Over the past few years, mtvU's annual Woodie Awards have been unexpectedly bloggable. But last night we couldn't rely on Jordan Catalano picking fights since he was busy being king douche somewhere else, and Spank Rock seemed sober which meant... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»
Posted on November 13, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: A-Trak |
Asher Roth |
Bjorn Yttling |
Chromeo |
Kid Sister |
Lykke Li |
Mark Hoppus |
Peter Bjorn And John |
Santogold |
Spank Rock |
Trevor Andrew |
Vampire Weekend
A press release for the mtvU Woodies Awards is a weird place to mine your breaking news, but we do what we can. Yesterday we received a blast from MTV detailing the performers at their annual music-video-for-dorm-rooms award show, including... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD: NOW JUST "SANTI"»
Posted on November 11, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Santi |
Santogold
Santi's been sucked into the MTV band-a-week ecosystem, and so after following the script of mildly awkward and innuendo filled skits, it's come time for a Music Television live performance. If you've seen her this past year you pretty much... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD DOES TWO FOR MTV, RELEASES "LIGHTS OUT" VIDEO»
Posted on August 11, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Santogold
We know that former tour partners Santi and Maya are both Clash fans and Diplo associates, but it looked like the latter's "retirement" was going to get in the way of the inevitable collab. Turns out they did a track... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD (FEAT. M.I.A. & GORILLA ZOE) - "GET IT UP"»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Diplo |
Gorilla Zoe |
M.I.A. |
Santogold
Fresh off her spin with Julian and Pharrell in that Converse anthem, Santogold offers an appealing echo-chamber take on the Clash's "Guns Of Brixton." It's like super dub. The cover comes from the Santogold/Diplo mixtape, Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub,... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD COVERS THE CLASH»
Posted on July 17, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: Santogold |
The Clash
When we first brought up the selling power trio of Santogold, Julian Casablancas, and Pharrell we played you their fast food-redolent jingle "My Drive Thru" and mentioned that there would eventually be a video ... or, well, Chuck Taylor commercial... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD, JULIAN CASABLANCAS & PHARRELL VIDEO - "MY DRIVE THRU"»
Posted on July 9, 2008 in , (56 comments)
Tags: Julian Casablancas |
Pharrell |
Santogold |
The Strokes
Following in the steps of bands you know, like Vampire Weekend and Death Cab For Cutie, Santogold gets her very own week of promo on MTV under the network's 52 Bands/52 Weeks initiative. They're bringing music back! Which means she... CONTINUE READING WHEN IT COMES TO (DRIVE) SHAFTS, SANTOGOLD LIKES THEM BIG»
Posted on June 24, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Santogold
As always, Stereogum is your one stop shop for Santi White litigation and tourdates news. Santogold's sorta blowing up, right? Cue the lawsuits. It's not everyday I get to use my entirely rusted law school skills, so thanks to the... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD SUED BY SANTO GOLD, OPENING FOR COLDPLAY»
Posted on June 18, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: Coldplay |
Santogold
Alternate post title: Have You Driven A Ford While Listening To Santogold Lately? You know where this is going. There's been Buds and there's been Chucks, but now Santogold's throwing tunes to Ford. Which might sound shocking for a second,... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD: BUILT FOR THE ROAD AHEAD»
Posted on June 11, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Santogold
It's an unlikely trio of artist that are helping get Converse's centennial celebration underway. Maybe not the pairing of Pharrell and Santogold -- actually it's somewhat surprising that this is their first project together -- but Strokes lead man Julian... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD, JULIAN CASABLANCAS & PHARRELL - "MY DRIVE THRU"»
Posted on June 9, 2008 (74 comments)
Tags: Julian Casablancas |
N.E.R.D. |
Pharrell |
Santogold |
The Strokes
With her spread out style and numerous monster jams, it's not easy to understand Santogold's Commercial Appeal. If it seems like we're reporting on it every other day, it's because we practically are; see: the "Creator" spot for Bud Light,... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD - "LIGHTS OUT (BUD LIGHT REMIX)"»
Posted on May 19, 2008 in , , (1 comments)
Tags: Santogold
What do you get when you combine the selling power of Bud Light's Santogold with the laconic New York charm of the Stroke's Casablancas and the non-laconic L.A. sizzle of N.E.R.D.-y Pharrell Williams (not featuring Lindsay Lohan)? Basically, a well-produced... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD, JULIAN CASABLANCAS AND PHARRELL ARE CONVERSE ALL STARS»
Posted on May 16, 2008 in (25 comments)
Tags: Julian Casablancas |
Pharrell |
Santogold |
