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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ReviewsTOY – TOY
Poor TOY. For all their reviews so far, not one of them ends without a reference to the bands they so clearly spent their youth listening to. My Bloody V... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsKeser – Audeamus
Audeamus is Keser's third album, and this time round they have produced the work themselves. The result is a slightly more stripped-back sound than on 2009's... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsCarlos Cipa – The Monarch and the Viceroy
Fans of Yann Tiersen’s sparse, melancholy piano compositions should find Carlos Cipa’s debut engrossing: a collection of solo pieces by the 22 ye... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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The xx – Coexist
The xx’s debut album was a thrilling affair: dark, playful and sparse. Since we last heard from them, they’ve shed a member and, it would seem, s... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsSoledad Vélez – Wild Fishing
In many ways, the debut from Chilean folk-rock singer-songwriter Soledad Vélez feels almost uncannily familiar.Her influences range across a well... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Mode Moderne – Strange Bruises
On this 7-track follow-up to their 2009 debut Ghost Emerging, Canada’s Mode Moderne indulge in a lovesick homage to 80s indie and new wave: Echo a... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012
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ReviewsKinnie the Explorer – Kinnie the Explorer
The debut from this Bournemouth indie/post-rock quartet is characterised by unexpected shifts in direction: lead guitars mysteriously recede just as songs re... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Obelyskkh – White Lightnin'
There's simply no room left in the metal arena for a textbook approach to doom anymore. Thankfully, the sub-genre has split itself up into further factions o... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Chomp – Buddha Jabba Momma
Most notable for playing in Cloud Nothings, Joe Boyer and Jason Gerycz pound out accelerated power-pop alongside Chris Brown (from Total Babes, that is, no... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Moon Duo
Residents of California, Moon Duo’s Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada know a thing or three about long desert drives. Whether you're hurtling through the Palm Desert or just up the M8, here they provide a mile-by-mile soundtrack for the open road Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Stanley Odd – Reject
Stanley Odd's second full-length album is a step up from Oddio, building on the politicised, hook driven template they evolved on EPs Pure Antihero Material ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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The Dirty Dozen – September 2012
Adopting some kind of variant on the ‘snog, marry, avoid’ critique, Amanda Palmer takes on September’s singles. Expect sex, nudity and strawberries. Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Rudi Zygadlo – Tragicomedies
Any artist whose press release describes their music as ‘pop for people who read’ (cuz, like, Beyoncé is aight but she’ll never unde... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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The Gaslamp Killer – Breakthrough
GLK's full-length debut is a who's who of the Brainfeeder roster, with appearances from Gonjasufi, Daedelus, Computer Jay, Samiyam and many others. It's also... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
Interviews
Great xxpectations: Jamie xx talks Coexist and the future of electronic music
Ahead of The xx's feverishly-anticipated follow-up to xx, Jamie xx talks to The Skinny about his production, the future of electronic music, and how the band continue to coexist Read more »| 04 Sep 2012