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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ReviewsThe Joy Formidable – Wolf's Law
“Oh wow!” exclaimed Withered Hand when he recently guest reviewed The Joy Formidable’s lead single Cholla in these very pages. “That&... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsSatellites – Satellites.01
Satellites.01 originally touched down in early 2011, in a limited run that was evidently too niche for such an ambitious-sounding record. Though imperfect,... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Roots Manuva – Banana Skank EP
The Banana Skank EP is a departure for Rodders, with two of the four tracks comprised of raps by Smith and collaborator Kope over four-to-the-floor beats. Th... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsWounds – Die Young
Though the bold album cover and title strongly suggest that an extreme brand of hardcore is on the cards, Dublin's Wounds actually tread much more palatabl... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsFuneral For A Friend – Conduit
Welsh post-hardcore outfit Funeral for a Friend aren't exactly known for their consistency; in tandem with multiple lineup changes, the band's track rec... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
InterviewsTomahawk's Duane Denison talks Oddfellows
As Tomahawk return to the fray with album number four, guitarist Duane Denison accounts for the experimental rock supergroup's five year absence Read more »| 04 Jan 2013
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Ulrich Schnauss – A Long Way to Fall
Ulrich Schnauss’ finely-honed blend of melodic techno and shoegazey electronica places A Long Way to Fall in the company of similarly blissed-out recor... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Cuddly Shark – The Road to Ugly
Few bands have monikers as apt as Cuddly Shark’s; fun and loveable, but sharp in tooth. Like last year’s Body Mass Index EP and their self-titled... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Matthew E. White – Big Inner
As well as being the debut album from Richmond, Virginia’s Matthew E White, Big Inner is the vanguard release from Spacebomb, White’s S... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Fat Goth – Stud
“I think you’ve got too much time on your hands,” deadpans Fraser Stewart at the conclusion of the magnificent Debbie’s Dirty Harry, ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Everything Everything – Arc
Everything Everything's mission statement is to make pop music that sounds like no one else – a mantra the Manchester-based band have regularly tr... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Plantman – Whispering Trees
Close your eyes during Plantman’s debut album and you’ll be transported back to an era of pre-Britpop Indie. Given Matt Randall’s (AKA Plan... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Falty DL – Hardcourage
New York's Drew Lustman, aka Falty DL, likes to mess with people's expectations. Influenced by house, garage, RnB and future bass, he never settles on one st... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Toro Y Moi – Anything in Return
The third LP from Chaz Bundick sees the producer’s lush, pop-oriented blend of house and hip-hop take a bold stride towards the mainstream, without s... Read more »| 03 Jan 2013 -
Interviews
Miaoux Miaoux tackles January's singles pile
Requesting we keep the identities of the artists secret (“I’m going to try and guess”), Julian Corrie aka Miaoux Miaoux slips on his critic’s hat. “This reviewing gets harder as you go along,” he laughs. “I’m feeling my brain starting to melt a little..." Read more »| 03 Jan 2013