Music
The Skinny magazine music guide. We bring you the latest music highlights, gig reviews and previews, music videos, album reviews and features. Find exclusive interviews with local bands and international stars, bespoke playlists and video premieres.
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Reviews!!! – Strange Weather, Isn't It?
In which DancePunk ™ seems to have metamorphosed into disco funk as curated by George Clinton and Chic. !!!’s first album since 2007’s broo... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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Aberfeldy – Somewhere To Jump From
Not that we want to encourage Aberfeldy’s pathos, but being dropped by Rough Trade, losing several band members and potentially being remembered for so... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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Yu(c)k – Weakened EP
Coveting their underground credentials, emerging noise-pop 90s revivalists, Yuck, have opted not only to release their Weakened EP under alter-ego Yu(c)k, bu... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsRPA & The United Nations of Sound – United Nations of Sound
Having walked in the shadow of his self-assumed messianic status since the release of The Verve’s critical and commercial haymaker, Urban Hymns, Richar... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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Michael Morph – Something For The Weakened
Michael Morph’s natural groove appears to be fidget house, but Something For The Weakened is packed with plenty of gear changes to please more catholic... Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
Live MusicT in the Park 2010 – Saturday
The man responsible for placing Hacienda on the international scene as a home of forward-thinking music opens the Saturday of the Slam Tent in suitable style... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010
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ReviewsRichard Youngs – Beyond The Valley of Ultrahits
With this bafflingly titled 'pop' LP, Richard Youngs makes efforts towards a folk/electronica hybrid as much akin to Richard Thompson as to Four Tet, but lan... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010 -
Live Music
Klaxons @ King Tut's, 13 Jul
Yes, there are glowsticks (well, two) and crowd-surfing is permitted (for a while at least) but primarily the Klaxons (opening with the hypnotically manic Fl... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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Tunng @ Stereo, 22 July
Originally a studio collaboration between London-based songwriters Mike Lindsay and Sam Genders – who has since relinquished his creative duties &ndash... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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Eels @ O2 Academy, 24 Aug
Fresh from Pukkelpop and V festivals, Eels are dropping by to promote Tomorrow Morning, the record set to complete the much hyped album trilogy begun by Homb... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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The Dwarves @ Ivory Blacks, 10 Aug
Dwarves' reputation for being loud and licentious troublemakers stretches all the way from their '80s hardcore roots up to their present role as Chicago's fi... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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Cherry Ghost – Beneath This Burning Shoreline
As with his Ivor Novello award winning debut Thirst for Romance, Simon Aldred here continues his efforts to chronicle the misfortune of life’s losers. ... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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The Roots – How I Got Over
To put it fairly simply, The Roots are as incredibly diverse and disgustingly talented a live act as you're ever likely to see. Thankfully, this shows on rec... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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Professor Green – Alive Till I'm Dead
Who likes this? No really, it's a genuine enquiry. After several spins, it's really hard to know who's benefiting from listening to Professor Green's debut. ... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
Live Music
Converge @ The Garage, 14 Jul
Luckily for everyone this gig takes place in the backspace of the Garage, a smaller and better sounding venue for such a loud and energetic lineup. Kylesa gi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2010