ANNOUNCED FOR BIG DAY OUT 2011
On the back of M.I.A’s brand new release the US top 10 album /\/\ /\ Y /\
(featuring the songs XXXO, Born Free and It Takes A Muscle )
M.I.A arrives in New Zealand for the first time with power. Inciting conversation and demanding attention, M.I.A is “ambitious, contradictory, unrepentant, unafraid to charge in head first and worry about the consequences later” (The Vine). Her new material has attracted an abundance of attention and provoked overwhelming opinion with new album /\/\ /\ Y /\, which has been described as “a towering work that makes a mockery of rivals and genres” (Clash Magazine).
M.I.A is an outstanding performer in an echelon all of her own. She is an artist not to be missed, so make sure you catch M.I.A in 2011 as she plays at the Big Day Out.
Joining M.I.A will be fellow label mates and regular visitors to our shores Ratatat. New York duo Mike Stroud and Evan Mast have been mixing electronics with guitars for the past decade, combining the power of noise and dance. Ratatat have collaborated with Kid Cudi, remixed Bjork, dropped four albums. On the back of their latest release LP4, the duo will be making a return visit to Australia in 2011, touring nationally as part of the Big Day Out festival.
For more info and full Big Day Out 2011 line up details www.bigdayout.com
RATATAT LP4 IS OUT NOW on XL RECORDINGS/RHYTHMETHOD
