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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ReviewsEric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
Both gentle beauty and faint banality are captured sweetly Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsCrystal Castles - Vanished
It seemed the norm for a while that, in rock music, a band would release a few heavier hitting tracks as singles, then try to lure in doubters with a softer ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsCute is What We Aim For - Rotation
Apparently, Hacikyan hasn't heard his own record Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Harmonia @ ABC2, 11 Jul
They appear on stage assured in their own reputation and the confidence that comes with the term supergroup Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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V/A - Prins Thomas & Full Pupp presents The Greatest Tits Vol.1
Alongside Hans Peter Lindstrom and Todd Terje, Prins Thomas forms the Norwegian triumvirate famed for their own twisted take on the disco template. While Lin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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CSS - Donkey
Despite debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy becoming something of a ‘soundtrack to the summer’ last year, the resultant slew of mediocre gigs, festiva... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008
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ReviewsThe Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake - Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons
A booming, clattering melee of garage noise, swirling round a hub of simple, effective songwriting Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Kila - Gamblers Ballet
Gambler's Ballet opens with the obscurely-titled Leath Ina Dhiaidh A Hocht, and if the incomprehensibility of that amuses you, it's worth further noting that... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Anyone ruing the entry of terms like "disco throwback" or "new wave revival" in to modern music's increasingly expansive lexicon would be best to leave the r... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Death Cab for Cutie - Cath
Sauntering down the Narrow Stairs of Death Cab's latest LP is Cath, another standard indie rock track from a band that can now be considered among the heavyw... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Jon Jones and the Beatniks Movement - Engine Power EP
Put it on to clear a room of all the losers with no time for real rock 'n' roll Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Last Man Down - Killing Time
Does nothing to embellish on the sound of those they're so clearly trying to emulate Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Bombay Monkey – 130 Astronauts
Bombay Monkey’s sound could be likened to that of The Avalanches or Pepe Deluxe – a mish-mash of styles and genres which creates a truly unique e... Read more »| 20 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Santogold @ The Sub Club, 15 Jul
Two months after her debut Scottish booking, Santogold finally shows up to play Read more »| 18 Jul 2008