She has more songs that sound like No Doubt than songs that sound like MIA.
― o. nate, Monday, 16 June 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I'm in the "her best songs yet were on the Res album" camp.
― nabisco, Monday, 16 June 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
somehow i thought id posted here already but yeah i agree
― deej, Monday, 16 June 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I really, really, really, really, REALLY like "You'll Find A Way", perhaps to an unhealthy degree (particularly the original version; the remix is killer but the arrangement of the original is a million times more exciting in the long run).
― HI DERE, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
lyrics are a bit vague like a lot of modern pop/rock lyrics seem to be.
― mr x, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Surprised how often I come back to this record - there are three absolute clunkers (Superman, Starstruck, Unstoppable), the rest is tremendous.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't get "Lights Out" out of my head.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Sometimes "Superman" is awesome, though (particularly when I'm in the mood to hear "Red Light" by Siouxsie and the Banshees but too lazy to pull out Kaleidescope).
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link
hah - otm - it's uncanny
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 13:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Superman. Unstoppable is pretty annoying, though.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
"Unstoppable" is probably my favorite song on the record.
― rev, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I pretty much like all the songs to varying degrees - there's nothing that I have to skip.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i like both slow songs superman and the other one. i love im a lady but the little britain sketch with the drag queen keeps popping up in my head when i hear it.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"lyrics are a bit vague like a lot of modern pop/rock lyrics seem to be."
It bugs me how much is just, like, indie workout affirmations. "You'll Find a Way," "Shove It," "Unstoppable," they all sound like they were written after reading the lyrics to that song from Karate Kid, "You're the best/around/nothing's gonna ever keep you down…"
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i love the album, and return to it a lot, but yeah the lyrical vagueness just makes it a bit substance-less. not much meat there. and im still annoyed at the live show. and the crap they played before she came on.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://postyourgirls.com/jun08/26/05/03.jpg
― and what, Friday, 4 July 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
naked santogold forbidden :(
― jhøshea, Friday, 4 July 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
juno8
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 July 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
just youtubed lights out, it is so lovely. i love it. i can't help myself but to try to sing with her some back vocals during the chorus. i also just saw a video of Unstoppable (live) wow she looks so much like my big sister from côte d'ivoire she'll get a kick out of this i think
― Sébastien, Friday, 4 July 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
very into it
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i still haven't heard anything by her
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
would I like her or?
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
whats the one song to check out
i'm not your man, i'm just checking out some links but from what i hear, i think you would be very pleased.
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess ppl like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVIedQ88rxY lights out
wtf i need album pronto
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:49 (fifteen years ago) link
!!
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Creator check
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I know I'm a little late to the whole thing but I have been listening to this non-stop lately. I love it.
― ENBB, Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm always late with this crap
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Brainwasher: L.E.S. Artistes
― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 July 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
that was the 1st one i listened to, is goood
― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 July 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
also this
― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 July 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
kudos bud light lime for your lights out
― Sébastien, Saturday, 5 July 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i was telling the man about this chick, and he said the nytimes just featured her in a "night out with the artist" thing
― Surmounter, Monday, 7 July 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
My friend played me Santogold last weekend, and we both pretty much agreed she sounds like a more indie version of Leila K:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibjZ3b7pkGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4lk-MOd_E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgbW1FxR78
I wonder if this intentional? One of the Santogold tunes even had this sort of quasi-Eurorapping that sounded somewhat like the dude on "Open Sesame".
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"this is intentional"
Now if only she'd drop off the indie stuff and embrace Leila K style dance full on, I might actually fall in love with her.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Her indie stuff is actually fun to listen to, though.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess it is if you like indie, yeah.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
evidently i went to school with this woman.
― amateurist, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't consider myself an indie liker, and I think she's pretty good.
― chap, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah even i like her! only indie music of any worth this year for sure
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
how could you forget your beloved Elbow?
― blueski, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i half-liked one song by them in like 2001
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
man santogold is indie in the loosest sense of the term
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
~you~ like los camesinos AND bloc party
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
<3 them
all im saying is santogold is indie in the internet sense of the term cuz she gets blogged next to the hold steady and mgmt but then again so do justice and i don't think a anyone is jumping to call them indie
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
not that any of that has anything to do with liking her (she's aaaaight-- i actually think the best song is the one with spank rock wtf) but i wouldn't go around touting this as "good" indie music just cuz she is on downtown records
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I stayed away from this record for a while because I thought it was like Sublime or something (her name reminds me of "Santeria"), but I picked it up and it's badass. I can see why you'd think it's indie; the first track sounds like Interpol, but the record is all over the place stylistically.[/ obvious]
― Euler, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd call her art pop or something made-up like that.
― chap, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ART POP?!?!?!?!
ok i am gonna give this a listen and then i am going to WEEP at you when it turns out to be COMPLETELY FUCKING COMMERCIAL
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link