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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ReviewsI Love UFO – Dirty Animals
It's said that the French can't do rock, which sounds pretty unfair, until you start digging around and find a dearth of notable guitar-slinging groups haili... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsMagic Kids – Memphis
Magic Kids are yet another Beach Boys influenced act making waves right now, by serving up a diet of sun, surf and nostalgia. The Tennessee six-piece might l... Read more »| 29 Aug 2010 -
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Chilly Gonzales – Ivory Tower
Spectacle is something Chilly Gonzales doesn’t shy away from – an acclaimed virtuoso pianist, ‘super producer’, soft-pop crooner and ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
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Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
Indie-legend Edwyn Collins is pretty extraordinary by any yardstick. It’s disappointing, however, that recent expressions of amazement have focussed le... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsÓlöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Holding true to the winning blueprint of debut album, Við Og Við, Icelander Ólöf Arnalds once again employs Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur R&... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsGrinderman – Grinderman 2
As The Bad Seeds fast approach their 30th year, their music has become naturally more bombastic and grandiose. The Grinderman offshoot was, in some r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010
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Videos
The Skinny Sessions: Sparrow and the Workshop
Exclusive live sessions from T in the Park 2010, only at The Skinny and Radio Magnetic. Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
To the uninitiated, We Were Promised Jetpack’s set tonight will likely come across as a bit ‘samey’. To those accustomed to last year&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Amelia Curran – Hunter Hunter
Recently winning a prestigious Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album Of The Year in her native Canada, Amelia Curran's fifth album finally gets its... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
As unlikely a pairing as they are, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are onto their third outing together; if it doesn’t add up on paper it sure as hell... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsFat Freddy's Drop – Live at Roundhouse
As someone who visited Aotearoa this year, I can tell you that the Kiwis go mental for FFD: the reggae/roots scene is huge down there, perhaps as it seems to... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Steve Mason @ The Liquid Room 18 Aug
A newly reopened Liquid Room tonight plays host to one of its favourite sons, and as reunions go, this would take some beating for emotional resonance. Scene... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Beirut @ HMV Picture House, 22 Aug
“I fuckin’ love you Zach!” shouts one punter near the end of Beirut’s stunning performance tonight. “Ah luv yi too!” resp... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Videos
The Skinny Sessions: The Seventeenth Century
Following the success of our stint at the T in the Park kitchen in 2009, this summer The Skinny joined forces with Radio Magnetic to capture a unique series ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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Freelance Whales – Weathervanes
On first listen, this debut album from recently formed Queens quintent Freelance Whales sounds a lot like a toned-down version of Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, w... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010