Stream M.I.A.
Not sure what to make of the ridiculously hyped M.I.A.? NME is offering her debut Arular as a free high-res RealAudio stream. I’m still not sure what to make of it, but that’s a good thing. Definitely worth the bandwidth.
In describing his 8.6 Arular rating, Pitchfork’s Scott Plagenhoef writes “it’s a taut, invigorating distillation of the world’s most thrilling music; a celebration of contradictions and aural globalization that recasts the tag world music as the ultimate in communicative pop rather than a symbol of condescending piety.”