Santigold

saw her live tonight. a bit underwhelming. shes obv really trying to do this whole hollertronix-ish thing so instead of a band she had a deejay who still thinks its novel to do things like blend sucker mcs with this charming man. she just sung over instrumentals of the album, which was cool for a bit - shes a good performer/vocalist on stage, and she had two cool robo-dancers with her, but i feel like a chump paying 10-12 quid for a glorified club PA.

like a chump heeeeeeey

i read that in the tune of like a pimp.

Yeah, I'd much rather see her with a band.

is this chick the same santi white who was on the gza joint

Idolator sez yes -- and I would link the story but the site seems to be down at present.

the first five tracks of this album are amazing and then it just dies suddenly. i love how cleanly produced it is, you can hear everything.

the song she wrote w/ashlee simpson is even better though.

She sounds close to MIA in the same way that Duffy sounds similar to Amy Winehouse but there are subtle differences....of which I am not eloquent enough to explore. I personally prefer MIA as she's more 'global' but Santogold makes a great club joint.

She has more songs that sound like No Doubt than songs that sound like MIA.

I think I'm in the "her best songs yet were on the Res album" camp.

somehow i thought id posted here already but yeah i agree

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).

lyrics are a bit vague like a lot of modern pop/rock lyrics seem to be.

Surprised how often I come back to this record - there are three absolute clunkers (Superman, Starstruck, Unstoppable), the rest is tremendous.

I can't get "Lights Out" out of my head.

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).

hah - otm - it's uncanny

I like Superman. Unstoppable is pretty annoying, though.

"Unstoppable" is probably my favorite song on the record.

I pretty much like all the songs to varying degrees - there's nothing that I have to skip.

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.

"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 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.

http://postyourgirls.com/jun08/26/05/03.jpg

naked santogold forbidden :(

juno8

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

very into it

i still haven't heard anything by her

would I like her or?

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.

i guess ppl like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVIedQ88rxY lights out

wtf i need album pronto

!!

Creator check

I know I'm a little late to the whole thing but I have been listening to this non-stop lately. I love it.

i'm always late with this crap

Brainwasher: L.E.S. Artistes

that was the 1st one i listened to, is goood

also this

kudos bud light lime for your lights out

i was telling the man about this chick, and he said the nytimes just featured her in a "night out with the artist" thing

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".

"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.

Her indie stuff is actually fun to listen to, though.

I guess it is if you like indie, yeah.

evidently i went to school with this woman.

I don't consider myself an indie liker, and I think she's pretty good.

yeah even i like her! only indie music of any worth this year for sure

how could you forget your beloved Elbow?