The Streets ; Everything Is Borrowed, And A Grand Don't Come For Free
Mike Skinner, who you probably know by his rapper alias, The Streets, is going to be releasing his fourth LP. Before I fill you in with the details of this new album, let me explain a little bit about Mr.Skinner.
Mike Skinner is a British rapper who was born in Birmingham, England. His first major single, Has It Come To This, was released by Locked On records in late 2000. Since then, he has released three albums, one of which is a concept album (my favorite) about losing a grand, going through various ups and downs, and then finding the grand again. It is appropriately titled, A Grand Don't Come For Free.
Alright, now, the new album, which is titled Everything Is Borrowed, is slated for release on September 15th, 2008. Here's the track list;
- "Everything Is Borrowed"
- "Heaven For the Weather"
- "I Love You More (Than You Like Me)"
- "Just Thought of Something"
- "On the Flip of a Coin"
- "The Sherry End"
- "Alleged Legends"
- "What are Chances of That Like?"
- "When That Day Will Be"
- "Further Away"
- "Strongest Person I Know"
- "The Escapist"
Swedish ... Music Makers? (that's what I get when I can't choose between rock and pop, maybe I should just put Pock, or Rop?) Peter, Bjorn & John have recently released some important details about their new album, which will be entitled Seaside Rock.
The album will be released ONLY on vinyl (that's right, bitches), and as a digital download. It is also interesting, and utterly depressing, to note that their will be only 5000 LPs pressed in the US. The album, which is originally supposed to be strictly instrumental, is apparently not going to be so instrumental after all. This is what the band had to say about it, in a press release;
"As homage to Peter Bjorn and John's respective hometowns they wanted to feature the voice and dialect from each of the three areas. So apart from the instrumental soundtrack to the lonely childhood of northern Scandinavia you can also hear three monologues about some sort of seaside. The stories are read by a real saxophone player from Norsjö, a grandfather from Vika and the hairdresser Siw from Piteå."
Here's the track list;
1. Inland Empire
2. Say Something (Mukiya)
3. Favour of the Season
4. Next Stop Bjursele
5. School of Kraut
6. Erik's Fishing Trip
7. Needles and Pills
8. Norrlands Riviera
9. Barcelona
10. At the Seaside
Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
For those of you who are Sonic Youth fans (hopefully this is a majority of you), you'll be quite happy to know of a new addition to the Sonic Youth Recordings series. What is the Sonic Youth Recording series, you ask? Well, that's what I'm here for.
Aside from being signed to a major label Geffen Records, Sonic Youth also releases music, mostly of the experimental or instrumental varieties, on their own record label, entitled Sonic Youth Recordings. What's most interesting about these releases, is that each album is in a completely different language. So, now it's time for the eighth release in the series, entitled Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth (Danish).
This album, which I'll admit, I didn't have such high hopes for, definitely exceeded my expectations. It is Sonic Youth, pure and classic, who I thought were winding down, after the Starbucks release of the Hits For Squares compilation. Thankfully though, this is not the case. Don't believe my incessant rambling though, experience it for yourself. Unfortunately though, I cannot supply you with a track from this album, seeing as their is only one track, and it's 53 minutes long. See my predicament? So, to solve this problem, you should go buy it for yourself.
You can buy it right here.
Well, that's all for this week. I'll be keeping in touch with some smaller posts during the week.
Til' Next Week
