M.I.A. - KALA

brilliant deduction, spencer...

The whole thing has leaked minus Paper Planes, so look around for it. Its so fucking good! Far more diverse and experimental than Arular. Jimmy is really weird on first listen, its so strange to hear Maya all breathy and girly. Bamboo Banger and Hussel are really dark and menacing, reminds me of Silent Shout a little.

i look forward to hearing this but don't give a shit when that actually is - does that make sense?

who produced 20 dollar? the beat is AMAZING. MIA sounds a bit ropey on it but hey... hope theres some fast tracks on the album like bucky done gun.

xpost, this is how I feel.

there's a link in here to download what mia is covering for "jimmy." i like it better than her version.

omg this album is so fucking good

not supposed to link to songs on ILM

this is weird and bad

not supposed to link to songs on ILM

not that you can hotlink rapidshare files anyway

how the fuck did afrikan boy get on there? that one song of his was unbearably awful.

Couldn't figure out what the bassline was reminding me of, and then I thought "Blue Monday".

Also couldn't figure out what the lyrics were reminding me of, and then I thought "Where Is My Mind?"

:)

I can't have been the only one to notice the "straight to hell" riff at the forefront of Paper Planes, can I?

nope

Paper Planes is insane. There's also some kind of Roadrunner reference on Bamboo Banger.

itunes + vista = suckfest

seriously. it took a half hour just to get the files onto my ipod. can't wait to get back home to my desktop.

(I had to zap the Paper Planes link, sorry)

Looking forward to hearing this 2nite.

so, i'm the only one that thinks jimmy is really dumb and annoying?. maybe it'll grow on me or something.

I love it...Although I probably prefer the original.

Hooray!!! IT'S HERE!!!!!!!

itunes + vista = suckfest

seriously. it took a half hour just to get the files onto my ipod. can't wait to get back home to my desktop.

-- funny farm, Monday, July 30, 2007 10:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

dear god, is there anything i can do for you? that free album download sounds harrowing.

haha.....
jeez, i did make myself seem a bit like a douche, there.

well, actually i wasn't complaining about the album download. i was complaining about vista and itunes not working properly with eachother. but, i gues it's all the same.

The show was *really good*!

I'm having a hard time getting used to her out of tune shrieking - so much so that I listened to Arular again and I found it hard to like anew too, even. :-/

The show was *really good*!

Seconded.

I can't have been the only one to notice the "straight to hell" riff at the forefront of Paper Planes, can I?

OMG. What a way to end a set! I just checked this thread to see what that song was called. Also, did she do the full lyric to "Where is My Mind?" I could only decipher the chourus. And the slowed-down "Blue Monday" bassline sounded so good it makes me wonder how nobody's thought of it before.

this album is the absolute shit.

this is shaping up to be the most postively talked-up ilm record so far this year amirite?

man. this is amazing. huge respect.

on a couple of listens last night this sounded fantastic - i'm wary of the whole reviewing the album 10 minutes after the leak thing, but most of the complaints i've seen about this have been claiming that it lacks tunes/dancibility, which seems like nonsense to me.

Didn't like Bamboo Banga. Haven't hear the rest yet.

its not flawless

but fuck me if this album does not shit on the competition from a great height

i call it "bhangra space crunk"

amen

I am also having douchebaggy troubles with getting my stolen album to play. Won't import into iTunes, Windows Media Player won't have it, can't even import it into Audacity.

Any suggestions, anyone?

yes. stop calling yourself 'BIG HOOS'.

World Town is the best song of the bunch. I am so loving this.

yes. stop calling yourself 'BIG HOOS'.

-- ^@^, Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:33 PM

Feel free to change your perspective.

GET A MAC

and anyway, big hoos aka the steendrive= the best handle on ilx.

Eighty eighty.

ilx: the new class

I really wish M.I.A. wasn't touring with Bjork. I'm not interested in Bjork at all and it probably means the tickets are way overpriced.

ok, it finally clicked after four listens. and I like arular again too. I don't usually need this much time to get back into something I liked before.

Didn't she use to have a colorful and vibrant site? What happened?

http://www.miauk.com/

I really wish M.I.A. wasn't touring with Bjork. I'm not interested in Bjork at all and it probably means the tickets are way overpriced.

-- filthy dylan, Wednesday, 1 August 2007

she's doing some support slots, afaik she isn't "touring with" her. ffs if it's too much, don't go and quit whining about it. MIA's tickets will be just as expensive if anyone even still cares about her in ten years time.

Listened to most of it on the way to work this morning, sounds great. Got so excited when I saw it leaked last night. The Where Is My Mind? and Roadrunner lifts are cool, as is the sheer fun factor.

Jesus Christ, how good is XR2?!

Now that I am actually listening to this it's not really doing anything for me.

I'll let it sink it before I comment though.

Def like "Pickle Down River"

Haha, that's the one song I skip.

She'll have to go a long way to top that terrible clunky Bjork lyric about the suicide bomber though.

Hmm???