Santigold was in a tough position heading into this high-profile show: she has a new album ready to roll, but nobody has heard it yet. Friday's set showed both the artist's awareness of the awkward situation and a lot of cleverness, as she deployed every trick in the book to keep the crowd on her side. For starters, she came out firing with familiar material, leading with "Go," her collaboration with Karen O from earlier this year. She then followed immediately with both hits from her debut album, "L.E.S. Artistes" and "Lights Out." The former led to frenzied crowd pogoing, while the latter reminded us that selling a single to a light beer for ads can sometime dilute a tune's impact. more ›

Audacious and lovely, Santigold has stepped to the forefront of the electro-rap following amoung us. With somewhat of an identity crisis in media coverage, let the debate be settled. She was originally called Santgold—hence her debut album title—but has officially changed to Santigold. The "o" was dropped after she was sued by film maker by the name of Santo Gold. No biggie, the new moniker more closely resembles her birth name, Santi White, anyway. Formerly the singer of punk band Stiffed, she has waned far away from her ska roots, but holds on to the funkiness and originality. more ›