Master of My Make-Believe
Four years after her genre-blending debut, Santigold offers a polished assortment of global pop tunes produced by the likes of Q-Tip, TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, Boys Noize, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner.
Music has changed a lot in the four years since Santigold released her self-titled debut—and in her estimation, not for the better. In recent interviews, the singer has bemoaned the state of contemporary pop, singling out LMFAO for particular derision in a chat with Pitchfork, and she teased her sophomore album Master…
Santi White wants our attention. She’s certainly had it before: Almost every facet of her genre-defying 2008 debut was head…
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Frontwoman Santi White has taken on the face of Santigold for Master of My Make-Believe, as depicted in the album's artwork, which finds her portraying all four characters (even the mustached man that sits front and center).
Santi White starts her sophomore album with explosive momentum, opening with a Karen O collaboration appropriately titled “GO!”
Santigold's hard-fought second album falls somewhere between MIA and Florence Welch, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Santigold may not possess Kanye’s megalomaniacal charisma, but she’s just as much of a pop-music savant.
Santigold might have kicked off the trend for all-out sonic eccentricity in modern pop, but she sounds strangely subdued today, writes <strong>Rebecca Nicholson</strong>