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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ReviewsAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Indie success hasn't done anything to sway Ariel Rosenberg's unyielding dedication to kitschy, sex-obsessed synth-pop; Kinski Assassin – the bawdy... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
ReviewsThe Smashing Pumpkins – Pisces Iscariot [Deluxe Edition]
After the success of the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, Pumpkins fans will be frustrated to learn that whilst Pisces delivers in some areas (a compe... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
ReviewsGZA – Liquid Swords [Deluxe Edition]
Nearly 20 years after the Wu-Tang Clan – that's RZA, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and the late Ol' ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
Live Music#UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August
In Pictures: FOUND presents... #UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August FOUND, joined by computational linguist Simon Kirby and Aidan Moffat, prese... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
The Shy Retirer: Perfume Genius in interview
Pain, sadness, anxiety: it's a tough job being Perfume Genius. But things are looking up, Mike Hadreas explains Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
News
NETVERK – August 2012
The Skinny brings you a monthly roundup of the very best netaudio releases Read more »| 16 Aug 2012
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Live Music
Toots and the Maytals @ O2 ABC, 10 August
Toots Hibbert has an infectious smile, and plenty of reasons to wear it tonight: his home nation celebrates 50 years of independence this month; a weighty h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
The Twilight Sad announce remix LP
Liars, Horrors, Com Truise and Optimo for No One Can Ever Know – The Remixes Read more »| 14 Aug 2012 -
ReviewsChilly Gonzales – Solo Piano II
From prankster rapper to electro-funk maestro, the artist formerly known as Jason Beck has long demonstrated a playfully flexible attitude towards genre. I... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
The Darkness – Hot Cakes
Smut’s always been a core ingredient of The Darkness’s overstretched shtick, but I could swear it used to come with more wit. The glam riff and... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Bailter Space – Strobosphere
Strobosphere sees New Zealand indie-noise pioneers Bailter Space return, after a 13-year hiatus, to a markedly different musical landscape, in which neo-sh... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
Matthew Dear talks Beams, Eno and the rhythm of life
As Ghostly founder Matthew Dear prepares to release the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Black City, we caught up with him to talk about Brian Eno, the tempo of 'real life,' love, and Elton John Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Swans – The Seer
With a running time of two hours, Swans' second album since the project's reactivation in 2010 is something of an endurance test. Yet, given band leader M... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Ned Collette & Wirewalker – 2
The second album from Ned Collette’s Wirewalker project, and the first since the Melbourne-born songwriter relocated to Berlin, subtly augments his ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Interviews
Factory Floor: "We're still totally unsure of what we do; it's still exploratory"
Factory Floor have dragged industrial music kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century with their blend of techno, experimental noise and improvised performance Read more »| 03 Aug 2012