On the heels of their resounding return to form "Raindrops," UK electrobeat gurus Basement Jaxx are now busy leaking scraps from their forthcoming Scars. Smart move since everybody's wondering if any other of the LP's tracks -- or its myriad... CONTINUE READING NEW BASEMENT JAXX (FEAT. SANTIGOLD) - "SAGA"»
Posted on July 14, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Basement Jaxx | Bumbershoot | Common Market | Lightspeed Champion | Little Boots | Santigold
Aside from being pooped on, the Beasties made noise down at Bonnaroo when they invited Nas onstage to debut "Too Many Rappers" from their forthcoming "bizarre" LP. The gray-flecked MCs have revealed some more details concerning the awesomely titled Hot... CONTINUE READING BEASTIE BOYS' HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PT. 1 GETS A RELEASE DATE, A TRACKLIST, A SANTIGOLD»
Posted on June 23, 2009 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | Nas | Santigold
Like they always say, "Those who do not know the past are doomed to remix it." (Nobody says that.) Here's the story: DJ Terry Urban wants you to have a mixtape. For free. Downtown Records does not want you to... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD GETS THE GREY ALBUM TREATMENT, WHICH IN TURN GETS THE LABEL-SHUT-DOWN TREATMENT»
Posted on June 4, 2009 (30 comments)
Tags: Santigold | Terry Urban | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | Weezer
As we've mentioned, Major Lazer is "Paper Planes" producers Switch and Diplo's collaborative and conceptual dancehall project. As the concept goes, he's "a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984," etc. (e.g., he gets... CONTINUE READING NEW MAJOR LAZER VIDEO - "HOLD THE LINE"»
Posted on May 29, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Diplo | Major Lazer | Mr. Lexx | Santigold | Switch
"Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984. The US military rescued him and repurposed experimental lazers as prosthetic limbs. Since then Major Lazer has been a hired renegade soldier for... CONTINUE READING "PAPER PLANES" PRODUCERS RECRUIT SANTIGOLD FOR MONSTER WAR»
Posted on April 20, 2009 in , , (8 comments)
Tags: Amanda Blank | Andy Milonakis | Diplo | Major Lazer | Mr. Lexx | Santigold | Switch
Details are emerging on the Renaissance Man's Here Lies Love, a concept album about Imelda Marcos, shoe-obsessed widow of the Philippines' former dictator. Byrne wrote the project with Fatboy Slim and promises every song will have a different vocalist. Among... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE ROPES SANTIGOLD, TORI AMOS INTO WEIRD CONCEPT ALBUM»
Posted on April 10, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Alice Russell | David Byrne | Fatboy Slim | Roisin Murphy | Santigold | Sharon Jones | Tori Amos
Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon get lonely, so as mentioned, their N.A.S.A. project includes more guests than Disneyland. So far they've paraded out M.I.A., Spank Rock, Santigold, and Nick Zinner for "Whachadoin" and "The People Tree" featured David Byrne,... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A VIDEO - "GIFTED" (FEAT. KANYE WEST, SANTIGOLD & LYKKE LI)»
Posted on March 27, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Lykke Li | Monsters Of Folk | N.A.S.A. | Santigold
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon was good last night! (See also: Tina Fey was a guest last night). This time the show brought music-related content via Jon Bon Jovi karaoke and a performance by Santigold and Philly pal Spank Rock... Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'">CONTINUE READING SANTIGOLD AND SPANK ROCK "SHOVE IT" ON LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 4, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Jimmy Fallon | Ryan Adams | Santigold | Spank Rock
For a minute it looked like it was going to be just "Santi," but she's officially decided to hold on to the Gold. Here's the press release that heralds the change: Change the graffiti on the bathroom wall, get your... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD'S NEW NAME: SANTIGOLD»
Posted on February 11, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Jon Glaser | Santigold
Technically N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) = beatmakers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but as you might've noticed when we posted The Spirit Of Apollo's "Gifted" -- featuring Kanye West, Santogold, and Lykke Li -- the project also includes a... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A. (FEAT. M.I.A., SANTOGOLD, SPANK ROCK & NICK ZINNER) - "WHACHADOIN"»
Posted on January 12, 2009 in (12 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | N.A.S.A. | Nick Zinner | Santigold | Spank Rock | The National
In the latest installment of "How Many Ways Can We Repurpose Santogold," Academy Award winning hip hop outfit Three 6 Mafia and Project Pat put a melodramatic sheen on Santi's ode to music industry rejection. This Mad Decent take features... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD (FEAT. THREE 6 MAFIA & PROJECT PAT) - "SHOVE IT (MAD DECENT REMIX)"»
Posted on January 12, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Leeds | Santigold | Three Six Mafia
Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are close to releasing an LP from their N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) project. The duo cook the beats, and turned to their enviable contact list to collect a headspinning list of contributors, including Tom... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A. (FEAT. KANYE WEST, SANTOGOLD & LYKKE LI) - "GIFTED"»
