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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ReviewsPhosphorescent - Here's to Taking it Easy
Those familiar with the music of Matthew Houck, aka Phosphorescent, won’t be surprised by the title of his first batch of original songs since 2007&rsq... Read more »| 28 Apr 2010 -
Live Music
Fuck Buttons @ The Arches, 24 April
The giant leap that Fuck Buttons boldly took with last year's Tarot Sport is in full evidence tonight at the Arches. Previously the Bristol duo’s live ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsMelissa Auf der Maur - Out of Our Minds
Part of a multi-media art project that includes a film, a graphic novel and numerous slightly flaky blog posts, Auf der Maur is aiming high with Out ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsThe National - High Violet
There’s something strangely beautiful about an unexpected dusk: when you realise early evening has segued into night imperceptibly and without fanfare;... Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
Interviews
Deftones: Garage Days Revisited
As Deftones prepare to emerge from their Sacramento bunker, Chino Moreno and Abe Cunningham talk going back to basics with Diamond Eyes, a love of Risk and a lasting wish to collaborate with Mogwai Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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Virus Syndicate - The Breakout Trilogy
Virus Syndicate’s The Breakout Trilogy is the result of the unholy alliance between brain pummelling Planet Mu producer MRKI and three grime MCs from M... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010
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Team Ghost - You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me EP
It shouldn’t take long to join the dots between Team Ghost and electro French star-gazers M83. Both use similar artwork and typefaces as well as epic g... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Some things are worth waiting for; five years on from their eponymous third album, Broken Social Scene remain one of them. The Canadian collective haven&rsqu... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
Returning with another slab of arena-ready rock come Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady. Craig Finn still expounds bittersweet life lessons over Tad Kubler&rsq... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
Live Music
Inspector Tapehead @ Roxy Art House, 18 April
The Japanese War Effort, aka Jamie, Martin Moog, HRH The King of Poland, that tall male one out of Conquering Animal Sound etc. etc. is proving to be one of ... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
Reviews
CocoRosie - Grey Oceans
Grey Oceans – the fourth album from the US-born, Paris-based sisters Casady – is a schizophrenic and intense tug o’ war. Eerie open... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsWildbirds & Peacedrums - Retina EP
Having recovered from troublesome clouds of volcanic sulphur, Scotland faces a far more devastating Icelandic invasion. Though Swedish by nationality, Wildbi... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
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Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Cosmogramma begins with sledgehammer beats, but quickly mutates. A wafting haze of analogue clicks and dust permeate the veins of this intriguing record, len... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
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Hrdvsion - Where Did You Just Go?
Billed as the record on which he embraces the DJ's primary task of pleasing the crowd, Where Did You Just Go? begs another question: just what did Hrdvsion s... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
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Eagleowl - Into the Fold EP
Moody and atmospheric, Eagleowl deliver a complex and weighty EP with Into the Fold. Bookended by the doleful title track and sombre but triumphant N... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010