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Tuesday, February 8 2011

The Streets: Computers and Blues

Computers and Blues isn’t always the send-off we might have hoped we’d receive, but that might at least partially lie in our own lofty expectations.


Friday, February 4 2011

The Streets: Cyberspace and Reds

Mike Skinner's precursor to Computers and Blues is confrontational, vulnerable, messy, and really kind of fascinating.


Monday, September 15 2008

The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed

Happy and healthy aren't really adjectives normally associated with Mike Skinner's output as the Streets thus far, and perhaps that's enough to make Everything Is Borrowed worth a listen.


Monday, June 26 2006

The Streets

) is running the New York Marathon this year. Seriously, he ran no less than 18 miles before the show. What the hell?!?!


Friday, April 28 2006

The Streets: The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living

In many respects, fame has not changed Mike Skinner: he's still charismatic, he's still insecure, and he's still just as messily pessimistic.


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Friday, January 28 2011

The Streets Releases New Mixtape, 'Cyberspace and Reds'

Mike Skinner, a.k.a. the Streets, has dropped a brand-new mixtape on the Internet. Given Soundcloud's ever-growing trendy hipness, he has chosen that platform to showcase…


Thursday, May 21 2009

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004) Video Collection (video)

Five years ago this week the Streets released A Grand Don't Come for Free, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Original Pirate Material (2002). Adrien…


Wednesday, May 6 2009

The Streets - "He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu" (video)

Mike Skinner a.k.a. the Streets, in an attempt to be eminently newsworthy, pulled together a bunch of zombie movie footage to produce a video about…


Wednesday, April 15 2009

The Streets - "I Love My Phone" / "Trust Me" (MP3)

As if we aren't getting hit over the head enough with Twitter hype these days, now artists are debuting music using the ubiquitous micro-blogging system.…


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