Best Songs of 2008: Week of 5/5-5/12

"You'll Find a Way" by Santogold 

Yes, I'm jumping on the Santogold hype bandwagon. Brooklyn-based Santi White went solo after doing a lead singer stint in the punk band Stiffed and the sound on her first album which I totally love is a cool mash-up of dub, '80s New Wave/Ska and alt-punk. Love her voice too which is reminiscent of Karen O's from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. White has been compared to M.I.A., but I actually like Santogold WAY better. She's also been getting a lot of attention for being one of the few black women in the alt music genre. Here's to her.

Check out her MySpace page for tour dates.

Here's a video of another great song by Santogold, L.E.S. Artistes. For those of you non-New Yorkers, L.E.S. stands for Lower East Side. :)

Comments

[Pedraum Pardehpoosh]

I hear you on the bandwagon thing but I can't help it. It's haüt!

P