Can we change this title to Santigold yet?
New track!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdQ_uD5IWk
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
she has to be totally baiting the m.i.a. thing at this point, right?
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
song is kinda hot tho
okay yay Santi, I am super interested in you again
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
There's also this song she guest on by Amadou & Mariam:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfJ-EmoQil8
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
*guests
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
that percussion is like receiving an unrefusable order to break yo fuckin neck
love amadou & mariam so much! "taxi bamako" was my morning hangover music for like three years
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, everyone seemed to know about Amadou & Mariam besides me, so thanks to Santi for giving me an "in". Definitely have listened to them on Spotify in the past couple weeks.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Disparate Youthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUTVzg8Gn8
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 February 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
^not bad.
― daavid, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
damn good.
― caulk the wagon and float it, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
There's a stream of the new album here http://disconaivete.com/post/21321079127
It sounds a lot more understated than I was expecting. Disparate Youth is the best thing on here by a mile.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
I can't get that stream to work for whatever reason
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, most of the tracks aren't even playable.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe it only works for people in the UK? I only found as someone put a link up on the Popjustice forum.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to it now and, while understated, it's fantastic the whole way through. "The Keeper" borrows a little of its contruction/melody from "Little Red Corvette" in a great way.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 22 April 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
"Disparate Youth" is one of my singles of the year.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
It's one of mine too, cannot believe it only reached number 96 in the charts here. The whole album is really good but that song just blows the rest away.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 22 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
I know it's not that uncommon but a performer who invites audience members up on stage with her is always going to make me like them that little bit more.
Really like this album - disparate youth (obv) but The Riot's Gone is also pretty outstanding - but absolutely love her live show. The dancers are amazing!
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 27 April 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:25 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^^
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
"The Keepers" is almost as good. The rest -- meh.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
look at these hoes
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i like the slow elegiac ones on this. "disparate youth", "the riot's gone", "god from the machine", "the keepers".
"freak like me" and "look at these hoes" are embarrassing shit that santi should leave to, idk, az banks or someone.
everything else is kinda ok.
funny reading the obama debate over the "shove your hope where it don't shine" line upthread b/c i really can't help but hear it like that now!
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Strange how little attention this album is getting. I'm also underwhelmed. It's OK. But I half thought she had the ability to do something new and surprising. My favorite thing she's been involved in is still the Diplo / Santogold Top Ranking Dub mixtape album. So much fun.
― paulhw, Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
lex i totally heard that line that way when i first heard it
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
(and still do, ahem)
Yeah this is kinda boring, I really like the single, but overall she's much better at doing glossy reggae and dub-inflected pop-rock than she is at doing crazy electro or fake dancehall or whatever Diplo or Switch or whoever are throwing at her. And there's not really enough of the former.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
but there's not v much crazy electro or fake dancehall here, and the bits there are are the weakest bits. santigold isn't actually good at "fun" music, her most distinctive forte is how jaded and weary and grumpy she sounds. the best songs are fairly straightforward pop-rock ballads with the occasional interesting sonic/rhythmic detailing.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
i mean at her best she sounds like she wants to withdraw into herself and for the rest of the bullshit world to fuck off, and anything else is a compromise she has to navigate - and what she REALLY does well is making that sentiment sound anthemic and resonant
i mean did anyone actually pay attention to the words of "l.e.s. artistes", her calling card?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link
and "disparate youth", this album's calling card?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
I never bother to listen to indie lyrics unless they're obviously brilliant or terrible, otherwise they're just cool sounds to go with the music - case in point being the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I think agree with Lex on the best tracks and it's probably no coincidence that at least one of them sounds like a YYYs ballad.
Shame about this album really because I kinda wanted her to grow as an artist but this still feels like the serial collaborator's album it is. Like she'd mixing and matching from 30 years worth of art school artifice without working out which bits she's best at (answer - post-punk and pop-rock).
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 12 May 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
New single is great. Not sure about the video though, but the song sounds like a cross between "Little Red Corvette", "Running Up That Hill", and "Stand Back".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn8xNW-sfs&feature=player_embedded#!
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn8xNW-sfs&feature=player_embedded
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, I'll try one last time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn8xNW-sfs&feature=share
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
ooh good choice for a single
― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
btw I love this whole album
― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
I like it, but not excitedly like I did the first album. "The Keepers" is my favorite song here, so I'm glad it was chosen as a single.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 05:57 (twelve years ago) link
I love the whole album too.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
This and "Disparate Youth" are the best.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I really like the whole album too, surprised it's had such a lukewarm reaction. Agree that The Keepers is one of the highlights. I also really love This Isn't Our Parade and The Riot's Gone.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
when this album is good it is so, so great - she conveys jaded yearning so well
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 08:19 (twelve years ago) link
santigold isn't actually good at "fun" music
I disagree with this a lot, unsurprisingly
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
man "The Keepers" sounds so good after several months' distance
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
New single and album!
http://pitchfork.com/news/61940-santigold-announces-new-album-99-shares-cant-get-enough-of-myself/
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
This is a great single!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
did you guys know Res' "Golden Boys" was written about Mos Def? ~gossip~
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
Love the single, it's so much fun. Looking forward to the album. Does it have a release date?
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
Can maybe a mod change the thread title to: "Santogold/Santigold" ? I feel like it would help with searching.
― daavid, Thursday, 5 November 2015 03:55 (eight years ago) link
Was just coming here to say the opposite. Ehh.
Very cool album cover, tho.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:04 (eight years ago) link
Like, if Gwen Stefani had released this song, I think it was surprisingly good. But for Santi to do it, I find it a letdown.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:06 (eight years ago) link