After two hugely acclaimed albums (2005’s ‘Arular’ and 2007’s ‘Kala’), the global success of Paper Planes, Oscar nominations, and that ’Grammys performance, M.I.A is set to release new album ‘/\/\/\Y/\’, which sees her as incendiary and forward thinking as ever.

Recorded in Los Angeles, the album features production from Rusko, Diplo, Blaqstarr and Switch, a collaboration resulting in dubstep bass and grinding industrial noise being added to MIA’s unique armoury of sounds. ‘/\/\/\Y/\’, draws influence from our technologically changing world, now that our every thought and action is documented and posted for everyone to see. The album is an uncensored screen-grab of 2010.

Listen to a selection of upfront tracks from the album now on the Spotify Premium with the full album available from Mon 12th

Mark Ronson will be performing brand new tracks from his forthcoming album ‘Record Collection’ (out 27th September) at an intimate London show this Tuesday (6th July)! Spotify has three pairs of tickets for Premium members up for grabs! For your chance to attend this special event simply reply to this post and tell us your favourite three albums in your Spotify record collection.

T&Cs: Over 18s only, competition closes at 12.00pm Monday 5th July. Winners will be picked and notified on Monday 5th July.

Easily the most requested feature for our iPhone app since it launched last September has been the ability to listen to music while surfing the web, using Facebook, etc. Up until now this hasn’t been possible but with Apple’s release of iOS 4 you’re able to use multiple apps at the same time, including Spotify.

Along with this great feature we managed to squeeze in a few more nice additions into this update, the full release contains:

• iOS 4 multitasking! Play Spotify tracks while doing other things with your phone. NOTE: Only iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch (3rd generation) support multitasking.
• Use the headset remote and lockscreen buttons to control Spotify playback
• “What’s new” tab has been added showing you newly released albums, the top 100 tracks in your country, and the social feed
• Share tracks and albums to your Spotify friends!
• Battery consumption is improved when the app is in the foreground or paused.

Enjoy.

We know that many of you have been waiting for an update to our iPhone app that supports the latest iOS 4 and background listening. We’re happy to say that an updated app has been submitted to Apple for review. Hopefully we’ll get a speedy approval and to make up for the extra little wait time we’ve added a nice little surprise to make Spotify mobile even more exciting for you, stay tuned!

The Fib Heineken Festival is one of Europe’s most renowned music festivals, set amongst the stunning natural beauty of the East Spanish coastal town of Benicassim. The unique location of the festival and the nine days of camping allow the attendees to enjoy a beach holiday as well as a music festival.

This year’s event, which starts on July 15th, features an amazing line-up with bands such as Gorillaz, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Vampire Weekend, Lily Allen, The Klaxons, The Specials, Leftfield and many, many more performing.

As a special prize for our users we’ve got two pairs of VIP tickets to giveaway for the event.

To win the tickets we’re looking for you to put together the ultimate summer playlist and submit it here on the blog along with a short reason why you and to attend the festival and we’ll pick the two top playlists and contact the winners.

Welcome to a special edition of DrownedinSound.com founder’s Sean Adams’s playlist post.

World Cup fever, strawberry splits and Wimbledon whites… aaah, summer, glorious summer, with your sweaty buses and cooling breezes, how we love thee. And how we love to summer parties, blasting bass at barbeques and laying around listening to hazy songs when it’s too hot to sleep. Here is a selection of playlists by DrownedinSound.com to throw on your stereo this summer.

But first, thanks to Ray-Ban, you have a chance for you to win an iPad by simply sharing your summer playlist. Visit DrownedinSound.com now for more details and your chance to win.

Songs of Summer 2010

A selection of my summer songs of 2010 like Fool’s Gold’s ‘Nadine’, Passion Pit’s Lady Gaga remix and LCD Soundsystem’s ‘I Can Change’, mixed with a selection of recent classics (or perhaps big hits in a parallel pop universe) from The Rapture, Ratatat and Joy Orbison.

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40 Years Of Glastonbury

Ahead of this year’s Glastonbury festival (full coverage here) we have compiled a 40-track playlist featuring some of the highlights of the world’s most influential over the past 40 years. Premium subscribers with their mobile devices hooked up to their car stereo, as well as those of you slinging all your stuff in a giant bag on your back, can enjoy this en route. Warning: this playlist includes Aswad.

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SeaninSummer

This is a playlist I threw together for a party last summer. You may notice I got bored compiling half-way through and put on loads of songs with sun-related titles, like ‘Staring at the Sun’, a song by TV on the Radio and by U2 and also by The Offspring.

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DiS Editor’s LPs of the year (so far)

With the year at its half-way mark, here is a selection of albums I’ve been loving so far this year including the epic-metal of Deftones, the soaring roar of The Besnard Lakes and the lyrically vivid world of Villagers. The DiS community have been sharing their albums of the year so far, share yours here.

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What’s on your stereo this summer? Share it in the comments below but also don’t forget to share your summer playlists on DiS for your chance to win an iPad.

Scissor Sisters, one of the biggest acts in the past decade, have been hard at work in the studio putting the finishing touches on their third album, Night Work. The new album is the follow-up to the phenomenal success of 2006’s #1 album Ta-Dah.

Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers can listen to a five-track sampler taken from the new album, including a Spotify-exclusive remix, before the album’s street launch on June 28th. Also be sure to check out the video for the first single, Fire With Fire.