Santigold

This album has been added to 1 private list and 3 public lists:

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  Favorite 50 Albums of the Quarter Century

  Stu

  (2008)

  "Walking by myself
  down avenues that reek of time to kill
  If you see me keep going
  Be a pass-by waver
  Build me up, bring me down
  Just leave me out you name dropper..."

  I had this album playing in the car when one of my kids said, "I thought you didn't like music with a lot of electronics in it." To which I replied, "I like it when they use them creatively!" I wouldn't even call it an electronic album; much of it reminds me of 80s New Wave. In any case, this was a very promising debut but it's too bad her follow-ups weren't any good!

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  2008

  James

  The album moves effortlessly between new wave, dub, punk, hip-hop, and pop without sounding like an exercise in eclecticism. Santigold approaches genre as fluid emotional language rather than fixed category. Songs like “L.E.S. Artistes” and “Creator” feel playful and confrontational simultaneously. The record’s confidence comes from how naturally all its influences coexist.

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  (re)discovered in 2025

  meanwhiletheworld

  rediscovery

  santigold's feature on CHROMAKOPIA brought me right back to spring 2012, dancing the santigold at the gorge ampitheatre.