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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ReviewsMartin John Henry – The Other Half of Everything
After the disappointing split of De Rosa on the back of their excellent second album Prevention, this first solo offering by frontman Martin John Henry is a ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
ReviewsFeist – Metals
Leslie Feist returns with the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2007’s The Reminder which, assisted by an iPod iteration that even today seems quite dat... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
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dEUS – Keep You Close
Opinions on dEUS vary wildly. The band effectively divided their career in two when they went on hiatus early last decade only to return with a significantly... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
ReviewsWild Flag – Wild Flag
The latest noteworthy outfit to emerge from the US Pacific Northwest are something of a supergroup, combining members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, Quasi and th... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
ReviewsPatrick Kelleher and His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup
This Dublin-based quintet have forged an industrial-tinged synthpop that brings to mind Robert Rental or early Depeche Mode. Despite the unmistakeable stamp ... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Machine Head – Unto The Locust
For a band who’ve been given their fair share of flak for changing with the times, you have to at least hand it to Machine Head for continuing their un... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011
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Screaming Trees – Last Words: The Final Recordings
Having bookended the ‘grunge era’ with the albums Sweet Oblivion and Dust, yet failing to capitalise on the situation, Screaming Trees officially... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Wake the President – Zumutung!
Channelling their Josef K, Orange Juice and Arab Strap infused sound through an increasingly discordant frequency, Wake the President to and fro between thri... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Big Troubles – Romantic Comedy
New Jersey boys Big Troubles are bang on trend, sharing space with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and surf-pop darlings The Drums, taking ins... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
Live Music
Howling Bells / Cold Specks @ Òran Mór, 19 September
Canada's Cold Specks (****) is something of a pleasant surprise; 23-year-old singer Al Spx has one of those powerful old (but young) soul voices that can st... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – In the Pit of the Stomach
If you name your second album In The Pit Of The Stomach, anything less than gut-punching is going to disappoint. Opener Circles And Squares is a long way fro... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Blueflint – Maudy Tree
Blueflint's debut album, High Bright Morning, was deservedly lauded for its assured rustic charm. Maudy Tree draws, like its predecessor, upon bluegrass and ... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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The John Knox Sex Club – Raise Ravens
At a mere six tracks long, this second album from Glasgow’s John Knox Sex Club packs its weight within its densely layered, yet loose recordings. Compa... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
Saluting Nevermind
A cursory glance at almost any “top albums” list of the last twenty years will almost always involve one familiar shot of a baby swimming after a dollar bill Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
ReviewsDum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams
On their second outing, Los Angeles’ Dum Dum Girls absorb themselves with a clutch of more mature concerns than evidenced by their no-frills debut I Wi... Read more »| 19 Sep 2011