It's called 'Born Free' and it's not what you were expecting...
M.I.A. - Born Free by TheProphetBlog
EDIT: That link has died, but here's another:
First thoughts - that Sleigh Bells collaboration is fairly obvious, but it sounds immense. Going to be HUGE.
EDIT: It now has a video (it's a bit explicit, so be careful)
- Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 08:51
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sounds like a cover of suicide's "ghost rider" played by the boredoms with new lyrics
- Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 09:04
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>Turn gain up so that all your frequencies clip
>Call yourself lo-fi
MOAR LIKE FAUX-FI, AMIRITE? - Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 09:16
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Like above commenter noted, that riff is Suicide's "Ghost Rider." Is it sampled?
- Michael 23 April 2010 at 09:23
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I've read that Suicide's Alan Vega is credited on the track so I imagine it's sampled. I like it. It's a change of direction and the lyrics are questionable in place, but it's got a great energy and the build at the beginning is great.
- Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 10:11
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this rules. no question about it. DAMN! m.i.a. makes me excited about music and gawd-damn it, thats priceless!
- Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 10:45
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"faking lo-fi" hahaha, this was produced by the father's of noise: Suicide. What an idiot!
- Anonymous 23 April 2010 at 13:50
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Ha, there seem to be a lot of brainzos out there that think noisy automatically equals lo-fi. Also, Modern Lovers > MIA, Pixies > MIA, The Clash > MIA, but it don't mean her songs aren't still great.
- Z 23 April 2010 at 14:40
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Kinda reminds me of Liars' "Plaster Casts of Everything" in the way the drums build and strip down occasionally. This is one of the more exciting tracks I've heard recently that doesn't do anything new, but does a bunch of tried and true things better than most. The gauzy reverbed/delayed vocals do a nice job of filling out the sound that's otherwise taken up entirely by drums and keyboard. Well done.
its karen O-esque