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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ReviewsHomeboy Sandman – Hallways
With production handled by DJ Spinna, Jonwayne, a clutch of emerging beatmakers, and a fantastic contribution from minimalist composer Josef Van Wissem, Home... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
VideosKiran Leonard – Oakland Highball (Live) | The Skinny Sessions
The second of two tracks, Kiran Leonard and band recently played Oakland Highball live in session for us at Edinburgh's Electric Circus. Read our recent prof... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Live Music
Jeffrey Lewis & the Jrams @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 23 August
When an artist as tirelessly creative as Jeffrey Lewis makes his first appearance in Manchester for three years (barring last year's show with veteran folk h... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Tricky – Adrian Thaws
Adrian Thaws is, of course, Tricky’s real name. But don’t expect this album to reveal anything new about the Knowle West boy. Rather, Adrian Thaw... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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sleepmakeswaves – Love of Cartography
The lambent, dreamlike qualities of sleepmakeswaves’ post-rock re-imaginings have always been underscored by a winning paradox: music without words it ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Interpol – El Pintor
If opener and lead single All the Rage Back Home doesn’t hook from the off, fear not. Like much of this fifth album from the newly trim trio, bassist C... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014
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ReviewsSinkane – Mean Love
Sinkane's 2012 album Mars made a convincing case for Ahmed Gallab being the inheritor of Curtis Mayfield's crown. On Mean Love, his delicate falsetto, the br... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Little Tornados – We Are Divine
For anyone disappointed by a lack of overt political engagement in pop, try Little Tornados on for size. Led by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Th... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Pulled Apart By Horses – Blood
Pulled Apart By Horses have been successfully welding grimy blues rock to post punk sensibilities for some time. Third album Blood might not win ov... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014 -
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The Travelling Band – The Big Defreeze
The opening line of album number three from Manchester's folk rock stalwarts serves notice of an unexpectedly dark outlook. “There is a man in my dream... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Love Inks – Exi
…In which the Austin trio further refine their minimalist sound to yet more sombre proportions. Where jangling guitars once nagged and prodded atop si... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Joel Gion – Apple Bonkers
After nearly 20 years of rattling the tambourine for The Brian Jonestown Massacre – arguably the cushiest job in rock – Joel Gion finally pens a ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
VideosKiran Leonard – Hecataeus (Live) | The Skinny Sessions
The first of two tracks, Kiran Leonard and band recently played Hecataeus live in session for us at Edinburgh's Electric Circus. Read our recent profile on t... Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Beacons Festival 2014
In Pictures: Beacons Festival 2014 Not even the late arrival of Hurricane Bertha on the Sunday morning could dampen the spirits of several thousand reveller... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
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Merchandise – After The End
So what exactly do you want from Tampa contrarians Merchandise? A return to their hardcore roots? More post-punk noise-pop? Sorry kids. After The End is thei... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014