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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ReviewsPrimal Scream -Can't Go Back
Returning to the studio after 2006’s straight-forward rock ‘n’ roll disc Riot City Blues, veterans Primal Scream have made a departure from... Read more »| 14 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsOnur Özer - Watergate 01
After five years at the forefront of Berlin’s clubscene, Watergate has recruited Turkish DJ and producer Onur Özer for their first mix CD. Öz... Read more »| 14 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Sparkadia - Morning Light
An asinine expedition into the financially rewarding world of publishing revenue Read more »| 14 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
Five to Jive to at T in the Park
From Will Young to Holy F**k, the line-up for this year's annual shindig in Balado certainly can't be accused of one-dimensionality. Here's five acts from a ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
FestivalsHot Chip: Bombarding the Senses
Hot Chip shouldn't be a high-charting pop group. Just look at them. But they are, and that's something to be celebrated, Nick Mitchell says, after a chat with beats man Felix Martin Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Those Dancing Days - Run Run
Starting in with a keyboard riff reminiscent of a simpler Booker T. and the M.G.'s and a surf rock-esque guitar line, Run Run by Those Dancing Days throws th... Read more »| 10 Jul 2008
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Festivals
Vampire Weekend: Hot, then not...now what?
Can New York's favourite preppy kids find a way to belie their Zack Morris appearance and step out of Paul Simon's shadow? Ally Brown corners Vampire Weekend in the desert to pose the question personally Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
Primal Scream @ ABC 2, 7 Jul
This intimate 'secret' gig highlights the sheer charisma of one of the finest bands we’ve known Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
Battles Park it in Balado
It's been a tough 14 months for Brooklyn's chief spasmodic melody makers, but shit's about to get ten times heavier when Battles share a tent with Will Young in a field just outside Kinross. Dave Kerr asks Ian Williams whether he thinks he'd better leave right now Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
FestivalsLatitude Festival @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 17-20 Jul
When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekkin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
The Great Depression - Forever Altered
In those moments when Forever Altered works, it does so with a solemn, still beauty Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
She & Him - Volume One
As the woozy jazz recital that is Take It Back rises and fades in two-and-a-half minutes of understated mastery, this outing almost seems worth it Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
Still Primal (After All These Years)
Ahead of their headline set at T in the Park, RJ Thomson speaks to Mani, the near-legendary bassist who has come to be a lynchpin of one of the greatest live bands around, Primal Scream Read more »| 07 Jul 2008 -
Interviews
The Bug - Louder Than You
Straight outta Paisley (sort of), Kevin Martin has made more albums than you've bought shoes. What have you been doing with your life? Enter the world of The Bug Read more »| 07 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Slam - Sci Fi Hi Fi Volume 5
Greater things should have come from this album. It doesn’t seem to be sure whether or not it’s a Slam album or a mix album by Slam. It just so... Read more »| 07 Jul 2008