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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ReviewsJohnny Flynn – Been Listening
Much like its predecessor, A Larum, Johnny Flynn’s sophomore album treads a fine line between rustic pomposity and gritty inventiveness. Reinforced by ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
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David Tort – Nervous Nitelife
The Nervous Nitelife series continues with a mix by Spanish DJ David Tort, who is apparently the first DJ to be sponsored by Nike. Why a DJ needs a sports co... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Live Music
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ Stereo, 25 May
There's something distinctly ostentatious about Eighties Matchbox. Whether it’s the jauntily angled hats, decorative shirts or flamboyant hair, it's a ... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
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King Britt – The Intricate Beauty
Apparently, The Intricate Beauty is the “final conventional dance album King Britt will ever make”. Thank God for that. Of the eleven tra... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
ReviewsClub 8 – The People's Record
Sweden’s Club 8 have a reputation as a fairly happy bunch (deceptively miserable domestic hit Jesus Walk With Me notwithstanding). But with titles like... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
ReviewsRichard Hawley – False Lights from the Land EP
False Lights from the Land is rather more niche than any of Hawley’s previous releases, having been inspired exclusively by “the sea&rdqu... Read more »| 31 May 2010
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ReviewsAnarbor – The Words You Don't Swallow
At a certain point in television shows, writers will often bring in an ‘edgy’ character. This character plays guitar, sings in a band – may... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
Live Music
Slayer @ Barrowlands, 27 May
After multiple postponements, Slayer finally navigate their murder machine back to Scotland, with a mended Tom Araya out in front to set the record straight:... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
Formerly of garage rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators, time has mellowed Roky Erickson's rasping wail to a soothing country croon. Time, electro-shock th... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Peter Wolf Crier – Inter-Be
As a two-man band, Peter Wolf Crier wrings great mileage from Spartan ingredients. Former Wars of 1812 member Peter Pisano – Crier’s heart and so... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights – June 2010
Blunts on standby, motherf**kers – Cypress Hill are in town! Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Various – Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Thanks to George Burley, we need another team to cheer on in this World Cup; that they must be good at football is a given, but if the country of choice has ... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Hot Hot Heat – Future Breeds
The fifth album is an awkward beast, generally three releases after initial public interest wanes, yet at least two to go before establishing permane... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
When the retro revival finally runs its course, you’ve got to wonder what’ll happen to Ariel Rosenberg. So immersed in the sound of nosta... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – June 2010
Satan Rules. Both literally and figuratively. He just does, like it or not. And if you’re reading this column, you’re most likely already well aw... Read more »| 28 May 2010