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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VideosSonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo returns with 'Late Descent #2'
Lee Ranaldo and fellow Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelly returned last year with under the name Lee Ranaldo and the Dust. This week, they unveiled the video for Late Descent #2, taken from 2013's, Last Night On Earth Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
News
What Difference Does It Make? A documentary featuring James Murphy and Brian Eno
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music is the new feature-length documentary from Red Bull Music Academy, featuring Brian Eno, James Murphy and many more Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
VideosKing Krule reveals Hitchcock-inspired promo clip for 'A Lizard State'
The new video for Lizard State by King Krule was revealed today, taken from his album 6 Feet Beneath The Moon. 2013 was been a banner year for Krule, AKA Arc... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Videos
Stones Throw Records' champ Jonwayne debuts 'The Come Up'
LA rapper and producer Jonwayne has had a busy couple of years. In 2013 he released his first offical full-length album Rap Album One through Stones Throw. Now, he shares the new video for The Come Up, featuring a guest verse from Scoop DeVille Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
VideosWild Beasts announce new album, share video for 'Wanderlust'
Returning from a sustained absence with a follow-up to 2011's Smother, majestic Leeds-based indie four-piece Wild Beasts have announced their new album this week. Present Tense is out on 25 February via Domino. They share the first single, Wanderlust Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Strife's What You Make It: East India Youth on his prodigious debut
A chance encounter with a reluctant label boss sent electronic prodigy East India Youth on an unexpected trip. William Doyle tells us about his long-incubating debut and the ongoing struggle to stop impulse trashing his MacBook Read more »| 08 Jan 2014
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ReviewsWarpaint – Warpaint
Warpaint founder Theresa Wayman’s assertion that the follow-up to The Fool would be a minimalist affair is made flesh on this, the LA quartet’s s... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
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Download a free compilation from Armellodie Records
Superlative Glasgow-based indie label Armellodie have released a free compilation as a taste of what we can expect from them in 2014, and to showcase some of... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Videos
Modeselektor meet legendary producer Charanjit Singh
Veteran Berlin techno outfit Modeselektor recently embarked on a tour of India. While they were there, Red Bull Music Academy filmed a meet between the duo of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, and electronic pioneer Charanjit Singh Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Father Murphy – Pain is On Our Side Now
Tackled individually, the four movements that make up Father Murphy’s latest EP are formidably severe: an atonal collection of clanging semi-rhythms, d... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
News
St. Vincent streams 'Digital Witness' from forthcoming LP
Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, has unveiled a track, Digital Witness, from her forthcoming, self-titled album. Her fourth full-length outing, it follows on fr... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
I Break Horses – Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro: the technique of managing light and dark in pictorial art. As titles go, this one’s a statement of intent with substance and weight. This ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Damien Jurado – Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
Jurado's third collaboration with Richard Swift reaches new levels of ethereal brilliance Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
Now over ten years into their career, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show no sign of deviating from their authenticity-obsessed soul revivalism; as the title... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
Australia’s Boy and Bear – a seriously big deal down under – will be instantly familiar to fans of Band of Horses and Midlake on this their... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014