Tag Archives: Santogold

The British May In Fact Be Coming

Yeah, so our new pres is freakin’ awesome, there’s change in the air, and America has a reason to be proud of itself for once. That’s all pretty righteous, but most of the music on the radio still blows, so we shouldn’t forget there’s a whole world of sound out there to explore. […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are The Very Best

For those not in the know, or anyone who was just born too late to get the reference, the title of my four-part year-end wrap-up was inspired by the song “You’re the Best” by Joe “Bean” Esposito. The tune, which is one of my favorite soundtrack songs of all time, was one of the […]

“…for the Benefit of Humans and Animals.” - The Edicts of Ashoka, 3rd c. BCE

With a full week of the brand new year firmly behind us I think it’s safe to say that 2009 hasn’t begun on the most humane of notes. Iraq continues to be plagued by suicide bombers. Tensions between nuclear superpowers India and Pakistan are heightened after the revelation that the men responsible for the Mumbai […]

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Four)

They’re the best around; the fourth and final day of El Keter’s favorites of 2008.

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Three)

  Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose 20 of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are another five… Adorably precocious Swedish Indie-Pop chanteuse Lykke Li out-Feist-ed Canadian Indie-Folk femme Leslie Feist simply by being…well…more feisty. The nigh-unpronounceable newcomer’s initially self-released debut Youth Novels […]