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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ReviewsKyte - Kyte
A hint of Sigur Ros here, if a tad more electronic and a smidgen less electrifying Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
ReviewsHEALTH - HEALTH
At points it's like having a serrated knife pulled backwards through clenched teeth Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Button Up - No Dancin' On the Tables
Undeniably retro, but a great listen nonetheless Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Fiona Mackenzie - Elevate
May be a little too much like easy listening or steeped in Celtic tradition for some, but it confirms that this talented Scottish artist can also succeed on her own Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
The desolate trudge of their material prior to this album has given way to a collection of songs that communicate redemption Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
ReviewsDead Meadow - Old Growth
Despite the overall same-ness of the music, you might still find yourself making chord structures with your left hand and pulling a face like you've trapped a nut Read more »| 05 Feb 2008
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Colin Macintyre - The Water
Endearing, playful, infectious, and other good things, but there are a few uninspiring detours on the way there Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Chis Schlarb - Twilight and Ghost Stories
A triumph of minimalist folktronic gorgeousness Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Cheer - Static Traps
Microscopically brilliant Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
ReviewsAtlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Lullabies for toad lickers Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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$olal - The Moonshine Sessions
A standard country album of the usual country songs about the usual country subjects. No more, no less Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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The Singles - Start Again
The Singles won't be going home with anyone but themselves for quite some time Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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The Mars Volta - Bringing out the dead
The latest LP from this El Paso prog posse is one born of late night tour bus Ouija board sessions that they claim invoked spirits strong enough to cast the band's world into chaos. Members left or suffered mental breakdowns, songs went missing and Cedric Bixler-Zavala ultimately became obsessive to the point that Omar Rodríguez-López had to steal the soothsaying 'gift' back and bury it in the desert. All that transcendental drama to produce what is easily one of their heaviest, most accomplished records to date. Dave Kerr put Egon Spengler on hold and spoke directly to the Mars Volta's helmsmen in an effort to make some sense of The Bedlam in Goliath. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Introducing: Yeasayer
Meet another Brooklyn band with an indiscriminate musical ear: this is Yeasayer, who released a debut album at the end of 2007, All Hour Cymbals, which is as colourful as the end of a rainbow, and equally as packed with treasures. Ally Brown plays leprechaun with Ira Wolf Tuton for a bit Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Bob Mould: spinning plates
It's been three years since Bob Mould recorded a guitar album, but in that time he's been busy remixing, releasing electronic records and DJing a successful club night. Matt Gollock speaks to the ex-Sugar and Hüsker Dü legend about his return to the six strings he started with and the new roads he's chosen in-between Read more »| 05 Feb 2008