Listen Before You Buy

TweetShare So here it is, the fifth and final album by The Streets. A couple of weeks ago Mike Skinner (The Streets’ mastermind) released a free mixtape called “Cyberspace And Reds” featuring a host of musicians from all over the shop, and next week he releases “Computers And Blues”, the allegedly last album by The [...]

TweetShare Quite possibly the best track on his blinding and stellar debut album, James Blake has released a video for “The Wilhelm Scream” over at Pitchfork. There’s only a week left until his self-titled LP drops (less than a week if you’re in the U.K. or reading this more than 12 hours after I post) and it’s [...]

TweetShare Whilst we wait for The Streets‘ allegedly last album, Mike Skinner has put together a mixtape for us to keep us happy. He’s put together a scavenger hunt in order to get your download of said mixtape which is pretty fucking cool, unless you don’t have an iPhone.  They made an app called the [...]

TweetShare This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in [...]

TweetShare It’s a shame that new music from The Streets may soon be a thing of the past, but for the last nine years or so it’s been one hell of a ride. Mike Skinner’s never really been much of a public figure, refusing to do interviews or photo shoots when he first started out but then [...]

TweetShare A couple of days ago, 21 year-old Londoner James Blake performed three new songs from his upcoming self-titled album, set for release in February. The album itself actually leaked last week and made its way around the internet with pretty much everyone loving it, including myself.  I’ve probably listened to it about 15 times [...]

TweetShare Hiatus gone, The Streets are back with some new tunes, some new videos, and most importantly for the next couple of days, a fucking Christmas song! Featuring The Music’s Rob Harvey on vocals, his uncharacteristically poppy voice makes the song almost kinda cheesy, nothing like his rasp and tear on songs like “Take The Long Road [...]

TweetShare For people who are too ingrained in the stereotypical American ways of Hip-Hop, acts like MC Solaar or The Streets just sound silly. I’ve let a few people listen to non-American Hip-Hop and they laugh at it because it’s either not in an American accent or because they can’t wrap their heads around something other than [...]

TweetShare I’ve been sitting on this for a while now, and even though he’s been around for over a year, he’s really only starting to gain momentum, so that’s why it’s an “Introduction” piece. When listening to either of James Blake’s three EPs (all released in the last 10 months) or his couple of singles [...]

TweetShare If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too.  Using the hashtag (#) followed by “MusicMonday” you can easily find new music posted [...]

TweetShare If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too.  Using the hashtag (#) followed by “MusicMonday” you can easily find new music posted [...]