Occasionally being forced to research new music is not so bad. I had to cover the mtvU Woodies on Wednesday, so in the interest of vague preparedness I googled all the performers and found that I quite like Santogold. Probably music bloggy types have so totally known about her since early February, but I never claimed to be relevant. Here are some youtubes:


There's something about this song that I just can't quite put my finger on. It's got a kind of elusive appeal about it--sort of a light touch. On the surface it's a little boring, but it's nicely textured. Am I using enough adjectives for you here? For some reason it very indirectly reminds me of the Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang." They both have a nice, breezy bass-and-guitar-riff combo.


(Adena, if you're reading this, the second half of this video is pretty badass.)