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Original Pirate Material is out tomorrow, a garage album by some bloke called Mike Skinner, aka The Streets.
Garage?! Urgh!
Is what I normally think.
But not this time.
I'll be buying this ablum tomorrow. It's, quite simply, fantastic. How do I know this? Well, I've heard 8 of the tracks. If you go to:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=18555
You can have a listen as well.
Now, even if you don't like garage music, can you do me a favour? Can you go to the link up there, and listen to a track called 'The Irony Of It All’, please? Cheers.
Don't worry about having to wait for it to download, as it's streamed. Also, it actually sounds half decent on my 56k modem.
Anywway, can you give it a listen and let me know what you thin? Cheers.
Garage?! Urgh!
Is what I normally think.
But not this time.
I'll be buying this ablum tomorrow. It's, quite simply, fantastic. How do I know this? Well, I've heard 8 of the tracks. If you go to:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=18555
You can have a listen as well.
Now, even if you don't like garage music, can you do me a favour? Can you go to the link up there, and listen to a track called 'The Irony Of It All’, please? Cheers.
Don't worry about having to wait for it to download, as it's streamed. Also, it actually sounds half decent on my 56k modem.
Anywway, can you give it a listen and let me know what you thin? Cheers.
Just got the album today, and it's fantastic. Good job you reminded us it was coming out! Also bought the new Herbalizer album, Something Wicked This Way Comes, which is really excellent left-field British hip-hop: latin-influenced, live instrumentation and quality MCs.
Such a shame that the charts are so full of pap when there is so much quality in the UK music scene right now.
Such a shame that the charts are so full of pap when there is so much quality in the UK music scene right now.
yeah, I ordered it off cd999.co.uk for £8.49+P&P... not sure when it'll be here but I heard "Let's Push it Forward" last night on MTV2 and that was really quite good...
So I'll sit here twiddling my thumbs till it arrives.
So I'll sit here twiddling my thumbs till it arrives.
Mr Happy, you going to get this album then?
I HATE garage. Well, all the crap like So Solid Pants etc.
I do like dance music, but this is nothing like dance at all.
It's just some bloke expressing his views of the world around him. One of the tracks, 'The Irony Of It All’ is in a similar style to Bill Hicks.
A typical violent lager lout and a weed smoking student having an 'argument' to the music. Very interesting and though provoking.
The album is only 11 quid, so go for it.
You can always take it back if you don't like it...
I do like dance music, but this is nothing like dance at all.
It's just some bloke expressing his views of the world around him. One of the tracks, 'The Irony Of It All’ is in a similar style to Bill Hicks.
A typical violent lager lout and a weed smoking student having an 'argument' to the music. Very interesting and though provoking.
The album is only 11 quid, so go for it.
You can always take it back if you don't like it...
I saw this in Fopp yesterday and I was tempted given the praise it's been getting... but I didn't buy it because I HATE garage music in big angry capitals...
... is it really worth getting even if I don't like garage or dance music?
I can't listen to streamed music and my audiogalaxy's up the spout, so I've not been able to hear it for myself, but it got much praise from NME and it's being recommend here too...
... is it really worth getting even if I don't like garage or dance music?
I can't listen to streamed music and my audiogalaxy's up the spout, so I've not been able to hear it for myself, but it got much praise from NME and it's being recommend here too...
Got this album today in the end, listened to it on my lunch break (only 47 mins).
It rocks!
I hate garage, but this is just so damn spot on it's unbelievable!
The best thing about it is the lyrics. Most other garage stuff I've heard has been spouting on about a load of poo. But you can tell this hasn't been written to sell, it's been written to get a point across.
A worthy addition to anyones CD collection.
It rocks!
I hate garage, but this is just so damn spot on it's unbelievable!
The best thing about it is the lyrics. Most other garage stuff I've heard has been spouting on about a load of poo. But you can tell this hasn't been written to sell, it's been written to get a point across.
A worthy addition to anyones CD collection.
I've got Arab Straps "The First Weekend" as an MP3, it's a fantastic track!
The lyrics to "The Irony Of It All" by The Streets are fantastic, they really put things into perspective in an almost Bill Hicks type way...
The lyrics to "The Irony Of It All" by The Streets are fantastic, they really put things into perspective in an almost Bill Hicks type way...
Yeah, I think The Streets are fantastic: great lyrics especially. I heard the promo of this album a couple of months and it really was brilliant. My favourite track is Stay Positive, which is quite touching. Anyway, I'll be getting this asap.
Anyone who likes this should also check out Arab Strap (esp. The First Big Weekend, Girls of Summer and Trippy): it's the same sort of blend of cool almost spoken-word lyrics and beats-oriented production. Very cool.
Anyone who likes this should also check out Arab Strap (esp. The First Big Weekend, Girls of Summer and Trippy): it's the same sort of blend of cool almost spoken-word lyrics and beats-oriented production. Very cool.
Original Pirate Material is out tomorrow, a garage album by some bloke called Mike Skinner, aka The Streets.
Garage?! Urgh!
Is what I normally think.
But not this time.
I'll be buying this ablum tomorrow. It's, quite simply, fantastic. How do I know this? Well, I've heard 8 of the tracks. If you go to:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=18555
You can have a listen as well.
Now, even if you don't like garage music, can you do me a favour? Can you go to the link up there, and listen to a track called 'The Irony Of It All’, please? Cheers.
Don't worry about having to wait for it to download, as it's streamed. Also, it actually sounds half decent on my 56k modem.
Anywway, can you give it a listen and let me know what you thin? Cheers.
Garage?! Urgh!
Is what I normally think.
But not this time.
I'll be buying this ablum tomorrow. It's, quite simply, fantastic. How do I know this? Well, I've heard 8 of the tracks. If you go to:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=18555
You can have a listen as well.
Now, even if you don't like garage music, can you do me a favour? Can you go to the link up there, and listen to a track called 'The Irony Of It All’, please? Cheers.
Don't worry about having to wait for it to download, as it's streamed. Also, it actually sounds half decent on my 56k modem.
Anywway, can you give it a listen and let me know what you thin? Cheers.