M.I.A. - Born Free

M.I.A. returns with a new tune that not only solidifies her identity as the biggest, boldest act going but along with a video that continues her political commentary to boot.

Born Free as a tune is superb and fills me with immense anticipation for her new material being released later in the year. The video for the song it was pulled from YouTube within hours on publication and will cause undoubted outrage amongst the small-minded and easily led Daily Mail readers amongst us. For others, they will take it for what it was intended - Beautiful, sadistic, visceral and poignant. Everything that M.I.A. stands for.

As a film within itself, it is fantastic. The music simply makes this video stand out as THE must see event of 2010.

This video contains nudity and graphic violence. You have been warned.

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

It Only Takes One Night

After a weekend of hammering through records that have been sat in boxes untouched for 6 months and will not be seeing a shelf until I move in 3 weeks, I have been listening to recent albums I bought from a record shop in Brighton last weekend... The Dum Dum Girls featured on last years Rough Trade indie promo and I loved Jail La La when it came out in feb this year so I dived into their album 'I will Be' on the legendary sub pop label...




These 4 girls from LA have brought some energy back to indie - pop  and mixed the best parts of 60's girls groups and 70's garage rock. The album feels unpolished and that's the beauty of it. There are nods to Iggy Pop and they sit alongside the best Hole material and New Yorkers Vivian Girls (below) - For me Vivian Girls & The Dum Dum Girls have brought a sense of excitement back to indie music and its a bit of a 2 fingers up at the electro indie scene that seems have past its best.




Listen to The Dum Dum Girls below -stand out for me is It Only Takes One Night

Dum Dum Girls by BeRbEqUiM


And the brilliant Vivian Girls - Tell The World

Vivian Girls - Tell the World by jmbakero