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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InterviewsFear And Coping In Oklahoma: The Flaming Lips Unveil The Terror
With brilliant new Flaming Lips album The Terror taking what Embryonic started to bleak new extremes, Wayne Coyne explains why he’s packing away the confetti gun and focusing on survival Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsSølyst – Lead
As the rhythmic powerhouse between krautrock/electronica/post-rock fusionists Kreidler, Thomas Klein has proved his chops as one of the most accomplished and... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
Neon Neon’s auspicious debut, Stainless Style, was written in homage to '80s ‘icon’ John DeLorean with the sonic palette to match, but... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
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The Thermals – Desperate Ground
The righteous fury of The Thermals continues to burn with intensity some ten years after their debut. The subjects that singer Hutch Harris has taken aim at ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
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Melvins – Everybody Loves Sausages
What better way to ring in Melvins’ 30th year than this snapshot of what was going on inside the impressionable minds of a young Buzz Osborne and Dale ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsGhost Capsules – Ghost Capsules
On the face of it, Ghost Capsules should work a treat, given that they are masterminded by venerated UK music producer and electronic innovator Tim Simenon o... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013
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Phoenix – Bankrupt!
Phoenix's first LP in four years promises more experimentation than on their breakthrough, 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and sure, there's a few chan... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsLetherette – Letherette
Fitting nicely into the genre of smooth, immaculately realised, emotionally-driven electronic music from which so many strong albums have emerged in recent m... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Interview: Casual Sex on the benefits of winging it
With a new single out on Moshi Moshi and an album on the horizon, we sit down with Casual Sex to discuss the Glasgow band's past, present and why winging it can yield the best results Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
There's nothing worse than a band who plough on for too long. Witness Paul Morley's critical mauling of the Rolling Stones over their Glastonbury booking for... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Umberto / Hausfrau / Leaf Wrist @ Kinning Park Complex, 30 March
Opening proceedings, Leaf Wrist plays a hypnotic performance of experimental electronics, running the gamut from dusted, dub-influenced loops to something ap... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Lapalux @ Broadcast, 28 March
After a DJ set from Mirrors and a live set from Edward Organ, covering bases from garage and house to electro, Stuart Howard aka Lapalux&... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 2 April
In today's Bulletin: Queens of the Stone Age debut new track, Paul Morley vs. Baby Boomers, new music from Tyler, the Creator, Hey Colossus, S-Type, Hawk Eyes, Life Coach and Ed Harcourt, plus: Game of Thrones Profanity Bingo! Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsTyler, the Creator – Wolf
First things first – at least six of the sixteen tracks on Wolf are easily up there with the best of this year's hip-hop crop so fa... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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PYYRAMIDS – Brightest Darkest Day
PYYRAMIDS (the capitalisation and extra Y are non-negotiable, alas) are Tim Nordwind and Drea Smith – the former moonlighting from professional choreog... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013