Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs today at noon midnight EST on Left of Center. New stuff this week from the Streets, Fight Bite, Department of Eagles, Girls, Esau Mwamwaya, and more. You can listen right here, for free. Full playlist for this week some mp3s after the jump...gorilla vs. bear sirius blog radio :: august 111. Department of Eagles :: No One Does It Like You2. Richard Swi...
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You never know if the Streets' aka Mike Skinner is messing with you or just taking some major BS out of his arse. Skinner was suppose to WALK to France from the UK, but due to scheduling conflicts didn't at the last moment. Now, Skinnner might be pulling our leg again about his fifth album being his last, despite the fact that the fourth, Everything Is Borrowed, still hasn't even dropped. Skinner
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The headline may pretty much says it all, but Sasha Frere Jones at the New Yorker writes a little mreo ind-depth on what exactly is going on. A couple of details:it's happening via twitterand he said "I am going to tweet 3 new songs this week. I can't be bothered with all this trying to sell you music. It wastes valuable time."i love how this whole music thing is getting set on its head from bi...
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--- - |- The Streets fourth album is complete and set for release on September 15th. Everything is Borrowed is a charming, thoughtful and incisive album melding the very best components of the first three albums while managing to, as ever, sound refreshingly new. After dropping a taster of the album ("The Escapist") last month, The Streets have delivered the goods on the first single proper ...
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This week of releases doesn't excite me too much. There are a few good releases, however. Here is a list. Annuals - Such FunAttack! Attack! - Attack! Attack!Bella Morte - Beautiful DeathDeerhoof - Offend MaggieJolie Holland - The Living and the DeadLambchop - OH (ohio)Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos - Not Animal! Sarah McLachlan - CloserMegapuss - SurfingOasis Dig Out Your SoulThe Prete
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Yet another disappointing week of albums. Check out the extensive list below:Celtic Thunder - Act TwoNe-Yo - Year of the GentlemanLindsey Buckingham - Gift of ScrewsDarius Rucker - Learn to LiveBuckcherry - Black ButterflyJem - Down to EarthRaphael Saadiq - The Way I See ItNelly - Brass KnucklesPatricia Barber - The Cole Porter MixAll That Remains - OvercomeAl Stewart - Sparks of Ancient LightJ...
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The Streets aka Mike Skinner has run into some glitches while recording his new album and follow-up to 2006's The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living.In a post on his MySpace blog Skinner wrote about the album:“Lost at poker again and just realised that four of my songs aren't good enough, which means losing the alien song AND the devil song. Gutted. We've even got the alien one ready to play li.
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The Streets’ Mike Skinner has announced he intends to release three more newly-recorded songs this week after he posted links to three free tracks last week, I Love My Phone, Trust Me and David Hassles.He tweeted over the weekend: “3 more tunes next week. I’ve really enjoyed this week.…
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--- - |- In May, Pitchfork news reported that a track by Mike Skinner called "The Escapist" had been made for a film and didn't make the cut, and would feature on a forthcoming album by the Streets (we now know the album is called Everything Is Borrowed). We also reported that the video for the track featured Skinner walking across France. Well, the Ted Mayhem-directed video is here, and we do...
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In this clip for the opening/title track of the new Streets album, Mike Skinner is at home, not roaching a spliff and watching telly, but waking the wife and making breakfast for his son. Their domestic bliss is cut short when six dudes show up to repossess the house. It's "an artistic piece of credit crunch drama" according to The Beats' video description. The maudlin refrain "I came to this w...
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Mike Skinner's feeling philosophical these days. Along the lines of "The Escapist ," which had Mike getting help from a choir while walking the streets, taking in trees, rain, stones and sand while pondering life's fleeting moments, "Everything Is Borrowed" has him getting existential over similarly tear-jerky beats: "I came to this world with nothing, and I'll leave with nothing but love. Ever...
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PopSense has a twitter.So does Mike Skinner.Something tells me his is slightly more useful/productive than ours.He has tweeted the crap out of the indie world yet again with these 3 latest singles.Enjoy.The Streets - A Blip On A Screen.mp3The Streets - See If They Salute.mp3The Streets - Long Working Day.mp3Thanks Stereogum!Subscribe to PopSense via feed or email, or friend us on Facebook or fo...
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Mike Skinner, frontman of UK Garage outfit The Streets, recently uploaded a new tune, titled “Trust Me,” that's something of a return to the project's uptempo, funky roots.The Streets “Trust Me” (.MP3)The England-themed track finds Skinner happier than we've heard him in three LPs and spitting lyrics about British culture, club and otherwise, over a soulful shuffle beat.You can make it sou
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"Everything Is Borrowed", the fourth album from The Streets will be released on September 15th in the U.K. There's been speculation that their fifth album "may be the last":http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog_post/165746, but nobody is sure due to the unpredictable nature of frontman Mike Skinner. He DID seem really excited about this new LP in his myspace blog though, check this out. "WWO...
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Mike Skinner found £100 in his pocket and decided to announce via his Twitter account that anyone who met him on the bridge in London at midday would receive the money. Whoever turned up had to say the words 'Messi messed up the Reds' in reference to last nights Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona, and then Skinner would allegedly hand over the money.
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