M.I.A. GUESTS ON “RAIN DANCE”M.I.A. has been an enigmatic figure as of late. First off there’s the mystery of her retirement – has she truly discontinued making music after her meteoric rise to the top with two blazingly original now classic LPs? Also, her single “Paper Planes” continues to climb the pop charts since it [...]
BLOC PARTY GET INTIMATEIn an announcement that dropped jaws and got hips shaking worldwide, London’s own Bloc Party has revealed that their third LP, entitled Intimacy, will drop digitally this very Thursday and be available physically as soon as October. This move, reminiscent of the rush-to-the-streets strategies of the likes of Gnarls Barkley, Radiohead, and [...]
TRYOUTS – BODIES OF WATER’s A CERTAIN FEELINGWe’re introducing a new feature here at Cannibal Cheerleader called ‘Tryouts’ where we get an album before its released and pre-evaluate it to see if the LP ‘makes the team’. Today we’ve got a trio of new entries so let’s start with LA’s Bodies of Water, a much-blogged [...]