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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ReviewsNoisia - Fabriclive 40
For those who like their drum and bass a bit darker, this will definitely not disappoint Read more »| 22 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
John Tejada - Where
Established and respected minimal tech guy John Tejada weighs in with the 50th release on his own label, a solid yet sometimes predictable home of minimal te... Read more »| 22 Jun 2008 -
Live MusicDeerhunter @ Stereo, 15 Jun
The only low points are encountered when Deerhunter invite comparisons with prime-time, Irish stadium-bastards U2 Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsFree Kitten - Inherit
The Yoof similarities will no doubt be welcomed Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsWeezer - Pork and Beans
Classic Weezer may well be back Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
There's No Future Quite Like The Left
Two thirds Mclusky and one third Jarcrew is a potent mix in any rock alchemist's book. And so the formation of Future of the Left and their debut album Curses proved to be. Darren Carle caught up with the band's constituent parts to talk about anime, psychos and magical nights Read more »| 19 Jun 2008
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Live Music
Earth @ Stereo, 16 Jul
Something of a second coming for Dylan Carlson Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Live MusicHarmonia @ ABC2, 11 Jul
Harmonia was effectively a side-project, but one which brought together three of Krautrock's biggest names Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
News
Drinks on Dr Pepper? Chinese Democracy Leaks
After many years of personnel changes, questions over whether the album even existed and much in the way of general mincing about, might the wait for Axl's opus finally be over? Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Weezer – Weezer
On the strength of Weezer’s third self-titled album, it could be perceived as though Rivers Cuomo set out just to mess with us when he embarked on a ca... Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
The Kills - Last Day of Magic
Could prove something of a Venus Fly Trap for those who haven’t quite subscribed Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
Roland Appel: Solo Soldier
Colin Chapman turns his attentions to the ever-successful Sonar Kollectiv label, and the shiny new debut LP from house artist Roland Appel Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Hydro Connect Festival @ Inveraray, 29-31 Aug
Connect returns to Inveraray with a new name and a new approach Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
The Music @ ABC, 5 Jul
The second coming of The Music finds them working their way towards fulfilling those early stadium ambitions Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Wounded Knee - Mystic Mixtape
This psychedelic and schizophrenic outburst jumps from peak to trough unheeded and is quite unlike anything these ears have heard in, well, ever Read more »| 18 Jun 2008