Tag Archives: Santogold

The Secret Life of Bloggers

Denizens of the blogosphere often seem to be engaged in a constant battle for content exclusivity and “I heard it/posted about it first” one-upmanship. This often leads to blogs running features on artists who have little to no actual output, in either commercial form or that of downloadable demos, available to the public and […]

Latin Lingo, Baby!

All this talk of electro-acoustic hybrids, the fusing of analog and digital instrumentation and the fusion of human emotions & mechanical rhythms has been fine and dandy. But sometimes beats just need to be beats! Even when those beats masquerade as “songs.” And yes, even when the composer of those “songs” calls […]

“Repent Ye; For The Upsetter Is at Hand!”

It shouldn’t have gone unnoticed that over time I’ve profiled a few records produced by legendary Dub producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in this space. I’ve also invoked his name on numerous occasions even when he wasn’t directly involved with creating the music under discussion. The frequency of his appearances in my writing is […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: DLake, Diplo & Santogold and KiD CuDi

When I started slipping posts about mixtapes into my blog repertoire last year I felt it necessary to point out that I had been turned off by the whole mixtape subculture for a number of years. Regardless of my reasons (and if you really want to know what they were, you can go back […]

S**t! God-Damn! Get ON This Ass & Jam!

There are sequels, and then there are spin-offs. After initial reports that Lovefoxxx, lead vocalist of Brazilian Post-Punk dance-band Cansei de Ser Sexy, was working on a solo album after the success of her band’s debut I was living in anticipation of the latter more-so than the former. In the end, the reports of a […]