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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Live MusicThe New Mendicants @ International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 13 July
Supergroups are a risky business. For every Gutter Twins-style success, there’s a Broken Bells – a set of mouthwatering ingredients that just tas... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsMedicine – To The Happy Few
Reunited by Captured Tracks to release their back catalogue, 90s LA shoegazers Medicine decided to record a new album, and the result is far from the wall-of... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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Moderat – Moderat II
There were seven years between Moderat’s first EP and album, with the Modeselektor duo and Apparat’s Sascha Ring putting the gap down to “a... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
With three Grammys on their mantelpiece, The Civil Wars’ slick output has no shortage of admirers. The secrets of their success are obvious: both Joy W... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
Live MusicChurch of Noise – August 2013
From the return of the much-missed John Knox Sex Club to a cheerio show from Texas Is the Reason, we take a whirlwind tour of the more esoteric sounds to be found on the circuit this August Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
FestivalsIn Pictures: Insider Festival 2013
Insider Festival 2013 Images from this years Insider Festival all the way up in Inshriach, Aviemore. Photography by Ingrid Mur Read more »| 24 Jul 2013
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Reviews
Washed Out – Paracosm
A paracosm is a psychological term for a spectacularly detailed imaginary world – think Tolkien’s Middle Earth or Westeros in George RR Mart... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Newsted – Heavy Metal Music
The rock journeyman finally releases his solo debut. It’s just over a decade since Jason Newsted called time on his 15 years with Metallica, a gig he l... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Barbarossa – Bloodlines
'We can’t forget where we’re coming from,' sings James Mathé (AKA Barbarossa) on single Pagliaccio, and he’s right: appreciating the... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Scott & Charlene's Wedding – Any Port In a Storm
If the opening one-two of Junk Shop and Lesbian Wife didn’t offer enough cues – the former all languid guitar and sneers, the latter breezie... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Live MusicClang Boom Steam @ MelloMello, Liverpool, 20 Jul
The launch of Liverpool-based Clang Boom Steam's self-titled debut album proves diverse and intense in equal measure, with the audience treated to an evening... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Sax and the City: Manchester Jazz Festival
Now in its 18th year, Manchester Jazz Festival returns to the city this month, with contemporary upstarts and crumhorns in tow Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Toby Gale – Starfruit EP
The debut release from this South London producer is an admirably concise affair: over four tracks, totalling only 12 minutes, Gale flits rapidly through rea... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Live Music
Shangaan Electro @ The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, 20 Jul
One! Eight! Seven! One! Eight! Eight! One! Eight... NINE! It's a sweltering day's dusk and Shangaan Electro's Nozinja is hyping a crowd decked... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
News
NETVERK Podcast: July 2013
Exploring the world of netaudio, the NETVERK podcast returns to The Skinny, with tracks from The Jet Age of Tomorrow, Sole, and Run The Jewels Read more »| 22 Jul 2013