roof is on fire!" or "Dizzouble dizzutch!" to Americans. It's music that is conducive to dancing or doing other carefree things in the sunshine, rather than what you should hear most often through feeble computer speakers in dimly lit roo...   [ read more ]

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