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The 25 Best Album Covers of the Decade (2000-2009)

A great album cover captures the imagination and sears itself into the brain, forever fusing its iconic imagery with the music it comes to signify...  read more

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Santigold announces tour, records with Beasties, Byrne

Santigold has kept busy since the release of her debut album, Santogold, almost a year ago. From dropping the "o" from her name to touring extensively, Santigold is not stopping any time soon. Before heading back to the studio to record a follow-up to her successful debut album, the Philadelphia dance queen is ready to bring the party once again throughout North America this Spring....  read more

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By Any Other Name: Santogold Meets Johnny Cougar

Last week, new-wavey Brooklyn singer/producer Santogold announced an abrupt change in the spelling of her name...  read more

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The Most Exciting Artists I Discovered This Year

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Here at Paste, we pride ourselves on championing new artists. So much so, in fact, that we devoted a whole cover story to the subject just a few months back. For the purposes of this blog post, I automatically ruled out anyone who appeared in that Best Of What’s Next feature, or in our monthly Emergent section. Beyond that, the only criteria were that I first heard them in 2008, and that I liked what I heard.  ...  read more

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Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, Santogold - Richmond Coliseum - Richmond, VA - 10/28/08

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[Above: Beastie Boys]Photos taken at Richmond Coliseum by PJ Sykes...  read more

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Staff Picks - Nick Marino (managing editor)

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1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Beggars/XL/4AD)2. Santogold and Diplo - Top Ranking (Mad Decent)3. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (Illegal Art)4. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)5. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)6. Sigur Ros - med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)7. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (Astralwerks)8. Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy (MCA Nashville)9. Foals - Antidotes (Sub Pop)10. Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL/Warner Bros.)...  read more

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Signs of Life 2008: Best Music

Check out Paste's top 50 albums of 2008...  read more

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Santogold to headline first U.S. tour

Santogold, who first started making some serious noise in April with her self-titled debut, is headed out on her first U.S. headlining tour. The Goldrush tour, sponsered by MySpace Music, comes on the heels of her opening run for Coldplay....  read more

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Listen to Pharrell, Santogold and Casablancas' Converse song

There’s something both simple and transcendent about a classic pair of Chucks. It’s a style that’s lasted through the decades, with everyone from Brit punks to hip-hop moguls to young female MCs donning the kicks. And perhaps that’s why Converse managed to wrangle together L.A. beatmaker Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., Brooklyn's so-hot-right-now Santogold, and Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas to record a song together. ...  read more

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Santogold offers free MP3, tours

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Philadelphia-raised Santogold's MySpace bio opens with these words: "Santogold is a survivor of a half century worth of living along musical evolution’s most cutting edges. The only live act that can boast of having out-aged Barbara Bush, having outlived Mr. Miyagi and out styled Liberace, Santogold is here with future flavor." Not to be confused with Santo Gold, a recording artist who apparently recorded a song entitled "Your Fired" [sic], inspired by Donald Trump, Santogold is the latest artist in the M.I.A./Diplo/Spank Rock circle, and her self-titled album has been receiving massive amounts of critical praise in the last...  read more

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