Music
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OpinionThe Albums of 2012 (#1): Death Grips – The Money Store (Epic)
Amid a howling storm of hypertext hype, copyright controversy and multimedia performance art excess, Death Grips emerged into the mainstream to produce The Skinny's Album of the Year - The Money Store Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
OpinionThe Albums of 2012 (#2): Django Django – Django Django (Because Music)
From relative obscurity to lauded Mercury Prize nominees – via the unconventional route of FIFA International Soccer – Dave Maclean of Django Django looks back on his band’s whirlwind year Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
Opinion
The Albums of 2012 (#3): Grimes – Visions (4AD)
The Skinny catches up with our favourite sibylline songstress to hear about her year and get the inside track on the future of music Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsRoc Marciano – Reloaded
Roc Marciano's been gaining high praise for Reloaded, the follow-up to 2010's acclaimed Marcberg. There's something about it which just doesn't sit right. Pe... Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#4): Errors – Have Some Faith In Magic (Rock Action)
They asked us for a little faith and in return delivered a sermon of divine sonic alchemy. Errors man Steev Livingstone pulls back the curtain on their finest creation yet Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#5): Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory (Wichita)
With their second album in a year Cleveland's Cloud Nothings pulled off a convincing change of identity. Dylan Baldi explains why returning to the drawing board has become his favourite pastime Read more »| 05 Dec 2012
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Opinion
The Albums of 2012 (#6): El-P – Cancer4Cure (Fat Possum)
Number seven in our top ten albums of the year, El-P talks to us about his stunning return to hip-hop, Cancer 4 Cure Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#7): Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
With influences that ranged from Lil Wayne to Neil Young made plain from the outset, Dirty Projectors' sixth LP could easily have been a mess. Thankfully Dave Longstreth's latest vision was quite the opposite Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#8): Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (Constellation)
A decade on from their last album, and with precious little fanfare, Godspeed You! Black Emperor proved they were still a force to be reckoned with. Praise be Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
OpinionThe Albums of 2012 (#9): The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know (FatCat)
Embraced by a growing legion of fans but shunned by an increasingly chart pop-oriented UK summer festival circuit, The Twilight Sad's frontman James Graham looks back on a bittersweet 12 months Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#10): Matthew Dear – Beams (Ghostly International)
Matthew Dear's Beams spearheaded the 2012 trend that saw electronic producers embracing classic songwriting and pop music tropes - but what has he got planned for next year? Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
Interviews
Last Shop Standing: The State Of Independents
The humble record shop has had a tough time of it these past few years. But when author Graham Jones and director Pip Piper began to document the current landscape for their Last Shop Standing project, they found heartening signs of recovery Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights – December 2012
This month's live music highlights, including an unmissable show with The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Holy Mountain, and plenty more highlights from the likes oof Beth Orton, Gary Numan and Malcolm Middleton Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
Live Music
Christ. @ Pivo Pivo, 25 November
On record, one of the most engaging things about Christ. is his masterful keyboard playing. His extended, hypnotic improvised synth lines and spiralling, int... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – December 2012
It's no lie: December's a tough one. Record releases begin to slow down, and a lot of touring bands tend to slip into hibernation. You're going to need som... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012