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Don't call Santi White an R&B artist: on her debut album Santogold, this former music biz A&R and pop songwriter for hire is challenging race stereotypes and playing fast and loose with genre, mashing up dub, punk, and electronics to make an energetic, anger-fuelled music that blurs the lines between the dancefloor and the moshpit. Comparisons to MIA hold some water, especially on the bullish "Creator" (it's worth nothing that Santogold features production turns from sometime MIA collaborators Diplo and Switch). For the most part, though, Santogold's debut follows a quite different path. "L.E.S Artists" is stirring new-wave pop that builds to grand, tearful choruses reminiscent of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, while "You'll Find a Way" and "Say Aha" are propulsive ska-pop numbers that hark back to its creator's previous band, Bad Brains-influenced punks Stiffed. But it's not just skilful genre-skipping to recommend this record, though: White is ...
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Gentleman Feller: New Music: Santogold - "Big Mouth"
Now this is something totally new for 2012. Eagerly awaited for, literally, years, the first single from Santigold's forthcoming Master of My Make-Believe is called "Big Mouth." It sounds nothing like her first album, rules just as ...
Live Review: Santigold @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg | LADYGUNN
story+photos / Meghan O'Connor. Here at Ladygunn, we've been obsessing over Santi
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New Music: Santigold - "Big Mouth" - One Stupid Mop
Now this is something totally new for 2012. Eagerly awaited for, literally, years, the first single from Santigold's forthcoming Master of My Make-Believe is called "Big Mouth." It sounds nothing like her first album, rules just as ...
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