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More posts are on the way, but here are a few links to start the day…
- St. Vincent’s Annie Clark told the WSJ (via Rawktumblr) that she’s “going to start recording next month, so probably a record out in the fall.” Also, the album she’s making with David Byrne is still in the works, as the pair have recorded “about four songs” for the ongoing project so far. While we wait, watch a short chat and performance Clark contributed to an online Middle East peace rally last month here.
- The Streets are streaming Mike Skinner’s new (and possibly final) album under the moniker, Computers and Blues, over at the Hype Machine.
- Will Oldham sat down for a must-read talk with R. Kelly for Interview Magazine. Also, two new Bonnie “Prince” Billy clips surfaced on YouTube: a rare television performance on Australian television from 1999 and his recent Trembling Bells collaboration, “New Year’s Eve’s the Loneliest Night of the Year.”
- Low are offering a free download of their new single, “Try to Sleep,” off their forthcoming album, C’mon.
- The Decemberists invoked the great Burt Bacharach on Nickelodeon’s Yo Gabba Gabba for their new animal-themed song, “The Great Outdoors.”
The Streets Drop New Video: “Trust Me”
The Streets mastermind Mike Skinner’s Twitter feed was one of the best musician accounts to follow in 2009, particularly during the spring when the British rapper handed out numerous free singles to followers. Out of the blue, however, updates went silent come October… until now: One year to the date since his last post, Skinner has returned with a new video to one of those ‘09 jams, “Trust Me,” and a revamped website, complete with a cryptic 101-day countdown clock. New LP due for early ‘11? Quite possibly. Until then, enjoy the new video above.
Just when you thought the story about the American taken hostage by Somali pirates would be the only pirate-related news this week, the four founders of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were convicted of copyright infringement and sentenced to one year in prison. NME reports that Pirate Bay’s founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmsioppi, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom were also ordered to pay £2.4 million in damages to record labels at the sentencing in Stockholm.
The Streets’ Mike Skinner, who released 3 new songs for free this week on Twitter and plans to drop 3 more next week, responded to the verdict: “I think the attitude that music should be free is wrong and [The Pirate Bay founders’] attitude sucked. artists should be selling music but cheap,” he tweeted.
In a video on thepiratebay.org, Kolmsioppi reacted to the monetary portion of the sentence, saying, “Even if we had the money I would rather burn everything I owned and not even give them the final dust from the burning.”
The Streets’ Mike Skinner and singer Lily Allen have been feuding for the past 4 months after Skinner called Allen a hypocrite for both complaining about the paparazzi and constantly courting their attention. She then hit back, calling his music “boring,” and now he has accused her of stalking him.
Back in October, Skinner presumably started the feud by telling The Sun, “Whenever you read Lily Allen’s blog she’s moaning about some paparazzi bastard. It makes me think: ‘Stop giving them such good stories to write about and it’ll all go away’. For God’s sake people, don’t you get it? She wants all of the photographers following her 
round. She needs it.”
Last week, Allen finally thought of her comeback: “There’s a guy called Mike Skinner who records as The Streets and he did a record that basically talked about how awful it was to be rich and famous.” she said. “I found that really boring.”
Where could Skinner respond to this? If only he could post something short and sweet, via cell phone perhaps. Oh yeah, he has a Twitter! “I’m glad Lily Allen thinks my music is boring. At least she’s not stalking me any more,” Skinner posted.