Santogold is Santi White; born in 1976 in Philadelphia, with a voice and sound quite unlike any other, released her debut self-titled album this year.
Before listening to this CD, I was already very aware of her whether I knew it or not. She gets a lot of radio air-play on the UK’s radio 1 and has had singles featured in several commercials, both US and UK.
My good friend wikipedia also tells me she has worked with the man with the midas touch, Mark Ronson…. What a babe.
But back to Miss Santi; first off all the album artwork itself does appeal to me. It’s gold and sparkly, need I say more? I really can’t read any of the track titles on the back of the CD but the sparkles might be what’s distracting my eyes!
Having L.E.S Artistes as a first track is just mind-blowing, I fucking love this song. Her quick, smart, aloof lyrics just make me melt and want to eat her up.
Change, change, change,
I want to get up out of my skin
Tell you what
If I can shake it
I’m ‘a make this
Something worth dreaming of.
This album is full of consistency catchy songs made up of catchy choruses and hot words. I am big on clever lyrics, I love words and I melt for people who can write stuff that keeps me interested. And it doesn’t matter that Santi is fucking hot as anything.
Having said she has a voice quite unlike anyone else; I still stick by that but a times she does sound like vintage Gwen Stefani with the ska and reggae influences heard in Shove it and starstruck. That is by no means a bad thing, I love vintage Gwenny! Moving onto “Lights Out!”, I am hearing some Blondie and a totally different voice which I still am in love with.
I think that everyone reading this should buy this album. Now. And thank you vicarious for sending me this, it might be my favorite yet!!!
While lurking her myspace I discover she is friends with MIA, am I surprised? No.
They father of ambient music, or so they call him. He’s been around since the 70s. He is now about 60 years old! I don’t know how much music he is doing now. I think he perhaps is just doing some movie music now. If your into listening to some fantastic ambient music on a lazy day I highly suggest looking him up. His inspiration was minimalism. He has done a lot of abstract soundscapes on some compilations. I usually enjoy listening to him on late night when I don’t want to wake the neighbors but want to listen to something a bit inspiring. It’s very easy going music that is nice to write to, if your a writer at all. Eno has also been know for his involvement when he helped out David Bowie on his avant garde berlin trilogy. He also helped make Devo popular. He has recently contributed a chapter to “Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture” So check it all out! And let me know what you think.
Koch RecordsI feel confidant in declaring In Flames’ album A Sense of Purpose already has my vote for 2008’s best accidental discovery. It’s got everything I look for in a ‘great album’.
Diversity meets guys who can actually play their instruments and show a sense of control (sorry Wolfmother fans, no never-ending solo guitar riffs here) and a lead vocalist with
range and more importantly, a gut wrenching growl. Track one hooked me. The Mirrors truth is a peek into the rest of the album that lets you know its not going to be boring. Track
eight takes the fav for the intense intro that pulls you in without being too long and a quivering build up in vocals.
Epic on several levels. This is one seriously for the drive. Put in the car and just go. Read the CD insert for lyrics which are deep but no boring
philosophy lesson. There’s also some really phenomenal album art. The entire album is packaged very well.
I enjoy listening to this cd after a long walk on sunny days. It’s a relaxing cd. I enjoy listening to more acoustic music sometimes. And Jack Johnson’s voice is very soothing. My friend Kc first introduced me to Jack Johnson with the song ” The News”. It’s a great song if you’ve never heard it. I’ve just discovered that Jack Johnson is Hawaiian! Haha.. He’s only been around since 2001 but I think he’s put out some very good work in the past few years. Some people consider his work soft rock but I mostly just consider it acoustic.
Jack Johnson was the son of a famous surfer, Jeff Johnson, which I never knew! Ha..
” Who needs sleep when we’ve got love?” - Jack Johnson
It’s an electronic album, if you know Moby at all then, of course you would expect this.
I like the phat beats of this new single. I love the Midi Remix.
I actually love it! I can’t wait to hear more new songs from him!!
It’s similar to what I listen to most of the time. A lot of the local Dj’s I go see here in MN have this Phat sound
I enjoy the vocals as well. And if you like Electronic music at all I highly recommend it!!
I don’t know much about how to DJ or anything but I think this single would be amazing live!~ Who wants to go see Moby with me?!
I don’t enjoy the acappella remix on this album as much though. It’s a lot slower and not as exciting!~
And the DROP THE LIME HEAVY BASS remix is SWEET! If you like Drum and Bass I think you will like this one more
To my surprise when I opened my latest bag of goodies from the goodpeople at vicarious, I discovered In Your Honor, with an originalrelease date of 2005; this isn’t by any means a new CD I am reviewingit because I love those foo fighters so much I couldn’t resist anangsty trip down memory lane with those anthemic, bittersweet songs.
As usual I will grace you with a pearl of wisdom from wikipedia, thistime not about the band per se, but their namesake. Did you know theterm “Foo Fighter” was coined by allied aircraft pilots in WW2 todescribe UFOs seen flying over the skies of Europe?! Well I did not. Perhaps I am dumb.
