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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ReviewsThese New Puritans - Hidden
Heralded as a masterpiece upon its release in 2005, Liars' Drum's Not Dead often finds itself in a laundry list of esoteric influences for any number of youn... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
ReviewsBuilt to Spill - There Is No Enemy
Built to Spill are an endangered species. Even though 1997’s Perfect from Now On and their powerful influence on America's "Northwest sound" (c... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
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Bass Clef - May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way
As the title suggests, the three year wait for dubstep prodigy Ralph Cumbers – AKA Bass Clef – to serve up his second album has been partly due t... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
Xiu Xiu @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 21 Feb
Experimental art rock gaggle Xiu Xiu will be packing an emotive punch on this forthcoming tour for Dear God, I Hate Myself, if lush album teaser Gray Death i... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
ReviewsJapanese Voyeurs - That Love Sound/Blush
Who remembers the 90s? Japanese Voyeurs certainly do, or if they’re not old enough, they’ve been busily swotting up on their big brother’s ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
Vivian Girls @ Captain's Rest, 20 Jan
Vivian Girls are on surprisingly prim form. Sure, there's plenty of scuzz, toms and harmonic reverb-filled vocals, especially during Second Date and an acape... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010
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Live MusicImogen Heap @ ABC, 8 Feb
Since hitting her stride with 2005's Speak for Yourself, singer songwriter Imogen Heap has constantly found new and innovative ways to create electronic hype... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
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Gil Scott-Heron - Me and the Devil
If hip-hop is dead, then Gil Scott-Heron made a pact at the crossroads. With Me and the Devil he succeeds in resurrecting the genre’s gaudy corpse and ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
Comanechi @ Captain's Rest, 18 Jan
The Captain's Rest is compact, cosy and always perfect for its frequent louder gigs. This is especially true when they're packed to the gills like this one, ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge sees Oakland legends Souls of Mischief reunited for an album that won't fail to delight fans of quality hip-hop. Starting out on a defian... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Danny and the Champions of the World - Streets of Our Time
Either we’ve been caught on a soppy day, or Danny and The Champions of the World make genuinely affecting country-folk. Australian-born, south London l... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Chew Lips - Unicorn
East London boy-girl-boy trio Chew Lips do a good line in dance-pop, and since forming in early 2008 they've been busy fiddling with the electro template. Th... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
Miike Snow @ Stereo, 4 Feb
Songwriting duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg are responsible for some of Madonna and Kylie Minogue’s latest hits. Hell, they even won Britney... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Nitzer Ebb - Industrial Complex
A lot of underground bands spent the 80s trying and failing to change the world. Nitzer Ebb decided instead to change electronic music – and th... Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
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Tom McRae - Alphabet of Hurricanes
Mercury-nomination aside, Tom McRae has never enjoyed the critical or commercial profile that might have been expected. Specialising in moody singer-... Read more »| 21 Jan 2010