Posted on December 11, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chuck D | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors | Kanye West | Lykke Li | N.A.S.A. | Santigold
That Jay-Z/Santogold/Kanye West BK fight song from the Notorious OST now has itself a video dedicated to Brooklyn, to the letter. Director Evan Roth uses typographic illustration, spelling out "Brooklyn" in cascading typeface, the component parts meshing and building full... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) VIDEO - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»
Posted on December 3, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Holy Fuck | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Santigold
That B.I.G. biopic Notorious will have an OST likely dominated by Biggie Smalls cuts, especially since his estate is so creepily enamored with the project, but here's at least one track for the collection from some of Brooklyn's other residents.... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY-Z (FEATURING SANTOGOLD) - "BROOKLYN (GO HARD)"»
Posted on December 1, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Fleet Foxes | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Notorious B.I.G. | Santigold
The Woodies happened, I was there, you didn't miss too much. This year's performance roster was interesting though, particularly for a couple of onstage collaborations. Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with Chromeo was previously announced and a... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE WORTHWHILE MOMENTS OF THE WOODIES »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Bjorn Yttling | Jarvis Cocker | Lykke Li | mtvU Woodie Awards | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Santigold | The Cool Kids | Vampire Weekend
Over the past few years, mtvU's annual Woodie Awards have been unexpectedly bloggable. But last night we couldn't rely on Jordan Catalano picking fights since he was busy being king douche somewhere else, and Spank Rock seemed sober which meant... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»
Posted on November 13, 2008 in (12 comments)
Tags: A-Trak | Asher Roth | Bjorn Yttling | Black Lips | Chromeo | Kid Sister | Lykke Li | Mark Hoppus | mtvU Woodie Awards | Peter Bjorn And John | Santigold | Spank Rock | Trevor Andrew | Vampire Weekend
A press release for the mtvU Woodies Awards is a weird place to mine your breaking news, but we do what we can. Yesterday we received a blast from MTV detailing the performers at their annual music-video-for-dorm-rooms award show, including... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD: NOW JUST "SANTI"»
Posted on November 11, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Florence And The Machine | Santigold
Santi's been sucked into the MTV band-a-week ecosystem, and so after following the script of mildly awkward and innuendo filled skits, it's come time for a Music Television live performance. If you've seen her this past year you pretty much... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD DOES TWO FOR MTV, RELEASES "LIGHTS OUT" VIDEO»
Posted on August 11, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Santigold
We know that former tour partners Santi and Maya are both Clash fans and Diplo associates, but it looked like the latter's "retirement" was going to get in the way of the inevitable collab. Turns out they did a track... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD (FEAT. M.I.A. & GORILLA ZOE) - "GET IT UP"»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Diplo | Gorilla Zoe | M.I.A. | Santigold
Fresh off her spin with Julian and Pharrell in that Converse anthem, Santogold offers an appealing echo-chamber take on the Clash's "Guns Of Brixton." It's like super dub. The cover comes from the Santogold/Diplo mixtape, Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub,... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD COVERS THE CLASH»
Posted on July 17, 2008 (21 comments)
Tags: Santigold | The Clash
When we first brought up the selling power trio of Santogold, Julian Casablancas, and Pharrell we played you their fast food-redolent jingle "My Drive Thru" and mentioned that there would eventually be a video ... or, well, Chuck Taylor commercial... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD, JULIAN CASABLANCAS & PHARRELL VIDEO - "MY DRIVE THRU"»
Posted on July 9, 2008 in , (56 comments)
Tags: Julian Casablancas | Pharrell | Santigold | The Strokes
Careful students of TiVO's scheduling guide have known for weeks that Dave scheduled Grizzly Bear to be his music guest tomorrow night, marking the band's first performance in the Ed Sullivan Theater (save the time they were indie rock choir... CONTINUE READING LETTERMAN RESCHEDULES GRIZZLY BEAR, ED OFFERS US THE CONTENTS OF HIS IPOD AS CONSOLATION»
Posted on July 1, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Santigold
Following in the steps of bands you know, like Vampire Weekend and Death Cab For Cutie, Santogold gets her very own week of promo on MTV under the network's 52 Bands/52 Weeks initiative. They're bringing music back! Which means she... CONTINUE READING WHEN IT COMES TO (DRIVE) SHAFTS, SANTOGOLD LIKES THEM BIG»
Posted on June 24, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Santigold
