M.I.A. takes "The Fast and the Furious" to Ouarzazate, Morocco in her new video for "Bad Girls," which features Arabic street racers, ghost riders and women in patterned, blinged-out burkas touting semi-automatics.

The new single, which features Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., debuted on Ryan Seacrest's radio show.

The MIA, Annie and Sugababes producer says he doesn't think there's a 'big evil piracy network' behind album leaks

Photo by Martin Holmquist

MTV News today confirms that M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj will both appear on Madonna's upcoming record, slated for release in spring 2012. Rumors of the collaboration have floated around the web since last month, but, as MTV notes, the two will show up on the track "Give Me All Your Love."

Trio meet up in New York to work on new version of leaked track

Update: An Odd Future rep has confirmed that Earl Sweatshirt is not in Los Angeles, revealing Tyler's statements as yet another prank on fans, who have eagerly awaited Earl's return. "Thebe," Earl's birthname, became a trending topic tonight after Tyler repeatedly stated on Twitter and Formspring that the young rapper had returned to L.A., and that the two were in the studio together.

As Odd Future fans and New Yorker readers both know, OF member Earl Sweatshirt has been M.I.A. since the group began attracting attention (it's presumed that he has been at a youth camp in Samoa). Well, it looks like he might be back.

On Formspring today, a fan asked OF leader Tyler, the Creator if it was true that Thebe is "back", and Tyler replied, "Yeah he is, he landed in LA the other day." Tyler later exchanged
tweets with @SageElsesser, again stating that Earl had returned to L.A. and that the two of them were "In The Stu Right Now".

But has he? A rep for the band could not immediately confirm the news, stating that Earl "was not at the book signing yesterday" and that our query was "the first [he] heard about it." If this is another of Tyler's pranks, it'd be a cruel one: OF fans are lighting up the internet tonight with excitement over the young rapper's return. Says Tyler, "Thebe Is...

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The West Philadelphian singer and producer talks to Dazed about his new record and his spiritual experience in Brazil which unlocked a new wave of songwriting within him

New York’s globe-trotting Zakee has had a pretty illustrious past. It was his Ghanaian and Senegal-inspired Ku Ku Bass sound and the thunderous anthemic club track “Sane Eba” that first got the M.I.A. and Rye Rye collaborator onto the Dazed radar and into the magazine a couple of years back. And it’s the way this former maths teacher from West Philadelphia (and creative director of his production company 12-BIT, photographer and filmmaker) constantly evolves his musical craft that makes him such an exceptional artist. His debut full length is out now called “Assimilations” and was written in a prolific wh... article continues »

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Acting as vocalist for the likes of Falty DL and Starkey, the Brighton-based musician offers up an acapella of her new track for your pleasure

Known for her work with producers like Falty DL, Starkey, and Ital Tek, the vocalist/instrumentalist Anneka is now working on her own EP. Based in Brighton, her past work with bass/electronica producers has meant she's appeared on Radio 1, Xfm and 6music. She also joined Starkey and Reso in the “Build The Beat” challenge set by Mary Anne Hobbs to create a song from scratch in two hours on her BBC Radio 1 Show, live from the legendary Maida Vale studios. Dazed spoke to her now about her current endeavours and offer up the unique chance to use her ... article continues »

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Listen to 35 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact

Every month, 35 music bloggers from around the world, operating together as the Music Allliance Pact, simultaneously post a favourite new track from their patch of the planet.

Read on to learn more about the latest lo-fi pop from Indonesia and Chile, some South Korean hardcore, a splash of Spanish synth-pop, what our own Paul Lester recommends and more. Let us know what you think in the comments thread below.

To download all 35 songs in one file click here

ENGLAND: The Guardian Music Blog
Spotlight Kid - Haunting Me

Twenty years ago, there was grunge, and there was shoegazing, and that was pretty much it for the alternative rock scene. Spotlight Kid wonderfully evoke that era when My Bloody Valentine meant more than the Beatles and the Stones combined, and every young band was in thrall to the sound of MBV's Isn't Anything album and wanted to be signed to Creation - that is, Creation B.O. (Before Oasis), when it was all radiant guitars and ethereal, billowing, androgynous boy/girl harmonies. Spotlight Kid don't come from the Thames Valley like their forebears (they're from Nottingham) but everything else about them screams - or rather, sighs and shimmers - shoegaze.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Hernan Martinez y Las Estrellas - Revolucion En...

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As Underage festival â€' the music event for under-18s â€' is about to take place, we thought we'd turn this week's show over to the kids.

Our teenage critics Jack, Jenessa and Haami review their favourite new tracks, including Foster the People's summery sounds, and discuss Wild Beasts' omission from the Mercury prize and MIA's Amy Winehouse tribute.

Then we hear from bedroom-rockers Ten Zero One. Hailing from Devon, the 13-year-olds have just appeared at the Live and Unsigned battle of the bands event at London's O2 Arena, and they tell us what they want to achieve with their music.