Jay-Z  & Kanye West – Paris (DOCO Dubstep Remix)

Santigold will be back in 2012 with a new album and tour dates. This is exciting news considering the promise of her 2008 self-titled debut. While she has made appearances here and there, the only thing we have heard from Santigold recently was “Go” which featured Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Santigold – Unstoppable

While we don’t know if “Go” will appear on her sophomore release, we do know that it will be called Master of My Make-Believe. According to Santigold’s interview with V Magazine, she has worked with a slew of great people on the album. Dave Sitek from TV on the Radio, Nick Zinner from YYY, Switch from Major Lazer and celebrated producer/song writer Greg Kurstin who is a member of The Bird and The Bee.

Master of My Make-Believe should be released in 2012 considering her new tour dates and actually titling the album are promising indicators that it will see the light of day this year.

Things will be much clearer next week as Santigold has announced another date at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 16. Santigold announced a January 17 appearance at MHOW and that sold out quite quickly. Tickets for the January 16 date go on sale Friday, January 13.

Santigold will also be at Coachella.

Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange ran into D.M.C. (Darryl Matthews McDaniels) this week in New York. Rudkowski told D.M.C. of a stunt he was filming at the time: “When bankers come out of the banks and try to grab this money, we pull it away from them and ask them ‘when’s enough enough?’ and ‘weren’t the bailouts more than enough?’” D.M.C. responded with this rap:

Forget about the politics
It’s all about the music
Not just a vocalist for your amusement
Things that Obama did – there’s room for improvement
Bailing out executives
Our schools are getting ruined
Why you thinking all the kids are always being truant
Hey Mr. President, what the hell you doin?
Hate to bust your bubble but a trouble is a’brewin

Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis

The latest free mixtape from The Weeknd is here. Echoes of Silence follows up the great House of Balloons and Thursday. It’s been a busy 2011 for The Weeknd but music fans are definitely grateful for The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye.

The Weeknd – D.D.
Echoes of Silence features nine tracks including a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana.” Need any more convincing? Head over to The Weeknd’s homepage and scoop up your own copy of Echoes of Silence. If you slept on Thursday or House of Ballons, you can download the mixtapes there as well.

If The Weeknd’s homepage is slow, the direct link to Echoes of Silence is here.

Echoes of Silence Track List
1. D.D. (Dirty Diana, Michael Jackson Cover)
2. Montreal
3. Outside
4. XO/The Host
5. Initiation
6. Same Old Song
7. The Fall
8. Next
9. Echoes of Silence