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M.I.A. did a not-so-secret show this past Saturday night at VICE & Intel's The Creators Project -- an all-day cultural event featuring live music, art, film, design, heat and hipsters -- along with Sleigh Bells, Die Antwoord, Mark Ronson and a newly reconfigured Interpol.

Clearly not one to opt for the traditional "subtle foil highlights" route, M.I.A. revealed a new look that involved red, yellow and blue hair. You hardly even notice marijuana leaf goggles! We assume this look was intentional. And, hey -- it's summer. 'Tis the season to look like a Jolly Ranchers Popsicle. Or a parrot.

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Tags Die Antwoord, Interpol, M.I.A., Star Spotting

The same West London scene that gave birth to Lily Allen, The Clash and pretty much everything British in between (not to mention Ealing, the hometown of Pete Townshend of The Who), has spit out another brilliant band of new-wave shoegazers called White Lies.

Formerly called Fear Of Flying, White Lies is made up of Harry McVeigh (vox, guitar), Charles Cave (bass) and Jack Lawrence-Brown (drums). The moody Brits have already been compared to The Killers, Interpol, Editors and others, but they name Talking Heads as their major influence. Despite all that, their nouveau '80s sound evokes adjectives more than it does band names. Adjectives like "spooky," "haunting" and "sinister." Like the soundtrack to a Donnie Darko sequel with vampires in it. And apparently we're not the only ones who think so, because White Lies just popped up on the massive and amazing Coachella schedule. Know what that means? It means start listening to White Lies NOW before you're officially the last to hear of them. Watch the video for "Death" below!

+ White Lies' self-titled major label debut is out March 23 on The Cure's Fiction Records (home of Kate Nash, Snow Patrol and Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

Tags Editors, Interpol, Kate Nash, Lily Allen, Snow Patrol, Talking Heads, The Buzz On, The Clash, The Cure, The Who, The-Killers, White Lies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It is a testament to the power of video and triumphant melodies that it takes two or three listens to realize that Glasvegas' "Geraldine" is about the band's problems and the social worker who helps them deal. No, really. According to British rock journal NME, "Geraldine" is the true story of a big-hearted fan who ditched her do-gooder job to sell Glasvegas merch and offer the band professional mental help on the road. Crazy, huh?

But hey, wait, have you even heard of Glasvegas yet? Just in case: they're a Scottish (Glaswegian, to be exact) four-piece whose self-titled debut hit #2 on the UK charts within a week of its release. Now Glasvegas is up for Album Of The Year in Sweden and album of the moment in the states.

As far as sound goes, think Interpol meets Snow Patrol, and not just because it rhymes. Soaring, searing emotion meets walls of reverb and tidal choruses. Epic stuff. Wait'll you see the light show in the video!

Tags glasvegas, Interpol, Snow Patrol

You puhrobably already know Tokio Hotel's (R)oc(k)tober mini-tour dates, you probably already have tickets, and those of you on the West Coast (how are things on the West Coast anyway?) probably already have plane tickets/ bus tickets/ new walking shoes for the long hike across the country.

October 24th // Orlando, FL // House of Blues
October 26th // Atlanta, GA // Tabernacle
October 29th // Philadelphia, PA // The Electric Factory
October 30th // New York City, NY // Roseland Ballroom

So, next question, since the shows are thisclose to Halloween (coincidence?), are you dressing up for the show, and if ja, what are you going as? A helicopter pilot? Meijer employee? Nicole Scherzinger?

AND how many bags of Skittles are you bringing? Toilet paper? Bathroom air freshener? A miniature bathtub? Work with me here...

Anyway, enter the T-Mobile Los Premios MTV 2008 Casting Call for a chance to see Tokio Hotel at Los Premios MTV 2008, and watch Tokio Hotel's brand-new tour video announcement, and then watch Interpol's "The Heinrich Maneuver" video (Interpol was one of my pre-Tokio Hotel loves), because I think it's no fairsies that the West Coast got the shaft, even though I know Tokio Hotel <3s L.A.

Tags Interpol, Los Premios MTV 2008, Nicole Scherzinger, Tokio Hotel

OMT! Bella! Edward! Jacob! Err... I mean... Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, respectively, will all be presenting at the 2008 VMAs on Sunday, September 7 in Hollywood.

Now I'm more of a Jacob girl myself (and here's why), so I won't even touch the whole "anyone but him" anti-Robert Pattinson thing. Instead I'm committed to finishing Eclipse. (I'm picking up Breaking Dawn tonight from the bookstore where I dorkily reserved it -- though I guess that's not as dorky as the fact that I bought New Moon the day it came out, even though I was on vacation -- and I damn well aim to finish it on the plane out to L.A. this Tuesday.)

But I digress... The MTV Movies Blog does an Oscar-worthy (or at least Webby!) of covering all things Twilight, but from a musical perspective, I must say that one of my favorite things about author Stephenie Meyer and the pop culture phenomenon she's created is that she's completely into modern pop-rock and alt-rock, and indie.

On her Website, she includes a playlist of songs that inspired her through each novel of her vampire series. And she's even into Jack's Mannequin and very much into My Chemical Romance, Interpol, and Muse, which only results in me adoring her even more.

Anyway, won't you please refer back to the MTV Movies Blog for all of their amazing Twilight material, and then, to celebrate Bella, Edward, and Jacob's bewitching presence at the 2008 VMAs, check out my own personal Stephenie Meyer-sanctioned video from each book.

1.) Twilight, Radiohead, "Creep"

2.) New Moon, Armor For Sleep, "The Truth About Heaven"

Tags Armor For Sleep, Celebrity, Interpol, Muse, Music, My-Chemical-Romance, News, Radiohead, The-Killers, TV-on-the-Radio, Twilight, Videos, VMAs