Some Friday free stuff!

Next up is this Mike Skinner, AKA The Streets, remix of 'Revolving' by Spark, the hotly-tipped BRIT School graduate who's a labelmate of Marina and The Diamonds'.

Included on many a 'Big In 2011' list, LA's Grouplove are treating us to a Captain Cuts remix of 'Colours', one of the tracks from their debut EP which was released this week.

Computer & Blues

Disappointing Final Outing For One-Time King of Garage

2011-01-19 - REVIEW

The Streets to release final album

Computers & Blues is scheduled for February 2011

2010-11-08 - News

Streets' bassist diagnosed with Swine Flue

The Streets' have cancelled all gigs over the next few days, because the bassist Wayne Bennett has gone down with Swine Flu.

2009-08-17 - News

The Streets for the Olympia

With his Everything Is New album doing very nicely thank you in the charts, Mike Skinner has confirmed that he’s bringing The Streets to the Dublin Olympia on January 25.

2008-09-26 - News

Everything Is Borrowed

Everything Is Borrowed is calculatingly whine-free, with lyrics that seem chiefly concerned with probing Deep Questions.

2008-09-18 - REVIEW

Taking It To The Streets

The recent BudRising festival reached a spectacular climax as THE STREETS returned from an 18 month hiatus to rock Dublins Docklands

2008-04-28 - Reports

Bud Rising party revealed

BudRising have announced full details of their April 12 Street Party starring, as fortune would have it, The Streets.

2008-03-18 - News

UPDATED: The Streets lead Bud Rising line-up

The line up for this April's Bud Rising weekend will feature The Streets, Hard Fi, The Raveonettes, The Ting Tings, Maps, Erol Alkan, Future Of The Left, Fight Like Apes and Hadouken!, among others.

2008-02-27 - News

Prangin' Out

A third single from a frankly piss-poor album, now with added input from the tabloid’s favourite – who’s bright idea was that? Whoever it was, take a bow, as ‘Prangin’ Out’ could go a long way to rescuing Skinner’s falling kudos. In fact, it was always one of the album’s highlights – probably all he really needed to say on the subject of celebrity meltdown – and Doherty’s spoken verse is heartfelt, fragile and actually quite moving. Who’d have thought it?

2006-09-22 - REVIEW

Mike Skinner to hit the streets in marathon

The Streets' Mike Skinner has announced his plans to run a marathon

2006-06-01 - News

Streets writing man

With his first two albums, Streets mastermind Mike Skinner established himself as one of the most eloquent, idiosyncratic and gifted vocalists and worsdsmiths of his generation. But the 27 year old came close to blowing it all on spread-betting and crack, not to mention engaging in an XXX-rated tryst with an unnamed pop starlet. Thankfully, he’s bounced back with the tell-all confessional of The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living.

2006-04-03 - Interview

The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living

Drunk teenage girls aside, is there anything quite more unappealing than a whinging pop star? Their logic is unfathomable - they make a record, we buy it and make them famous and wealthy, then they make another record telling us how crap their lives are now and try and sell it to us all over again so they can make more money and wallow in more misery.

2006-03-30 - REVIEW

When You Wasn't Famous

Don’t you hate it when you become famous and pulling girls just doesn’t hold that challenge anymore? So you go for celebrity girls and find yourself quaking like an acne ridden fool again? Mike Skinner does. The first offering from the similarly-themed LP The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, ‘When You Wasn’t Famous’ (for that’s the title what it were given), is as packed to the rafters with Skinner’s witty couplets as we’ve come to expect. What’s progressed is the breadth of his musical scope, with some calypso action giving the track a Lilt-friendly feel. A welcome return.

2006-03-21 - REVIEW

Could well be in

Okay, so the anodyne tune itself might not sound out of place on a PJ & Duncan album, but as ever, it’s Mike Skinner’s wry observation of the complicated mating rituals of middle England that gives the single its impetus.

2004-12-03 - REVIEW

Blinded by the lights

Following the all conquering success of ‘Dry Your Eyes’, its hard to see where Mike Skinner goes immediately next.

2004-09-15 - REVIEW

Skinner takes all

2004-06-18 - REVIEW

The word on The Streets

The Streets’ new album, A Grand Don’t Come For Free, looks set to skyrocket Mike Skinner’s status as the voice of hedonistic British youth. Hot Press meets up with Skinner backstage in Derry to discuss the creation of his latest masterwork, the perils of fame, superstar collaborations, hanging out in Ibiza and the art and artifice of his onstage persona.

2004-05-28 - Interview

A Grand Don't Come For Free

Delivered with compelling lyrical dexterity and all the elements of a great story (love, crime, betrayal, action and substance abuse), this is a superbly crafted record.

2004-05-19 - REVIEW

A Grand Don't Come For Free

Armed with a hood-load of forceful character and a (Ben Sherman) pocket full of poesies, Mike Skinner has single-handedly altered the British urban/garage landscape

2004-05-06 - REVIEW

Streets ahead

Danielle Brigham hears the gospel according to Mike Skinner

2003-07-14 - REVIEW

Streets spirit

Mike Skinner is Belfast-bound this September

2003-07-04 - News

Let's push things northward

The Streets - aka Mike Skinner - head to Belfast for the Vital '03 Festival

2003-07-03 - News

Skinner's principles

This time last year, Mike Skinner of The Streets was a complete unknown. 12 months later, he reflects on being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, shrugging off the attentions of Damon Albarn, turning down a stack of film roles and partying in Dublin. “There’s been a lot of mad moments,” he acknowledges

2003-01-08 - Interview

Don't Mug Yourself

2002-10-25 - REVIEW

The Streets

This, ladies and gentleman, is the real fucking deal!

2002-08-15 - REVIEW

Weak Become Heroes

2002-08-01 - REVIEW

Suburban hymns.

Kim Porcelli meets Mike Skinner, the fresh-faced wide-boy who's caused something of a quiet riot in garage circles with his debut as The Streets

2002-05-14 - Interview

Block party!

Exclusive: The Streets push things forward into Dublin's Ambassador in August

2002-05-02 - News

Let's Push Things Forward

2002-04-12 - REVIEW

Original Pirate Material

Original Pirate Material is the best album by a British artist since OK Computer. He is a rapper, producer, songwriter and bedroom boffin extraordinaire that has set a new benchmark for just how thrilling, insightful, innovative and brilliant music can get

2002-04-08 - REVIEW