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SANTIGOLD
santigold.com

Once upon a time, Santigold was called Santogold. That's all in the past, she is back in 2012, with Spin Magazine predicting her to be "one of 2012's pop queens".

Her take over began with a couple of sold-out shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg, now she just released a new single, "Big Mouth" from her forthcoming album, Master of My Make Believe (out this Spring via Downtown Records/Atlantic Records).

What? You haven't heard the song yet? Download the song on her website. If you're too lazy, here is a link to the video.

Warning: crazy animation and dancing ahead.

PRINCE RAMA
princerama.com

Prince Rama are two sisters, Taraka and Nimai Larson. They seem like a really fun live band, with this written description: "Their often-unpredictable live shows graze the space between psychedelic ceremony, performance art and initiation rite." Sounds awesome, wish I could attend their live shows:

02/23 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands *
03/06 Charlottesville, VA Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
03/07 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light
03/08 Savannah, GA Savannah Stopover Festival
03/13 - 03/17 Austin, TX SXSW
03/18 Dallas, TX Bro Fest 2012 @ Club Dada
03/19 Hot Springs, AR Valley of the Vapors Festival #
03/20 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall #
03/21 St. Louis, MO 2720 Cherokee #
03/22 Chicago, IL Hideout #
03/23 Cleveland, OH Happy Dog #
03/24 Pittsburgh, PA Assemble #
04/27 - 04/29 Austin, TX Austin Psych Fest

* = w/ Gary War, DJ set by Brian DeGraw (Gang Gang Dance)
# = w/ Psychic Ills

What does this have to do with 'gold'? You can hear Prince Rama's song, "Golden Silence (Mater Suspiria Vision Remix)" on visitation-rites.com. The song is from their EP, Trust Now, released last October.


BRIEFLY:

THE GOLDEN BEARS thegoldenbears.net The Golden Bears are Julianna Bright and Seth Lorinczi. Their sophomore album, Write It Like You Find It will be out March 21st (but their website lists January 2012). What I found interesting, reading about their album, is that the guest contributors includes Dave Depper from Ram Project, John Moen from the Decemberists, as well as Shelley Short, Sara Lund, and Kate Obrien-Clarke.

GOOD NIGHT GOLD DUST bandcamp.com I can't afford to fly into SXSW this year, but I did have an amazing time covering SXSW a few years ago. Good Night Gold Dust will be playing at SXSW this year, but I could not figure out their tour dates (it's not listed online). What I can tell you is that I think they're based out of Minneapolis, so maybe if they're playing around town, I'll send Lara to stalk them.

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