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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ReviewsPerfume Genius – Too Bright
Promises that Portishead’s Adrian Utley has helped Mike Hadreas turn his sound on its head for his third record may be a little exaggerated – but... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsA Psych for Sore Eyes: Liverpool Psych Fest 2014
As Liverpool Psych Fest stakes its claim to be Europe's premier site of sonic worship, The Skinny questions the festival's visual experts on the aesthetics of psych, plus their plans – and the music – for this year's event Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Much could be made of Ryan Adams' first album in three years sounding, accordingly, his most focused since 2005's underestimated tone poem, 29. Arriving... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Live MusicThe Last Big Weekend: Saturday, 30 August
It’s been a summer like no other in Glasgow. In July the city was transformed for what’s being widely recognised as being the most successfu... Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsEnd of the Road 2014
As festival season hurtles towards a close, End of the Road showed them all how it's done Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
Live MusicElectric Fields 2014
For a maiden festival, Electric Fields gets quite a few things right, location being not least of all. Set on the grounds of the stately Drumlanrig Castle, p... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014
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Camera – Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide
The live-recorded, improvised psychedelic workouts of Camera's debut Radiate! saw them championed by Michael Rother of Neu! and Kluster's Dieter Moebius. The... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Interviews
When Adrian Melts: Tricky Interviewed
Enjoying a prolific streak, Tricky returns with his eleventh studio album, Adrian Thaws. We speak to the Bristolian maverick about his new release, personal independence and the problem of superstar DJs Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
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Goat – Commune
This mysterious Swedish collective certainly got chins-a-wagging in 2012, thanks to the sheer scope of their all-action psych-rock. This second LP picks up w... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
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"No one’s come along to do what we do" – Death From Above 1979 strike again with The Physical World
Once described as ‘Marilyn Manson with melody’ and ‘Slayer down the disco with Michael Jackson,’ Death From Above 1979’s Sebastien Grainger stops this nonsense with cold hard facts and a kick-ass new album Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Eureka California – Crunch
Jake Ward is a clever so-and-so. Over-educated, over-stimulated and over it all – the classic American slacker tale, and one that can feel overdone whe... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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The Vaselines – V Is For Vaselines
With their second album in five years, Kurt Cobain’s one-time “favourite songwriters in the whole world” can now claim to actually be more ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Bronto Skylift – Date with a Ghoul
From the opening bars of Bird Catcher, Bronto Skylift grab you by the scruff of the neck and pin you against the wall. Ordinarily, when confronted with this ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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David Thomas Broughton & Juice Voice Ensemble – Sliding the Same Way
It’s hard to feel totally at ease during Sliding the Same Way. Maybe it’s due to lyrics like “I killed a man with a broken glass” in ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Nehruviandoom – Nehruviandoom (Sound of the Son)
The pairing of up-and-coming rap sensation Bishop Nehru and metal-faced veteran MF Doom might seem a strange one – Nehru's been championed by big ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014