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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ReviewsBonobo - Black Sands
There are a few new strands woven into the tapestry of Simon Green’s Bonobo. The surprises start with Kiara Prelude, whose lush strings drop in... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
InterviewsDamon's Finest Five
Blur – Parklife (1994) Britpop's finest hour, the album that launched a thousand magazine trend pieces about Essex lads behaving badly. So, that's mid-... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Autechre - Oversteps
Having aggressively tested the limits of loop-based electronic music with the diamond-perfect vignettes of 2008's Quaristice, Oversteps finds Autechre revisi... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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City Dweller, Successful Fella
Damon Albarn has come a long way since Blur and the heights of Britpop. As the third Gorillaz album gets ready to launch, we consider Albarn's development from indie-rock singer to multi-genre auteur. Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsTo Rococo Rot - Speculation
For their eighth album, To Rococo Rot maintain their established aesthetic - impersonal atmosphere, sparingly stocked with isolating electronics and ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Sennen - Age Of Denial
Norwich’s Sennen brush aside the Alan Partidge jokes in favour of grungey shoe-gaze post-rock. From the title track’s fuzzy opening seconds to th... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010
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Interviews
The Paradox of Choice: Dillinger Escape Plan Interviewed
As The Dillinger Escape Plan prepare to break loose with album number four this month, guitarist Jeff Tuttle explains how a modern problem forced them to write their most expansive offering to date. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
PlaylistsJeff Tuttle's Party Smashers
If you thought the Dillinger Escape Plan were unpredictable, take a look at the mavericks who got Jeff Tuttle interested in picking up a guitar in the first place. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsRob Swift - The Architect
It often seems that the further hip-hop progresses, the more it sounds like industrial music from 20-odd years ago, albeit with an impeccable groove. Ex-X-Ec... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Trips and Falls - He Was Such A Quiet Boy
Trips and Falls are full of surprises. Prelude to a Shark Attack, for example, sounds nothing like the Jaws theme; instead, it’s a moving Ballboy-esque... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Liars: A Tale of Two Cities
A walk around LA can get you shot, loaded, famous or all three. Luckily for Liars there are recording studios to hide out in. Contrasting the city with his time in Berlin, frontman Angus Andrews reflects on a culture clash. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Space Lord Mothers
Fuck Buttons continue a long line of experimental duos who have pushed electronic music into new territories over the years. Here we present a choice few to test your eardrums. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Ah, the joyous days of a carefree youth; it’s a common theme found in lo-fi American pop. Dum Dum Girls take more than a leaf from this book; in fact, ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
Interviews
Surfing with the Alien
Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power came from different worlds, but a shared love for experimentation brought them together as Fuck Buttons to make sweet sounds for the people of planet Earth. The duo check in on all things cosmic before beaming into The Arches. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Olympic Swimmers: Land Ahoy!
Glaswegian five-piece Olympic Swimmers have risen from the ashes of Bad Dancer but remained under the radar for some time despite their impressive credentials. Singer Susie Liddell explains it's time they bubbled to the surface. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010