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May 09, 2005

MIA CD RLR @ NPR's MEShort

Oliver Wang gave a discerning review of MIA's CD Arular on NPR's Morning Edition, sidestepping the political hype and keeping the spotlight firmly on her music. He's no slouch of a wordsmith either:

"Many music critics have played up her exoticness as she was the love child of Neneh Cherry and Che Guevara or the prodigal daughter of the third world returning home to soundbomb the empire"
The radio clip [RealAudio], is only 4:34 long, and worth listening to. Tomorrow, Morning Edition will be interviewing "the man who helped to spark the MIA Buzz."

ennis on May 9, 2005 01:42 PM in Music, Short · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



6 comments

 1 · vurdlife on May 9, 2005 03:03 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"Arular plays like the soundtrack for the best video game never made"

So true!


 2 · cicatrix on May 9, 2005 03:16 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Hmmm.. "the man who helped to spark the MIA Buzz"...My money is on Sasha Frere-Jones. He wrote a breathless piece on MIA in the New Yorker last November and gets a shout out on the Arular liner notes.


 3 · Ennis on May 9, 2005 03:18 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

You mean they didn't interview you? Drat. Well, if you would, comment here tomorrow and let us know what you thought of it.


 4 · Ennis on May 9, 2005 03:21 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Vurdlife: Good ear. That would have been worth quoting too ...


 5 · timepass on May 9, 2005 03:43 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Is this the new headline style @ SM? acronyms in all caps? :-)


 6 · Manish Vij on May 9, 2005 03:46 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Is this the new headline style @ SM? acronyms in all caps? :-)

WTF? U NO TXT? ;)


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