Santogold - Santogold

Still my favourite album of the year! Santogold a.k.a. singer Santi White has impressed with her fierce commitment to innovation, depth of expression and flat-out greatness. So far Santogold's mostly been billed as MIA without the chip on her shoulder. Yes, she has the same voracious appetite for global pop influences. "Shove It," for example, is a dubby opium dream; "You'll Find a Way" has the flavor of early work from The Police; and the beats of "Creator," one of the best tracks on the album, recall, well, MIA herself. And she works with some of the same producers as MIA, and has MIA's same intense exploration of ...  Read the complete review

I am officially panicking, I have had 5 suggestions agreed in one day by Dooyoo, so here is the first. This has also been posted on Ciao under the same member name. Someone on a training course recommended this album to me so when I got home I checked it out. Downloaded one track from iTunes, then another, now I have the full album. Santi White is the lead singer of this outfit. The music kind of defies a genre. It has definite electronic overtones, but they seem to be mixed with a dub bassline sometimes. She was also a lead singer in a ska punk band, and those influences are also present. Anyways, this is her debut album. 1 L.E.S. ...  Read the complete review