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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ReviewsMystery Juice – Eye For An Aye EP
Big in Russia: an idiom not as often heard as ‘big in Japan’. Despite their successes in the former Soviet Union - they've released two Russian-o... Read more »| 07 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsVarious Artists – SID Chip Sounds: The Music of the Commodore 64
Fans of chiptune artists like DJ Scotch Egg will be aware of the central role played by Commodore 64 music in 90s and 00s gabba/breakcore; more recently, con... Read more »| 07 Feb 2012 -
InterviewsMuscles of Joy: Room of Their Own
Glasgow’s Muscles of Joy, an all-female vocal-led septet, talk about building their own instruments and jamming away rather quietly Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
InterviewsWe Are Augustines: Back from the Brink
Having penned a concept album based around family bereavement, The Skinny is surprised to find a New York trio happy to be just making music Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
Interviews
The Big Pink: "We needed to create a different energy"
As The Big Pink trade in their explosive debut's distortion, Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze tell us why their live show will be all change on Valentine's Day Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
Live Music
Wild Flag / Peggy Sue @ Òran Mór, 30 January
Both of tonight’s acts, while ostensibly steeped in well-trodden approaches to rock, manage to infuse their music with bursts of startling vitality. ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012
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Reviews
Damien Jurado – Maraqopa
Damien Jurado’s last album was a game changer. Having spent 15 years churning out folk/folk-rock albums that were sometimes excellent, but otherwise sh... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
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Lapalux – When You're Gone EP
Recent Brainfeeder releases, such as the superlative funk and jazz of Thundercat and the forceful Paradise Garage tribute of Martyn's Ghost People, have adde... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
Live Music
Hot Ticket of the Month: Errors
It’s one thing to be a great band but it’s quite another to make a great record. Definitive statements can become something of an albatross aroun... Read more »| 03 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – February 2012
Remember Remember speak their minds on the February singles Read more »| 03 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Crocus – Our Memories Dress Me in A Dead Lust
At times, progressive hardcore can be something of a joyless business. Hailing from Holy Roar Records, the same stable that gave us the excellent and refresh... Read more »| 03 Feb 2012 -
Playlists
On the Bog: The GZA
Wu-Tang's Gary 'GZA' Grice tells us how he spends his downtime and stays tight-lipped on Liquid Swords II Read more »| 02 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Lambchop – Mr. M
At this stage, it’d be mad to expect sweeping changes from a new Lambchop record, and the loungy, intricate and patient Mr. M (Mr. Met until a libelous... Read more »| 02 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Shearwater – Animal Joy
Shearwater have come a long way from their origins as a humble side project for songwriters and former Austin roommates Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff. In t... Read more »| 02 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Windy and Carl – We Will Always Be
There’s something reassuring about a new Windy and Carl release: despite the music’s drifting, anti-material qualities, its tendency to slip thro... Read more »| 02 Feb 2012