S. P. Balasubramaniam and Shankar Mahadevan & other: August 2008

Sunday 24 August 2008

Amy MacDonald

�This Is the Life� (Decca): A

This stunning debut by a 20-year-old Glaswegian folk-rocker is bold, hardiness and defiant. MacDonald is blessed with a strong, husky voice and higher-ranking guitar skills. She�s besides adept at telling a story; every one of these 11 songs could be a hit. The vitriolic �Poison Prince� disses a pop-star poseur and �Footballer�s Wife� sides with the woman, not the immature sports hero. Everything here is download-worthy, merely the fresh, hopeful �Let�s Start a Band,� with its muffled trumpet and operatic flourishes, will leave you awestruck. This is the life-changing album you�ve been waiting for.

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Friday 15 August 2008

The Streets - Skinner The Streets May Return When Im Broke

Mike Skinner has aforesaid he will only have one more album as THE STREETS after the release of his outgoing record.

The Streets fourth record album EVERYTHING IS BORROWED is scheduled to be released next month.

However, Skinner has not wholly closed the door on the ring, saying he may bring it back when he is "40 and broke".

"I did a five-album deal and I don't cogitate it would be right to be making Streets albums after that. I always envisaged them as a box-set and I've got a vision for each of the albums," he aforesaid.

"The next one will bring it back to the start up in a way. It will be a draw more futuristic in terms of yield but a lot more train-of-thought. Maybe when I'm 40 and broke I might amount back, but that all feels a bit bloomers."

Skinner lately reveled that he scrapped an