M.I.A. is the subject of the cover story in this week's Village Voice. She's also announced plans to tour Australia.
Status Ain't Hood proprietor Tom Breihan penned the story and has his extended interview with Maya at the blog this week. Amongst many other things she discussed working with Baltimore club dude Blaqstarr and her general attitude towards collaboration:
I think ultimately when you get in a room it's about putting two people together and pushing each other, going somewhere we haven't been before. With Blaqstarr, I think it was more important that he went to somewhere like that with me than me making another club track. And I think it was really cool; just the circumstance in which we made it and how we are together is really funny. I don't think in terms of making art around Baltimore he's allowed to be that experimental, and he really gets into it and has mad ideas. So he's kind of doing things for the first time, and he's really excited, and it's just fun for me to do it like that.
The whole interview can be read here.
In related news, the songstress will be touring Australia as part of the Parklife tour in September. Dates and information can be found here.
