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
Q Without U - Shut Up! I Invented You
There is nothing inherently bad here, but for the most part, it's indie rock by numbers Read more »| 20 May 2008 -
Live Music
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks @ Oran Mor, 8 Jun
Pavement traded Cobain's self-seriousness but matched his laissez-faire approach to stuff like rhythm, melody and recording values Read more »| 20 May 2008 -
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Vetiver - A Thing Of The Past
A dozen folk gems, bucolically encrusted in the sands of time Read more »| 20 May 2008 -
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Skandal - EP
Skandal’s one of London’s new skool producers, falling somewhere between hip-hop, grime and even dubstep. He’s being hyped alongside the li... Read more »| 19 May 2008 -
Reviews
Land Of Talk - Young Bridge
Young Bridge is a standard indie pop tune, closer to The Cardigans than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Read more »| 19 May 2008 -
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Santogold - Santogold
Santogold is no M.I.A. copycat, according to Ally Brown Read more »| 19 May 2008
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Bloco Electro - Global Beatbox Part 1
An album full of solid electro beats Read more »| 19 May 2008 -
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Skibunny - Remote Control
The synth pads give the song an open, explorative and atmospheric feel, and it's these elements that all contribute to the supremely lush sound of this record Read more »| 19 May 2008 -
Live Music
Iron & Wine, ABC, 12 May
As the wonderfully mellowed, West coast whisper of Carousel drifts all around, we’re reminded of the genius of Beam Read more »| 17 May 2008 -
Interviews
The Days of the Triffids
By reissuing The Triffids' back catalogue, Domino are highlighting and adding substantially to the known canon of Australian indie-rock, as Ally Brown discovers Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Interviews
The Orkestra del Sol of the Garden Party
Even if it is turning out to be the wettest spring on record, no matter. You could always move your feet to some of the finest horn-led frenzy with a whole summer's worth of sun in every bite, as Ali Maloney finds out first hand Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Reviews
Mindless Self Indulgence - If
Raw energy pulses through the veins of every track Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Reviews
Cazals- What Of Our Future
Next to the likes of Digitalism and Klaxons, Cazals appear incongruous to the rest of the roster Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Interviews
Witch: The Brain of J.
From axe-wielding, slacker rock overlord with Dinosaur Jr., to fearsome stick-smith with doom metal-mongers Witch, J. Mascis is clearly a man of many talents. However, as Darren Carle came to realise, being a dutiful interviewee does not appear to be one of them Read more »| 14 May 2008 -
Live Music
Silver Jews @ ABC, 9 May
The music industry’s self-styled anti-hero returns Read more »| 14 May 2008