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
Albert Hammond Jr - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
It's sometimes difficult to get too excited about side-projects, no matter the sincerity invested in them Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights - July, 2008
Edinburgh Isosceles couldn’t sound more Glasweigian if they tried, so if you dig on choppy riffs, hip-shaking rhythm sections and an oh-so-insouicant ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
James Blunt - I Really Want You
The use of ‘really’ in song lyrics is almost always redundant. Ray Davies pulled it off in You Really Got Me, because the next line is ‘you... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Izzie Voodoo – The Push (Basilica Music)
Music for the internet generation. This really should be circulated on teenage MySpaces, where I'd never have to listen to it. To be fair the industro-rock i... Read more »| 28 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
Dananananaykroyd Canananananyfail
They may claim to produce 'Idiot Rock Music', but when Billy Hamilton catches up with Dananananaykroyd's Calum Gunn he finds an ambition to conquer Eurovision lurking beneath their ear-piercing sounds Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Atmosphere @ Voodoo Rooms, 17 Jun
Atmosphere may never own a private jet, but they'll never want for a place to crash Read more »| 27 Jun 2008
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Reviews
Trentemöller - Live in Concert EP (Poker Flat)
Taken from last year’s Roskilde festival performance, this 4-track EP captures perfectly the energy of the band’s live performances. Take Me Into... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Ironik - Stay With Me
Stay With Me magically sounds as though it was thrown together in a matter of seconds. This translates as a sense of spontaneity and imbues the vocals with a... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd
Kidz In The Hall’s sophomore effort, The In Crowd, combines a broad palette of sounds that will please even the pickiest headz out there. Thirteen out ... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
Mixtapes are changing the game in hip-hop, and Wale's new one is up there with the very best Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
Lyrics Born: Can't Touch This
Tom "Lyrics Born" Shimura is a phenomenal rapper; a graduate from DJ Shadow's crate dug Quannum collective and a tireless collaborator, his recorded work has literally taken him from London to the Bay. James Blake speaks to a man who does not mince his words Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Duty Free @ Cabaret Voltaire, July
Save your tenners for the Fringe and discover your new favourite band at the Cabaret Voltaire in July Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: Tricky
The ever-rasping Tricky Kid marks his return with a rediscovery of his musical heritage called Knowle West Boy this month (see our review in Records). We recently gave the dark prince of trip-hop a tinkle while he was preparing to seep under the door in gaseous cloud form, to ask which tunes would get him most juiced if he were to find himself in a training montage situation. Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - July, 2008
Soak up the chun! Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Mara Carlyle - Ancient and Modern EP
You know when you hear a vocalist with real passion, because it sounds unlike anything you’ve heard before. Mara Carlyle’s tone may not be incred... Read more »| 26 Jun 2008