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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Reviewsof Montreal – Lousy with Sylvianbriar
Prolific glam-funk outfit of Montreal are giving us their twelfth studio album in Lousy With Sylvianbriar, an expectedly whimsical and seductive offering. Li... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsThe Pure Conjecture – Gendres
With its electric pink colour scheme and handwritten font, one would be forgiven for approaching Gendres with thoughts of Kavinsky and satin scorpion jackets... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Live MusicO2 Love Music Column – October 2013
Variety’s the order of the day, with jazz, soul, synthpop, and some good old fashioned gee-tar on the menu at Glasgow’s O2 ABC this October. ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Live MusicTim Hecker / Pete Swanson @ The Old Fruitmarket, 20 Sep
The Old Fruitmarket is a wonderful venue, and it is relatively rare to get to watch avant garde or experimental electronic music in such a cavernous and beau... Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
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Glasser – Interiors
The second album by Cameron Mesirow, aka Glasser, begins with promise – her powerful, emotionally resonant voice is paired with loping proto-dubstep on... Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
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Your Loyal Subjects – Austerity Measures
Led by guitarist and vocalist Doug MacDonald, one-time duo Your Loyal Subjects return 50% larger, using an additional six-string to open out their sound. The... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013
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Gary Numan – Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)
With production from techno stalwart Ade Fenton, Gary Numan's first widely-available release since 2006's Jagged convincingly keeps up with latter day effort... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Boardwalk – Boardwalk
Boardwalk have evoked comparisons with another LA-based male guitarist/female vocalist duo, Mazzy Star, and as their debut lazily unwinds, it’s easy to... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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DARKSIDE – Psychic
The first full-length outing for Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington’s DARKSIDE project opens with Golden Arrow, 11 minutes of arrestingly beautiful ambie... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Islet – Released By The Movement
Musical misfits Islet would like to take you on a journey. The places you pass along the way may well feel familiar – woozy psych, groove-led post-punk... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
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Bailterspace – Trinine
In their original incarnation, Bailterspace’s tendency towards crushing, voluminous noise saw them frequently compared to Sonic Youth. If the New Zeala... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
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Don Cavalli – Temperamental
The second LP from this idiosyncratic Frenchman sees him augment the psych-blues template of his 2008 debut Cryland with touches of electro (Santa Rita), sit... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
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The Field – Cupid's Head
Recorded using only hardware, and no computers, Axel Willner’s fourth solo album since 2007’s much-lauded debut From Here We Go Sublime is, ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
Live Music
Jaws @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 22 September
Duuun dun, duuun dun, dun dun dun dun… It’s clear that the hype gathering around tonight’s headliners, Jaws, in their native Birmingh... Read more »| 24 Sep 2013 -
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The Grand Gestures – Second
For his second collection as The Grand Gestures, Spare Snare’s Jan Burnett invites faces old and new to supply vocals for diverse compositions. Returni... Read more »| 24 Sep 2013