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 Black Keys - Oceans and Streams
In 2007, The Black Keys announced they would collaborate with Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Demon Days by Gorillaz) for a forthcoming LP. Given that the blue... Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
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Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics
An outstanding achievement that thankfully lives up to the fervent media pressure being heaped upon them Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Calexico @ The Queen's Hall, 11 Sep
Calexico and friends signal a marvellous return to their Tex-Mex flavoured roots Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
InterviewsMogwai: Rock Action, By The Book
On the eve of the release of Mogwai’s sixth album, Barry Burns tells Darren Carle about finally delivering on their ‘instrumental’ tag, schmoozing with literary stars, and why Young Team is shite Read more »| 17 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Wire @ The Arches, 11 Sep
It's "Pink Flag!" over here and "Pink Flag!" over there—all through the night. Nostalgia is a delicate thing at a rock show. There’s a certain un... Read more »| 17 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsThe Record Round Up: September, 2008
The Round Up will critically acquaint you with some of the month’s brightest (and shitest!) long-playing releases Read more »| 17 Sep 2008
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Scars on Broadway - World Long Gone
Its simplistic, stabbing staccato rhythm is perhaps even hooky enough to rival Chop Suey Read more »| 17 Sep 2008 -
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Take A Worm For A Walk Week - The Monroe Transfer
Evil? Yep. Pop? Maybe if you squint. But twee? Never. Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déja Vu Live
A conversation of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s merits could be the same today as it was in the 70s. Fan 1: “Have you heard that new album by ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
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O'Death - Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin
A brutal and riotous stomp of punk, bluegrass and swing Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
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Bon Iver - For Emma
Nearly everything about the song For Emma exhibits some degree of plurality: Justin Vernon’s choir of falsettos, multiple guitar overlays, the lyrical ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
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David Vandervelde - Waiting For the Sunrise
A top-down Cadillac drive through the breezy West Coast scene of the 70s, and something of a beautiful trip Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Meshuggah at The Garage Preview
Nobody likes it when a band cancels, not even the band. So when Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman tells a packed Garage how happy the Swedish experi-metal quint... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Die! Die! Die! @ Captain's Rest, 9 Sep
If I know anything about Kiwi band managers - and having watched an awful lot of Flight of the Conchords, I’d say I'm pretty clued up - it’s that... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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The Faint - Fasciinatiion
While Fasciinatiion presses aural boundaries, it falls short lyrically Read more »| 15 Sep 2008