Posted April 17, 200817 yr Santogold ›› 'Santogold' [12.05.08] http://stereogum.com/img/santogold-cover.jpg Tracklisting ›› 01 L.E.S. Artistes 02 You'll Find a Way 03 Shove It (feat. Spank Rock) 04 Say Aha 05 Creator 06 My Superman 07 Lights Out 08 Starstruck 09 Unstoppable 10 I'm a Lady (feat. Trouble Andrew) 11 Anne 12 You'll Find a Way [switch & Sinden Remix] Synopsis ›› Santi White, a Philly-born, Wesleyan-educated producer turned songwriter who used to play in punk band Stiffed, but now specializes in eccentric pop that's a culture-clash of world music, blips and bleeps, and a healthy dose of reggae. Santogold merge White's versatile voice (which recalls M.I.A. one minute and Karen O the next) with quirky, off-kilter beats. The result is a kaleidoscope of organic and synthetic sounds held together by White's attitude-filled flow. 30 second clips here .
April 17, 200817 yr The new version of Shove It sounds amazing! That's my favourite song from the leaked tracks. Really can't wait to hear the whole album.
April 18, 200817 yr Great album. I already loved all the leaked songs so there's not much surprise there except for the final production on Shove It which sounds great, although I still like the grimy feeling of the demo. Say Aha is fooking cool, the mix of ska and rock works really well here. Don't really like My Superman. Lights Out is really great, the production is kind of Kelly Clarkson-esque but the vocals are quite 90s Heather Nova style. Starstruck is a bit like a weaker version of $20, but it's still very good. Unstoppable reminds me of something will.i.am would do, quite repetitive but it's really endearing. I'm A Lady is brillogs, just love her voice on this. Not really listened to Anne properly, didn't really impress me that much.
April 19, 200817 yr I don't have the link anymore. :( I love pretty much every song somewhat. I thought I didn't like My Superman, but it's grown on me a lot. Starstruck and Unstoppable are probably the weakest tracks on the album. The best is Lights Out and Say Aha. <33 Love them. And L.E.S. Artistes of course.
April 20, 200817 yr :w00t: listening to it right now :w00t: have to listen the album twice at least in order to understand which songs i like ;)
April 22, 200817 yr My rating of the album: Faves: L.E.S. Artistes, Lights Out, I'm A Lady Worst: Starstruck 10/10 L.E.S. Artistes 10/10 You'll Find a Way 09/10 Shove It (feat. Spank Rock) 08/10 Say Aha 09/10 Creator 08/10 My Superman 10/10 Lights Out 07/10 Starstruck 08/10 Unstoppable 10/10 I'm a Lady (feat. Trouble Andrew) 09/10 Anne 10/10 You'll Find a Way [switch & Sinden Remix] 88% ^_^
April 26, 200817 yr After hearing Lights Out and I'm A Lady, does anyone else think Santogold should write some stuff with Kelly Clarkson?
May 4, 200817 yr L.E.S. Artistes debuts at #51 in the UK Singles chart on downloads alone this week. CD release is tomorrow.
May 5, 200817 yr Author The album has grown on me now somewhat. The range of genres commixed into this album is astounding and it pays off for the most part. Certainly surpassed my original expectations.
May 13, 200817 yr I'm loving this album. Santi is also great to see live - her backing singers/dancers are just so cool! Check this out and wait for the second song (Shove It): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7eTP3QCpAs
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