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New Santogold - "Your Voice"

Yes everybody's crushing on Santogold. The record's so solid that Santi and Downtown thought it didn't even need this sweet and mellow reggae jam on its tracklist, apparently. Which is crazy because it is so good, you guys. But then,...  CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD - "YOUR VOICE"»

Posted on May 2, 2008 in (8 comments)
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Videos From Coachella Friday

Greetings from Indio. We saw lots of stuff yesterday: Les Savy Fav, The National, Cut Copy, The Verve (!), Aphex Twin (!!), Jack Johnson (!!!). And so far one celebrity (does Whitney Port count?). While we get going cropping beautiful...  CONTINUE READING VIDEOS FROM COACHELLA FRIDAY»

Posted on April 26, 2008 in (5 comments)
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Santogold Brings Unexpected Sounds, Fully Expected Awesomeness

You can't blame people for thinking Santogold's long awaited debut LP would come on M.I.A. style: there were the preadvertised producers (Kala cohorots Diplo and Switch), the panglobal beat-infused live shows, and the regular stage accompaniment from, well, you get...  CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD BRINGS UNEXPECTED SOUNDS, FULLY EXPECTED AWESOMENESS»

Posted on April 25, 2008 (6 comments)
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New M.I.A. Video - "Paper Planes" (Live In Philly)

Months after Kala made M.I.A. one of 2007's most Sri Lankan crossover stars, Maya's still bringing the bangas to the people with an orgiastic stage show and hypercolor fabric patterns. Indeed our favorite Arulpragasam is lining up a spring-into-summer trek,...  CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. VIDEO - "PAPER PLANES" (LIVE IN PHILLY)»

Posted on April 18, 2008 in , , (18 comments)
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Santi White For Bud Light, Santogold Album Art

There's the "L.E.S. Artistes" video, and there's been plenty of chances to catch her live, but for the Santogold fan with that deep down and unquenchable thirst, this "Creator"'s for you. MTV can't seem to wrap their mind around...  CONTINUE READING SANTI WHITE FOR BUD LIGHT, SANTOGOLD ALBUM ART»

Posted on April 17, 2008 in , , (3 comments)
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Gnarls Do "Run" On SNL, Played Highline Last Thursday (With Santogold)

Saturday night's Live featured Ashton Kutcher as host, Ashton Kutcher in one too many Cool Pix commercials, and Gnarls Barkley as musical guest. We never got around to posting Gnarls's show at Highline Ballroom with Santogold last Thursday, maybe because...  SNL, Played Highline Last Thursday (With Santogold)'">CONTINUE READING GNARLS DO "RUN" ON SNL, PLAYED HIGHLINE LAST THURSDAY (WITH SANTOGOLD)»

Posted on April 14, 2008 in , (9 comments)
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SXSW: Saturday In Photos

This is it everybody, the last photo post of SXSW '08. That means it's time for our superlatives, so welcome to our list of the SXSW 2008 Top Five. These are the bands who delivered sets we could not stop...  CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»

Posted on March 17, 2008 in (7 comments)
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New Santogold Video - "L.E.S. Artistes"

We've been waiting on this one awhile, nice to see it drop just in time to remind people about how tough it's gonna be to get into Santogold's shows at SXSW next week. (She's worth it.) Santi's piss-take on the...  CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD VIDEO - "L.E.S. ARTISTES"»

Posted on March 6, 2008 in (7 comments)
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SPIN's Eight To Watch In '08

In their new issue, in a section called "Who's Next," SPIN list their eight bands to watch o'er '08. There are surefire bets like Jay Reatard, who recently signed to Matador, and our Santogold, fresh off her Fader cover model...  CONTINUE READING SPIN'S EIGHT TO WATCH IN '08»

Posted on January 24, 2008 (25 comments)
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BBC Poll Picks 2008's Breakout Artists

The BBC conducted a poll of 150 music critics regarding the new bands they see breaking out in '08. For those of you who read the lists by British experts we posted a couple weeks ago, the top 10 shouldn't...  CONTINUE READING BBC POLL PICKS 2008'S BREAKOUT ARTISTS»

Posted on January 7, 2008 (15 comments)
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Stereogum's 30 Favorite Live Shows Of 2007

We saw a lot of concerts this year! You probably did too, if you're the sort to be checking music blogs on your downtime over holiday break, so let's all trade notes. Stereogum's Amrit Singh kicks things off with a...  CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S 30 FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF 2007»

Posted on December 28, 2007 in (80 comments)
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New Bangers & Cash (Feat. Santogold) Video - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."

Last seen hijacking liveblogs and drinking from a stiletto -- and before that, turning out the crudest cartoon ever -- Naeem and Benny get back to the business of doing something genuine with this (live-action, thank god) clip of Bangers...  CONTINUE READING NEW BANGERS & CASH (FEAT. SANTOGOLD) VIDEO - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."»

Posted on December 6, 2007 in (4 comments)
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Did You Watch The Woodies?

Guess not if you live outside a dorm room. As we mentioned in our post-event recap, Spank Rock definitely spanked (and rocked) the mtvU Woodies before he decided he could kick Jared Leto's ass. Now we have the vodka-tossing video...  CONTINUE READING DID YOU WATCH THE WOODIES?»

Posted on November 16, 2007 in (6 comments)
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mtvU 2007 Woodie Awards: Spank Rocked

There's a grand tradition being hatched at mtvU's Woodie Awards show. Sure, there's the live performances that come at a 50/50 mix of stuff we like (last year TV On The Radio, this year, say, Rilo Kiley) and stuff we...  CONTINUE READING MTVU 2007 WOODIE AWARDS: SPANK ROCKED»

Posted on November 9, 2007 in (13 comments)
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Stereogum Does CMJ: Santogold/Spank Rock @ The Fillmore At Irving Plaza, NYC 10/19/07

Still aren't used to calling it that, but that's where we were on Friday night. Twice. Rolled in early for Santogold's 8:50 set, only to be told that she was no longer on the schedule ("cancelled," one Irving staffer said)....  CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: SANTOGOLD/SPANK ROCK @ THE FILLMORE AT IRVING PLAZA, NYC 10/19/07»

Posted on October 21, 2007 in (4 comments)
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Santogold @ MSG & Rebel, NYC 9/22/07 (& Afterparty Pics, Starring Spank Rock, Diplo, Amanda Blank & ... Andrew WK?)

Expected to be blown away, by Björk on Monday at MSG, and of course we were blown away by Björk on Monday at MSG. But next to a bananas afterparty, the night offered much more than a chance to...  CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD @ MSG & REBEL, NYC 9/22/07 (& AFTERPARTY PICS, STARRING SPANK ROCK, DIPLO, AMANDA BLANK & ... ANDREW WK?)»

Posted on September 27, 2007 in (10 comments)
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New Bangers & Cash (Spank Rock And Benny Blanco Feat. Santogold And Black Betty) - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."

Much like fart jokes, songs about big ol' butts will never get old. Or something like that. As we mentioned a ways (baby got) back, our favorite Philly/Baltimore booty rhymer Spank Rock's teamed with producer Benny Bianco to do some...  CONTINUE READING NEW BANGERS & CASH (SPANK ROCK AND BENNY BLANCO FEAT. SANTOGOLD AND BLACK BETTY) - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."»

Posted on September 14, 2007 in (3 comments)
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