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March 29, 2005

m.i.a. :: arular

(buy)

So

much

has

been

written

about

this,

especially the political subtext that will make it ironic if scads of pro-Patriot-Act Americans end up boogieing the summer away to someone who is loading up lyrics like 'I got the bombs to make you blow' with a familial connection to a real live PLO-trained 'explosives expert' on the Tamil Tigers team in Sri Lanka,

that I don't need to say much myself.

I like this album a hell of a lot, although I wonder if the beats are as consistently genius as people make them out to be. They sure are jaw-dropping in places. I think the early single, "Galang", dominates the rest of this disc, and even though it is nearly ubiquitous by now, this blog assumes you haven't heard stuff yet. So it's one of the tracks we provide.

Galang (mp3)
Pull Up The People (mp3)

Posted by borrowed_tunes at March 29, 2005 11:06 PM

Comments

Slang tang, that's the M.I.A. thang.

Posted by: scott at March 31, 2005 12:32 PM

05-10 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom;
05-11 Seattle, WA - Showbox;
05-14 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore;
05-15 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey;
05-19 Chicago, IL - Metro;
05-20 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall;
05-21 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House;
05-22 Montreal, Quebec - Le Tulipe;
06-09 Boston, MA - Avalon;
06-12 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club.

Maybe it's because I've only lived in San Francisco and Boston, but where are the "scads" of pro-patriot-act americans? ...and even in the red states, I doubt you'll find scads of pro-patriot-act M.I.A fans.

Posted by: scott at March 31, 2005 01:22 PM

I agree that the pro-Patriot-Act and M.I.A. fan segments won't likely intersect too much, but there's a chance that "Galang" will blow up enough on radio to catch freedom-loving fans in its net.

Believe me, there are scads of pro-Patriot-Act Amreicans.

Posted by: borrowed tunes at March 31, 2005 04:36 PM

I fucking loathe freedom.

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