Originally from Philadelphia, Santi White picked up her nickname after her habit of wearing huge gold earrings. Sounds to DiS like M.I.A. taking Gwen Stefani's album and making it good. You heard it here first.

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Upcoming events

• Fri 16 May at Manchester Roadhouse
• Sat 17 May at Brighton Digital
• Sat 24 May at Bristol Thekla Social
• Sun 25 May at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms
• Mon 26 May at Birmingham Academy Bar
• Fri 30 May at Glasgow Sub Club
• Sun 01 Jun at Dublin Crawdaddy
• Tue 03 Jun at London King's Cross Scala

Releases

• Santogold - album, out 12/05/2008 on Lizard King Records. 1 review (read/post)
• Creator/L.E.S. Artistes - single, out 29/10/2007 on Lizard King Records. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Mon 12 May at London Old Blue Last. (post review)
• Sat 10 May at Sheffield Plug. (post review)
• Skins Second Series Tour, Sat 09 Feb at London Shepherd's Bush Pavillion. (post review)
• Tue 20 Nov at London Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen/Bar and Grill. (post review)

News

• 05/05/2008: Chart round-up: "Where do I stand for a corner kick?"
• 18/04/2008: The Great Escape: full Saturday schedule
• 18/04/2008: Hyde and seek: good bands discovered on Wireless bill
• 11/04/2008: Ah ah ah aah aahhh ahah ahhhh: Santogold album, single, tour
• 10/04/2008: Unveiled: the final addition to DiS' Great Escape bill
• 09/04/2008: Amy Winehouse, Underworld, rest of world's population confirmed for Bestival
• 01/04/2008: Grinderman eye-up Santogold as Summercase hots up

Features

• 14/05/2008: The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
• 08/05/2008: WIN! Tickets to The Great Escape
• 05/05/2008: Singles Round-up (05/05/08)
• 17/04/2008: Santo Claws: talking S1W, M.I.A. and Mark Ronson with Santogold
• 20/03/2008: South By Southwest 2008: the DiSummary
• 09/01/2008: It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's Certifiable Successes picks
• 23/11/2007: DiScover: Santogold

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