We Got The Tweet: The Streets Tweet An EP

Twitter has revolutionized the way celebrities broadcast what they ate for lunch. In this column, Stereogum founder @scottgum tracks the latest rock star Tweets and Twends.

Music biz microblogging can be sure silly, with its potential for overblown beefs and identity theft. But it's hard to get mad at @LilyRoseAllen's cryptic concert ticket hunts or @METALFACEDOOM reviewing the new Eminem video. Yesterday we were retweeted by half of Tears For Fears ... #swoon. There's vital discourse happening in the Twitterverse, if you know where to look (hint: not here). But this week's gold star in tweeting goes to @SkinnerMike, AKA The Streets, and his project to record and debut three songs in three days exclusively via Twitter.

Tuesday brought the straightforward "I Love My Phone." Yesterday's funk infused "Trust Me" was better than almost everything on last year's Everything Is Borrowed. The trilogy concluded this afternoon with "David Hassles." I'm calling it The @SkinnerMike EP Vol. 1 because three more tunes are coming next week! I'm not the biggest Streets fan, but this newfangled singles club is a lot of fun. Maybe it'll start a trend. What do you think, Natasha?

01 The Streets - "I Love My Phone" (MP3)
02 The Streets - "Trust Me" (MP3)
03 The Streets - "David Hassles" (MP3)

I made a cover.

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Posted at 3:52 PM by Scott in MP3, We Got The Tweet
Tags: The Streets

7 Comments

Roots' drummer @questlove is pretty prolific. Not just your average content either. You'd have to go see for yourself.

Posted by: Nicole at 04/16/09 5:13 PM  | Reply
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i saw figgy mcfiggerston in the house the other day eating Pez candies and stroking his beard.

Posted by: poonne72 at 04/16/09 5:56 PM  | Reply
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Dope Sauce.......can't wait for next week

Posted by: haakon at 04/16/09 7:36 PM  | Reply
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IN A DEEP VOICE: "What is this tweet-business that you speak of?!"

Posted by: SubSickAlien at 04/16/09 9:42 PM  | Reply
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Twitter is great for bands to get their music out and get exposure. No need to leave it up to those damned record labels.

My Music Blog: http://www.ronaldsays.com
My Music Twitter: http://twitter.com/ronaldsays

Posted by: RonaldSays at 04/17/09 11:55 AM  | Reply
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twitter us at http://twitter.com/jeffandmaya - and then we twitter back!

twitter allows us to reach out to our fans in a more personal way - we get to form new friendships and valuable contacts!

Jeff Bohnhoff....

Posted by: Jeff and Maya  in reply to RonaldSays's comment at 05/07/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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its 11 tracks until now. you can get them in one download.

all new the streets tracks on one album for free download: the streets - the twitter (bootleg)

http://schakkerhart.com/2009/05/the-streets-the-twitter-free-download-all-track-mike-skinner-releases-on-twitter/

Posted by: Toxik Kargoll at 05/13/09 5:13 PM  | Reply
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