So, what about this drift toward the melancholic?
“I try to do things differently every time, and I guess this is just something that I haven’t . . . ” He stops abruptly. “I’m trying to do things that I haven’t covered before.”
Mike Skinner recorded a series of videos discussing each track from The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living. These videos will be available starting this week on Music For Robots and Lemon-Red.
On the Web
The Streets: http://www.the-streets.co.uk
Vice Recordings: http://www.vice-recordings.com/
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Queen Latifah is never going to be Billie Holiday.
- Burial
Dubstep has been given its Dizzee Rascal moment with the release of Burial’s Untrue , the elusive London producer’s second album.
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You’ve probably heard of two of the “indie” hip-hop artists below, even if they’re bypassing trad distribution models and just giving away their music.
- Lucky 13
Our producers Hall of Fame
- Working girls
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- De-colonized
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