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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ReviewsDaphni – Jiaolong
Dan Snaith’s Daphni project functions, for him, as a kind of antithesis to his more well-known Caribou alter ego; as he explains, the creative proces... Read more »| 25 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsNegative Pegasus – Looming
If one has ever been introduced to Negative Pegasus by way of a festival flyer or an egotist blog, allow the following to function as an official disclaime... Read more »| 24 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsHidden Orchestra – Archipelago
Hidden Orchestra's sophomore album sees the Edinburgh outfit once more trading in lushly-orchestrated, cinematic compositions with strings, flute, horn and b... Read more »| 21 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Homeboy Sandman – First of a Living Breed
Homeboy Sandman's liquid flow and intelligent lyrics make him a perfect fit for Stones Throw, and tracks like the soul-inflected Whatchu Want From Me? and th... Read more »| 21 Sep 2012 -
Live Music
El-P / Despot / Bigg Taj & Spee 69 @ Stereo, 18 September
With Stereo's basement superheated to a temperature somewhere beyond that of a tropical rainforest, the night kicks off with a set from UK rapper Spee 69 a... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsRangda – Formerly Extinct
The second LP from this absurdly talented US psych-rock supergroup – comprising two of the most thrilling guitarists around, in Sir Richard Bishop an... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012
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Reviews
Two Fingers – Stunt Rhythms
Over a sixteen-year career, Brazil’s Amon Tobin has demonstrated an unerring creative instinct which, combined with his painstaking attention to det... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
Live Music
Torche / The Cosmic Dead @ O2 ABC2, 15 September
Our very own psych-kraut wizards The Cosmic Dead open with a free-form improvisational set. They're only three members strong tonight, but the combination ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2012 -
Live Music
Beirut / Daughter @ O2 ABC, 11 September
Built around Elena Tonra’s candid songwriting – a litany of break-ups and breakdowns in a doleful key – Daughter’s fragile sound cou... Read more »| 19 Sep 2012 -
Interviews
The Gaslamp Killer: Neo-Beatnik Shaman
The Gaslamp Killer wants to “lead the youth” to enlightenment. He explains how his epic, psychedelic debut album Breakthrough heralds the dawn of a new Beatnik era Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Satellite Dub – Velikovsky Said EP
With a title that references a Russian psychiatrist and writer about comparative mythology, whose theories posited that the Earth had experienced several cat... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Playlists
NETVERK – September 2012
In this month's NETVERK, we have a grumble about Soundcloud follow limits, and check out new music from the netlabel scene, featuring tracks from Tombz, Holobeams & Broken Machines, Mirrors, 80s Stallone and VS//YOUTHCLUB Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
kNIFE & fORK – The Higher You Get the Rarer the Vegetation
From Magic Band member to stints backing the likes of PJ Harvey, Eric Drew Feldman’s CV exudes pedigree. For kNIFE & Fork – a collaboration w... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
Interviews
Waxing Lyrical: WHY?'s Yoni Wolf on his favourite couplets
As a man who appreciates the form more than most, we asked Yoni Wolf to compile some of his favourite lyrical verses. "Feel free to edit the fuck out of this," he said. We never touched a thing... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
InterviewsMumps, Rhymes, and Life: WHY?'s Yoni Wolf in interview
After a few years out of the spotlight, WHY?'s Yoni Wolf steps inside the confessional booth, sort of Read more »| 11 Sep 2012