It actually reminded me of both "Red Light" & Portishead's "Machine Gun". While it's not gross plagiarization, it definitely makes me wonder who she is going to sound like in her next album.
On Friday, July 18, 2008, at 12:15PM, "ARNIE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>For those of you in the NYC area this weekend, Santogold is performing
>in the Park Sunday. I've really liked her album....check her video out
>for LES ARTISTES....not what you expect at all. She pays homage to
>(plagiarizes?) Siouxsie on "My Superman". You can hear these songs on
>youtube even though there is only an official video for Les Artistes....
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>? SANTOGOLD (Sunday) The songwriter and producer Santi Gold, who
>released her 2008 debut under the pseudonym Santogold, is often compared
>to the Sri Lankan rapper-vocalist M.I.A., although her brash, Pixies
><http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/p/the_pixies/index.html?inline=nyt-org>-inspired
>punk owes more to Siouxsie and the Banshees than urban dancehall and
>jungle: "Santogold" (Downtown) is unapologetically poppy, and the single
>"L.E.S. Artistes" wouldn't be entirely out of place on an Ashlee Simpson
>LP. Ms. Gold will share the stage with the D.J. Diplo, from
>Philadelphia. With the D.J.s A-Trak and Kid Cudi. At 3 p.m., Central
>Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street, (212)
>360-2777, summerstage.org; free. (Petrusich)
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