Lovely singer MIA prepared an original piece named after her upcoming album, MATANGI for Kenzo Womens Autumn/Winter 2013 show. Mostly instrumental, featuring a number of wild and unidentified samples, the dense mix’s second half features a few new M.I.A. verses, including these gems: I’m thankful for my body because it’s a fuckin banger/ I’m thankful for my mouth because it’s a real screamer and Do you like my perfume? Made it at home with some gasoline and shrooms/… Why’s your tattoo some ugly looking thing?

Take a listen to the 9-minute mix below. Enjoy!

Entertainer 50 Cent reveals a softer side when he joins YouTube sensation Kennan Cahill in a lip synch performance (above) of the song ”Down On Me.” –Justjared

What’s the No. 1 luxury item purchased by Chinese folks? Hint: it’s not handbags! –WSJ

Everyone’s fave, Andre Leon Talle, has become the official style counselor at Manolo Blahnik’s invite-only sample sale.–Nypost

Vogue’s Suzy Menkes interviews the ever charming Alber Elbaz, who speaks about the importance of relying upon his own intuition and getting his greatest inspiration mostly by lounging on his couch. –Thefashionspot

The ladies at Hellz gives rave reviews on Cherry Vanilla’s “Lick It” book event at erotic luxury shop, Coco de Mar, and share some great photos.–Whatthehellz

Here’s Rihanna, who is currently touring in Europe, in the first installment of a 12-part interview, hosted by Nokia. I’m not gonna lie, in this interview she talks about the music from her current cd and it’s kind of boring. “It’s more personal…..blah, blah, blah.” Like we haven’t heard that a million times before from every artist on the planet. Still, at some point she’ll probably hit fashion as a topic and that one might be a bit more intriguing.

P.S. Dear Nokia: That stupid “Now Playing” graphic in the upper-left corner (that even obscures Rihanna’s face!) is horrible and annoying.

Creative Director Stefano Pilati has invited LCD Soundsystem to perform live at his Fall/Winter 2010-2011 women’s show on Monday evening, March 8, 2010 at 8pm local time at the Grand Palais in Paris. LCD Soundsystem – the musical project of James Murphy, producer and co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records – will perform a musical piece specifically composed for the revelation of Pilati’s collection. Check it out!

A couple of things about RihRih that are eminently clear: she works her butt off and she LOVES to accessorize. Here she is at a recent Today Show appearance:

^^Check out the oversized onyx ring

A couple more after the flip, including a close-up on her sandals.

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This past week we came across a new site with a very interesting concept in music – Awdio. To sum it up, through their service you can listen to music being played in shops, clubs, bars, fashion hotels, restaurants in real time.

“While online music startups and most labels are trying to figure new rules for their business models, a small UK based startup has found a smart way to answer that question. Nearly all music services are based on providing access to a catalogue of recorded music whether it is on demand (eg: iTunes or Deezer) or on discovery mode (Pandora/Last.fm). But a big chunk of the quality music is not recorded and is played live is in clubs, fashion hotels, restaurants, shops, DJ festivals and other cool places (i leave aside radio music). This music usually ends up in CD collections because of its quality and uniqueness (think of the Buddha Bar collection, the Cafe del Mar and many more). And this is the music Awdio

Awdio™ revolutionizes the way you listen to music! Real Time Music! What everyone can get now in one weekend is what music addicts would get in a year, touring around world’s best Live music sources… Straight from the sound systems of the most respected clubs, venues, hotels, shops, studios & festivals… from Electronic Music to Hip Hop, from new Jazz scenes to alternative Rock, from Lounge sessions to the most underground Dj sets, wherever you are, whatever you like, Awdio™ provides pure Live music. From San Francisco to Melbourne, New York to Paris, Sao Paulo to Hong Kong, Awdio™ is streaming 24/7 real time music content, from and on worldwide time zones.

Awdio spots the coolest places around the globe where live music is played and makes exclusive agreement to distribute and stream it live in real time. They gathered so far 50 hotspots like the super trendy Colette Shop in Paris, the 1015 in San Francisco or the Favela in London. They have created a technology that enables any live music source to be streamed over the internet with high quality sound.” Via Techcrunch.

A great concept. Instead of listening to specific songs, you can choose the environment/place where you know music that you enjoy is being played. Seeing Colette in the mix also totally makes sense! It will be interesting to see where they go with the concept and if they add video any time soon!

A few weeks ago we presented to you the new Daft Punk Alive album. Sold Out now got in the Japanese version of the CD, which comes in a boxset together with two Daft Punk Bearbricks. Definitely a nice package and cool gift, in case you still need one!