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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InterviewsSpeech Debelle Quizzes Talib Kweli
She's a Mercury winning London MC with an inquisitive mind, he's a critically respected Brooklyn rapper with heavy opinions to offload. We put the two together... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
InterviewsThe Magnetic Fields: The Strange Powers of Stephin Merritt
Reluctant in interview but with a work ethic to make James Brown proud, The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt explains why he enjoys a good deadline Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsHooded Fang – Tosta Mista
To say Hooded Fang are retro is akin to saying Lemmy likes the odd drink. The Canadian outfit are quick to acknowledge their debt to the 60s and the explosio... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Tall Firs – Out Of It And Into it
Indie aristocracy all seem to agree that Tall Firs are a bit special. Having spent the last decade sharing stages with and impressing the likes of Shellac, S... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Swound! – Into the Sea
Choosing to package their debut full-length with a 76 minute in-the-studio documentary suggests the four brothers that make up Swound! aren’t lacking s... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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Meshuggah – Koloss
Sweden’s – hang on, let’s just make that the planet's – foremost tech-metal architects return with their answer to ‘difficult s... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012
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Reviews
Soulfly – Enslaved
Anyone even vaguely familiar with Soulfly will probably know the drill by this point in the band's career, and indeed, those who have been following along ov... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsLittle Doses – Rock Riot Soul
It’s difficult to imagine how Snow Patrol could ever have served as the platform for creative quarrel (not if you dug Songs for Polarbears &ndas... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
Interviews
New Blood: Die Hard
Not the John McClane nuts you were expecting, Glasgow trio Die Hard are a talented band of mysterons who arrived overnight with a Technicolor debut. We sat down for an introductory blether... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: School of Seven Bells
Benjamin Curtis, one half of New York dream pop duo School of Seven Bells and part-time guitarist for Michael Rother's Hallogallo, recommends a handful of his all-time favourite records Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsVCMG – SSSS
SSSS represents one of the most intriguing reunions in the history of electronica, bringing Vince Clarke and Martin Gore back together for the first time sin... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Live Music
Do Not Miss: Mark Lanegan Band @ O2 ABC, 9 March
Having cut a record with everyone but your mother (actually, better check that), modern bluesman Mark Lanegan returns – band in tow – to show off... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Interviews
Lambchop: "I’m sure my doctors would prefer me to become a little more prudent"
As the world around him rushes from pillar to post, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner has always been happy to keep his own pace Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Yeti Lane – The Echo Show
Despite the repugnant title, psych-pop’s been carving out a respectable comeback of late. Following the release of 2009’s acclaimed eponymous deb... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Ceremony – Zoo
Hysteria, the lead single from Ceremony's Matador debut, hints towards an experience far removed from the grinding power-violence of the Californian quintet'... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012