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The Streets: Computers and Blues – review

(679/Atlantic)"I go out without a blink," Mike Skinner tells us on his fifth and final Streets album. He's talking about going to the pub, but the valedictory note is hard to overlook, as is the massive understatement. The geezer poet laureate is going out with a flash and a bang on his most assured record in years (which he has twinned with a sprightly online mixtape, Cyberspace and Reds). There are moments of angst amid the inevitable cultural references and stoner philosophising – "You can'...

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00:05 on February 6 2011

The Streets: Computers and Blues – review

Guardian Music — (679/Atlantic)"I go out without a blink," Mike Skinner tells us on his fifth and final Streets album. He's talking about going to the pub, but the valedictory note is har... more info

The Streets Mike Skinner

00:00 on February 8 2011

Album review: The Streets, Computers And Blues

Scotsman.com — Computers and Blues may not be the finest episode in The Streets series, but it's a decent send-off for a man who knows that he's had his time more info

The Streets