Back to the matter at hand, I absolutely adore everything about this 2disc album. The elaborate Americana infused album artwork is awesomeand appeals to my old school Americana obsession. There is also abuffalo which makes a few appearances in the artwork, not much I cansay about him but… he’s cute!Disc one begins with In Your Honor, the awesome prolonged guitar andfeedback filled intro sends chills down my spine because I know whatscoming next; the gravel throated words of Mr Dave Grohl. I still can’tdecide if he’s singing or shouting at me through my speakers but Ilike it either way.I feel the entire album has a much more late 90s rock feel thansomething that was released in 2005. Perhaps that’s because Iassociate most angsty rock with the 90s.
This album makes me want to listen to ash and reminisce over old times. The perfect sountrack to”one of those days”.Moving onto one of my favorite songs of all time, DOA, I almostcouldn’t wait to hear that guitar intro and those dark, creepy, catchylyrics. “It’s a shame we had to die my dear. No one’s getting out ofhere alive, this time” is always something I’d expect to hear from TheMisfits rather than Dave Grohl, but he sings it well.The beginning of disc two is like a dark, rock lullaby. Mr Grohl issinging me into a sad sad sleep but I still can’t stop listening. If I didn’t know better I’d think this is the kind of thing you release when an angel visits you in your sleep to tell you that you’re aboutto be assassinated and you want people to mourn in those last,miserable songs you ever sung.
Then the crooning beats of Virginia Moon kick in which instantly liftmy spirits and make me wish I was dancing in a black and white movie.Norah Jones’ voice fits perfectly with Dave Grohl’s to make a songthat could melt the heart of a hardened criminal. Wow I love thissong.I am going to cut off my review here before I drive everyone insanewith my babbling but, in conclusion, this is an awesome, well-loved,anthemic album. Capable of evoking every emotion you have.
I AM IN LOVE WITH THE SONG ” I feel it all “If I was a musician I would like to sing like her.
The video is absolutely fantastic also! Go check it out on youtube.com :
It really makes me want fireworks.I love the way she uses sounds and instruments in her work.Also, I am in love with the song mushaboom. It’s not on this album but you should really check that one out also!
The Chemical Brothers - Battle Scars EPIf you’ve ever heard the Salmon dance by Chemical Brothers, you know that it’s simply fantastic. In this EP just release Fri the 18th, they remade the Salmon Dance song. It’s quite spectacular as well. A little bit more dance-y. The “WoW” Mix.. I actually happen to be annoying my boyfriend with this song right now! If you don’t know the Chemical Brothers then check them out now, and youtube the Salmon dance, I think you will be entertained! I’ve loved the Chemical Brothers for years they always seem to be coming up with something new and I have never disliked any of their work.I would love to see them live. I think they are one of the groups that actually know what their doing in their career.Thank you & Love always..Katrina from Godsgirls.com
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Madonna-Confessions on a Dance FloorCheck out her website Madonna.comMadonna was named into the the rock and roll hall of fame!Her album Confessions on a Dance Floor is my favorite of all time! I love listening to it! It’s very well produced!! Very dancy and entertaining! My favorite song on the album is “Get together”I love Madonna so much. You can check out a TON of her videos on her webpage. She’s gone through so many changes and has managed it well!Cheers to her! She’s old and still mega hott! She’s been a movie star, this girl has gone through everything and handled fame very well.Plus, the video hung up really makes me want to go to a roller rink.<3Katrina
Members-
Otep Shamaya- vocals
“Evil” J. McGuire- bass/backing vocals
Aaron Nordstrom- guitar
Brian “Haggis” Wollf- drums
With their kooky album artwork and back-to-front E or possibly 3 for
all the l337 |<1D5 out there, i knew this must be the same ot3p i once
listened to as a 16 year old full of teen angst and needing a shouty
female to look up to.
Once again i trusted my good friend wikipedia to tell me something i
didn’t already know. And it did! Until just now i was unaware that
Otep is actually the vocalist’s name, who incidentally is very hot and
i would quite like to see her naked. Wiki also tells me that Sharon
Osbourne fell so in love with this band that she offered them a spot
on the 2001 Ozzfest tour. I also can’t help but notice they have been
through a lot of drummers over the years.. spinal tap anyone?
Having also toured with Static-X and Bloodsimple i feel there is only
one way to describe this band- “nu-metal”. It seems like people hate
this genre name but it is nothing to be ashamed of. No matter what
your friends say, they have been a fan at some point, i’m sure!
The intro to this album is not quite what i remembered of them, an
eerie whispering/singing was coming out of my speakers and i didn’t
really know what was going on. I thought for a second i was listening
to some old creepy Tori Amos… until it broke into the clever,
creepy, quick lyrics i knew and loved.
I had always thought Otep sounded somewhat like Tairrie B of My
Ruin/Tura Satana fame and that thought is still with me. Although not
everyone’s cup of tea… this is another band that tickles me.
Although nu-metal is not all this band spews out, track 3, perfectly
flawed is a pleasant surprise. It is mellow and almost ballad-esque
but still has the same creepy lyrics you would expect and hearing the
lines, “You’re perfectly flawed, you’re perfectly incomplete…” makes
me feel 16 again.
The “niceness” soon dissapears as track 4, confrontation, comes
blaring out of my speakers. The politically fuelled anger in this song
makes me think that i would like to meet Otep and hug her.
All in all i like this album, it is what it is…female-shouty nu-metal rage.
And who doesn’t need some of that in their lives?
