belated thanks to atalanta...

[alonewiththemoon]

...for recommending Santogold some time back--her album just became available at emusic.com, I remembered you mentioning her, I downloaded it, and loved it!  A couple of the songs definitely have that M.I.A. sound (especially Creator, which is currently in some beer commercial) but really the album is very diverse.  Influences I hear strongly would be Siouxsie, the Clash, a bit of Daniel Ash type guitar work, Depeche Mode, some singer-songwriter a la Michelle Shocked or Tracy Chapman, plenty of reggae and other world influences, a little splash of industrial in a hip hop kind of way.  It's quite the mishmash but it all works.  (she also reminds me a bit of amadea  vocally speaking)  I definitely recommend her album!

In unrelated news, I ordered a royal blue holo on purple metallic meleya dress from L. Rose. It will be glorious!

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[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

I keep forgetting to email and downgrade my account (they make it so easy to upgrade! Dropping down to a smaller plan? not so much), so I still have a bunch of downloads left this month... Downloading it now, thanks for the recommendation!

[atalanta.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'll have to get it!
Yeah, she is ripping off the late 70s and 80s all over the place.
I heard the ad - How did she already get in a beer commercial practically before the album came out?

[alonewiththemoon]

There's actually two beer commercials, the one with the MIA sounding song and another one with a more summer fun in the sun type song. I think they are both for Miller Lite though I could be wrong. It's amazing how many commercials feature good music--people like us must work at ad agencies :-)

Other influences that I hear are Lush and grrl punk stuff like the Lunachicks. There's lots of layers there!