With only one album out prior to this gig it was always going to be a fairly short affair, just over half an hour in fact, but it's about quality not quantity and in my opinion that is what this gig delivered to the relatively packed Sub Club crowd. With two almost machine like dancers and DJ, Santogold (Santi White) produced a performance equally as energetic as her debut album.
Despite the fact that she was performing to a backing track she still managed to disguise this fact with her stage presence and that's not mean feat considering her relatively small frame. Having listened to the album countless times in the studio I can safely say that the live show does the music justice in a way that a set of nasty Apple speakers could. Her fusion of heavy hip hop baselines and ska punk past seemed to appeal to a wide variety of folk given the diverse mixture of punters in the venue.
Having spent 50% of the gig at the right hand side of the stage I decided to ditch my colleagues and dance my way to the front of the stage, only to find myself unable to move the crowd was that tightly packed. The gig finished off with a stage invasion comprised mostly of women and left myself and a few other guys dancing slightly uneasily in front of the stage.
Finally I have to say the dancers were fantastic. They were machines. At one point White pulled up one young female from the crowd to give it her best shot against one of the other dancers and to be honest that was never going to be pretty.
Santogold on MySpace. (It's just as painful to look at as MIA's)
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