The Strokes
Yes everybody's crushing on Santogold. The record's so solid that Santi and Downtown thought it didn't even need this sweet and mellow reggae jam on its tracklist, apparently. Which is crazy because it is so good, you guys. But then,... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD - "YOUR VOICE"»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Santogold
Greetings from Indio. We saw lots of stuff yesterday: Les Savy Fav, The National, Cut Copy, The Verve (!), Aphex Twin (!!), Jack Johnson (!!!). And so far one celebrity (does Whitney Port count?). While we get going cropping beautiful... CONTINUE READING VIDEOS FROM COACHELLA FRIDAY»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin |
Coachella |
Portishead |
Raconteurs |
Santogold |
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings |
Tegan And Sara |
Vampire Weekend
You can't blame people for thinking Santogold's long awaited debut LP would come on M.I.A. style: there were the preadvertised producers (Kala cohorots Diplo and Switch), the panglobal beat-infused live shows, and the regular stage accompaniment from, well, you get... CONTINUE READING SANTOGOLD BRINGS UNEXPECTED SOUNDS, FULLY EXPECTED AWESOMENESS»
Posted on April 25, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Santogold
Months after Kala made M.I.A. one of 2007's most Sri Lankan crossover stars, Maya's still bringing the bangas to the people with an orgiastic stage show and hypercolor fabric patterns. Indeed our favorite Arulpragasam is lining up a spring-into-summer trek,... CONTINUE READING NEW M.I.A. VIDEO - "PAPER PLANES" (LIVE IN PHILLY)»
Posted on April 18, 2008 in , , (18 comments)
Tags: Adrock |
Beastie Boys |
M.I.A. |
Santogold
There's the "L.E.S. Artistes" video, and there's been plenty of chances to catch her live, but for the Santogold fan with that deep down and unquenchable thirst, this "Creator"'s for you. MTV can't seem to wrap their mind around... CONTINUE READING SANTI WHITE FOR BUD LIGHT, SANTOGOLD ALBUM ART»
Posted on April 17, 2008 in , , (5 comments)
Tags: Santogold
Saturday night's Live featured Ashton Kutcher as host, Ashton Kutcher in one too many Cool Pix commercials, and Gnarls Barkley as musical guest. We never got around to posting Gnarls's show at Highline Ballroom with Santogold last Thursday, maybe because... SNL, Played Highline Last Thursday (With Santogold)'">CONTINUE READING GNARLS DO "RUN" ON SNL, PLAYED HIGHLINE LAST THURSDAY (WITH SANTOGOLD)»
Posted on April 14, 2008 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Gnarls Barkley |
Santogold |
Saturday Night Live
This is it everybody, the last photo post of SXSW '08. That means it's time for our superlatives, so welcome to our list of the SXSW 2008 Top Five. These are the bands who delivered sets we could not stop... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound |
Black Ghosts |
Blitzen Trapper |
Cut Copy |
Diplo |
Flosstradamus |
Fuck Buttons |
HEALTH |
Jim James |
Kevin Barnes |
M. Ward |
My Morning Jacket |
No Age |
of Montreal |
Santogold |
Sia |
SXSW |
The Breeders |
The Cribs
We've been waiting on this one awhile, nice to see it drop just in time to remind people about how tough it's gonna be to get into Santogold's shows at SXSW next week. (She's worth it.) Santi's piss-take on the... CONTINUE READING NEW SANTOGOLD VIDEO - "L.E.S. ARTISTES"»
Posted on March 6, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Santogold
In their new issue, in a section called "Who's Next," SPIN list their eight bands to watch o'er '08. There are surefire bets like Jay Reatard, who recently signed to Matador, and our Santogold, fresh off her Fader cover model... CONTINUE READING SPIN'S EIGHT TO WATCH IN '08»
Posted on January 24, 2008 (24 comments)
Tags: B.o.B |
Black Tide |
Chester French |
Duffy |
Jay Reatard |
Margot And The Nuclear So And So's |
Santogold |
The Wombats
The BBC conducted a poll of 150 music critics regarding the new bands they see breaking out in '08. For those of you who read the lists by British experts we posted a couple weeks ago, the top 10 shouldn't... CONTINUE READING BBC POLL PICKS 2008'S BREAKOUT ARTISTS»
Posted on January 7, 2008 (15 comments)
Tags: Adele |
Black Kids |
Duffy |
Foals |
Glasvegas |
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jongs |
MGMT |
Santogold |
The Ting Tings |
Vampire Weekend
Last seen hijacking liveblogs and drinking from a stiletto -- and before that, turning out the crudest cartoon ever -- Naeem and Benny get back to the business of doing something genuine with this (live-action, thank god) clip of Bangers... CONTINUE READING NEW BANGERS & CASH (FEAT. SANTOGOLD) VIDEO - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."»
Posted on December 6, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Bangers And Cash (Spank Rock) |
Kudu |
Santogold |
Spank Rock
Guess not if you live outside a dorm room. As we mentioned in our post-event recap, Spank Rock definitely spanked (and rocked) the mtvU Woodies before he decided he could kick Jared Leto's ass. Now we have the vodka-tossing video... CONTINUE READING DID YOU WATCH THE WOODIES?»
Posted on November 16, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Rilo Kiley |
Santogold |
Spank Rock
