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ReviewsLiverpool Sound City @ various venues, 1-3 May
Sound City, you’ve got a lot to answer for. As The Skinny emerges bleary-eyed from yet another instalment of Liverpool’s biggest ‘showcase ... Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
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Childhood / MayHeGo @ Sneaky Pete's, 24 April
It doesn’t take much to make Sneaky Pete’s feel busy. When Edinburgh trio MayHeGo kick their set into gear (yes, that’s a play on... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
ReviewsThe Body / VOE @ Audio, Glasgow, 22 April
Dotted inbetween the bald-headed and bearded metal-heads who are tonight's main audience are a handful of nervous-looking hipster types (this reviewer among ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsEx-Easter Island Head @ Kazimier, Liverpool, 20 Apr
Liverpool-based group Ex-Easter Island Head are in a celebratory mood, having released two highly acclaimed minimalist records in the past 12 months. The mos... Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
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George Clinton @ The Ritz, Manchester, 17 April
George Clinton has spent the best part of the last 40 years orchestrating the freakiest gang of funkateers known to mankind. How freaky you ask? The answer l... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsTherapy? The Garage, Glasgow, 7 April
While the same old talking heads romanticise Britpop’s worst b-sides and exhaustive Nirvana nostalgia draws to its ugly conclusion as pictures of Kurt ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2014
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Manic Street Preachers / The Twilight Sad @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 4 April
In June, the Manics will bring their studio album tally up to an even dozen – impressive considering their one-time pledge to release a doubl... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
FestivalsThe SxSW Diaries: Casual Sex vs Texas
Co-starring Gus Fring, an irate Russian taxi driver and a couple of dutiful canines, Casual Sex drummer Chris McCrory underlines the band's South by Southwest debut with a full and frank account of their collective experience Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
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Tim Hecker / Julianna Barwick @ RNCM, Manchester, 1 April
For a festival concerned with all things digital, the organisers of FutureEverything couldn’t have put together a more innovative pair of musicians tha... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
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Evian Christ / Koreless / Lorenzo Senni / Visionist / TCF @ RNCM, Manchester, 29 March
Despite little being known about upcoming producer TCF, his lush acousmatic composition juxtaposed by gravelly digital decay has stunned audiences and got cr... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
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Wild Beasts @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 26 March
Anyone would think it were a homecoming, as almost 2000 people join the swell of Lion’s Share: “Boy, what you running from?”, they implore,... Read more »| 28 Mar 2014 -
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The Notwist / Jel @ Mono, 16 March
Watching Anticon founder, Themselves and cLOUDDEAD beatmaker Jel play the MPC and sampler is like watching a gifted classical pianist attack the ivories &nda... Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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Eagulls / Autobhan @ Nice N Sleazy, 7 March
Performing in a half-empty basement venue in Glasgow on a Friday night could intimidate some raw bands from out of town, but Autobahn display no sign of nerv... Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #3: Beyond Tartan and Shortbread
As our Texan adventure hurtles to a close, the away team knock it clean out the park Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #2: Insomnia Afterhours
The Skinny is already firmly in the grip of sleep deprivation’s hallucinogenic effects by day two; did we really help Kurt Vile over a fence last night? Read more »| 15 Mar 2014