Sunday 19 October 2008

Streets Ahead

If you don't like The Streets, then look away now. Because you are a bellend.

Recently saw the mighty Mike Skinner. And it was incredible. He played pretty much the whole of his first album, which just goes to show that he knows good music - even if his 3rd album was pretty poor ('Never Went To Church' was the only one he bothered doing from that, and he mixed it in with a tasty little cover of 'Daddy's Gone' by Glasvegas).
So anyway, I'm going with a Streets theme for the post but I didn't want to put up too much of his actual stuff.

Because that would be theft. And theft is wrong.
Sometimes.

So it's mostly remixes.
More importantly, I have to say that Skinner is immense live. There was one chav in front of me who refused to show any kind of emotion, but I know he was loving it. He thought it was Burberrylicious. He definitely liked the, unfortunately brief, cover of 'Pjanoo' Mike's pianist cooked up. And yes, I can call him Mike. We're basically friends.

Seriously though, I highly recommend getting a ticket for his next gig.
Enjoy.

The Streets - Pranging Out (Skepta's Grimey Vocal Mix) Buy
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes (Royksopp's Memory Lane Mix) Buy
The Streets - It's Too Late (High Contrast Remix) Buy
The Streets - Blinded By The Lights Buy

And some banging, dancey electro for the anti-Streets brigade.

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