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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InterviewsStrife's What You Make It: East India Youth on his prodigious debut
A chance encounter with a reluctant label boss sent electronic prodigy East India Youth on an unexpected trip. William Doyle tells us about his long-incubating debut and the ongoing struggle to stop impulse trashing his MacBook Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
ReviewsWarpaint – Warpaint
Warpaint founder Theresa Wayman’s assertion that the follow-up to The Fool would be a minimalist affair is made flesh on this, the LA quartet’s s... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
NewsDownload a free compilation from Armellodie Records
Superlative Glasgow-based indie label Armellodie have released a free compilation as a taste of what we can expect from them in 2014, and to showcase some of... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
VideosModeselektor meet legendary producer Charanjit Singh
Veteran Berlin techno outfit Modeselektor recently embarked on a tour of India. While they were there, Red Bull Music Academy filmed a meet between the duo of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, and electronic pioneer Charanjit Singh Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Father Murphy – Pain is On Our Side Now
Tackled individually, the four movements that make up Father Murphy’s latest EP are formidably severe: an atonal collection of clanging semi-rhythms, d... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
News
St. Vincent streams 'Digital Witness' from forthcoming LP
Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, has unveiled a track, Digital Witness, from her forthcoming, self-titled album. Her fourth full-length outing, it follows on fr... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014
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ReviewsI Break Horses – Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro: the technique of managing light and dark in pictorial art. As titles go, this one’s a statement of intent with substance and weight. This ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Damien Jurado – Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
Jurado's third collaboration with Richard Swift reaches new levels of ethereal brilliance Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
Now over ten years into their career, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show no sign of deviating from their authenticity-obsessed soul revivalism; as the title... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
Australia’s Boy and Bear – a seriously big deal down under – will be instantly familiar to fans of Band of Horses and Midlake on this their... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Mogwai – Rave Tapes
If Mogwai were a movie, they’d probably be a horror movie. A sense of dread has long stalked the band’s discography, from The Exorcist-refer... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
The first full-length release from SMZ since 2010’s Kollapse Tradixionales sees the Constellation heavyweights continuing their trajectory towards a mo... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Lucid Dreaming: Patterns' hallucinatory pop
Quite the chef, Ciaran McAuley of Patterns cooks us a stew in honour of our food issue, bless him. Culinary puns notwithstanding, his band's hallucinatory debut has been long-time cooking; but a studied recipe has yielded robust results (we're sorry) Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Pontiak – INNOCENCE
Opening with the title track, a Stooges-esque two-minute burst of scuzzy riffs and yelped vocals, this prolific Virginian trio launch into their tenth LP wit... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
Videos
Actress collaborates with Nic Hamilton and Eddie Peake in 'Grey Over Blue'
The new video from London-based producer Darren Cunningham, aka Actress, is a collaboration with video artists Eddie Peake and Nic Hamilton Read more »| 06 Jan 2014