At the beginning of next year Mike Skinner will allegedly roll out The Streets’ final album, a time for both rejoice and sorrow – let’s just hope he changes his mind in the meantime or at least in the near future. Enough of that anyway, we’ve got merrier news to share today, and in the spirit of generosity Skinner released a new track via twitter off the upcoming Computer & Blues, an electronic orientated record…
A brand new video for a fashionably old Streets song – beware! Beware of Mike Skinner and his incredible appetite that is, since, besides incredibly rapid fire close-ups, he can be seen devouring copious amounts of food, while sitting back enjoying an after-meal fattie. Although the video isn’t that interesting, I’m more than happy to post “Trust Me” anytime. It’s “dancing music to drink tea to” like Skinner very well went on to describe the…
This post is part of our “Top Albums of The Decade” series. Follow the series to read about the best music to grace our ears in the 2000s. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (Polydor/Universal Records) Like seeing Barcelona play soccer in their homeground, listening to the Scissor Sisters’ eponymous debut album was all about experiencing a showy spectacle in Nu-Camp. Do you see? As much as it sounds like laxy journalism (Who, me? Never!!!) it…
The new video for The Streets’ latest single, “Heaven for the Weather,” isn’t nearly as melodramatic as the last one, for Everything is Borrowed. This latest installment features the honorable Dr. M. Skinner, a sorta cult guru, who has a huge fan base of people who worship his book, ‘Get Low.’ Who knows what hidden paths to enlightenment this fictional book might contain, but I’m pretty sure it’s got some pretty slick scientologic rhymes.
I’ve always been somewhat of a fan of Mike Skinner aka The Streets, especially after his gorgeous sophomore album, “A Grand Don’t Come For Free,” got out a few years ago. His distinctive, sincere lyrics and well put samples (btw, Mike said on his Myspace blog a while back that he’ll soon abandon sampling on stage and will use only live musicians. Props for that, mate!), propelled him to instant success on the British hip-hop…
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