right brigade.

for a moment there i thought Santogold was on top, on form, bringing her A-Game.

then the Diplo mix tape comes out and i hear her take on Bad Brains track 'Right Brigade' and i instantly, within one nanosecond of the whole thing ending, love her just a bit more.

why can't everyone be Santogold?

Santogold/Diplo - Right Brigade

ps.



can you tell the weather is getting to me yet? i can't sleep!!!1

converse.

my song of the week is:

N*E*R*D - My Drive Thru (feat. Julian Casablancas and Santogold)

my guess is you all know the drill with this track. the three hooked up to record a song for Converse. boom. pop genius. it does sound like a shoe advert but erm.. that's what it's supposed to be?? i like it a lot. aside from the annoying way 'through' is spelt.

there are future plans for further Converse songs. three bands - one song. seems very cool when you read who is involved!

sex sells.

i WILL get round to posting about Camden Crawl. except i'm 1500 words into the 4000 i have to have finished for next Monday. so as you can imagine i'm utilising all modes of procrastination very well (wtf is that Facebook Chat thing?) and hoping the essays will do themselves. after that's done i'm 100% university free until mid September so expect a flurry of posts to keep you going through the sunshine!

for the time being..

Santogold's very charismatic frontlady (Santi White) is the epitome of cool in my eyes at the moment. i got my hands on an EP called 'Sex Sells' by her former pop-punk band Stiffed. it's very The Noisettes a la retro sounding basslines with Santi's voice smoothed out over the top and a definite dub influence. it's pretty good stuff!

Stiffed - Night-time lovin' [ysi]

i know the Santogold album has leaked. i haven't had a chance to listen yet but i've heard it's very very good!

we think you're a joke so shove your hope..

Last month I went to see M.I.A perform in Manchester. Whilst M.I.A was superb and completely on form, the real impressers of the night were the people who accompanied her onstage.

Santogold’s popularity is steadily growing throughout the blogging community, and whilst there hasn’t been any obvious explosion of hype surrounding her, she is one of the few who actually deserves it.
This outfit, made up numerous participants from the likes of Diplo to Radioclit and a former Bad Brains drummer, is not just a M.I.A rip-off as some may think at first glance. The conscious decision to make Santi White (vocals) the face of Santogold have come at no cost, apart from the occasional lazy journalist who thinks Santogold is two words. Therefore Santogold should actually be referred to as ‘her’.
Every song sounds different. Santogold utilises everything from reggae beats to electro vibes to create her wonderful sound. Genre blending would be an understatement.

Santogold - Shove It feat. Spank Rock [YSI]

I was pretty excited when Afrikan Boy leapt onstage. Anyone who says ‘Lidl’ isn’t just shy of genius is probably deaf or only likes “properly sung” songs. Anyway, ‘Hussel’ is one of my favourite songs of 2007 and my favourite off the ‘Kala’ album. With Afrikan Boy there live it made things just that extra bit special.

Afrikan Boy - Lidl [YSI]

Rye Rye was bouncing around the stage, brimming with confidence. She’s only 16 (!!! god I feel old?!) but boy can she work it. The snippets of ‘Shake It To The Ground’ she injected into the set were wonderfully placed. I have a feeling she’s a force to be reckoned with.

Rye Rye - Wassup Wassup [YSI]

When Rye Rye and Afrikan Boy came together with M.I.A to perform ‘Paper Planes, the remix’ it was pretty much brilliant.

M.I.A - Paper Planes, the remix feat. Rye Rye and Afrikan Boy [YSI]

I’ll be watching all these three throughout 2008. Keep your eyes on the game. (I was so tempted to put “playah” at the end of that sentence… too much watching Snoop Dogg's Father Hood - which is absolute quality tv by the way).