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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Reviews
Alec Empire - The Golden Foretaste of Heaven
Empire has woken from his sonic-punk daydream to find himself with a fat mortgage and a Volvo in the drive Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Reviews3 Daft Monkeys - Social Vertigo
More of a novelty than a musical triumph Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Live MusicThe Gutter Twins @ Oran Mor
Greg Dulli's rich vocals match well with Mark Lanegan's broken rumble Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
ReviewsWHY? - Alopecia
A much welcome respite – at least to these cynical lugs - from the Brit School's backslapping and the paperboy's class warrior 'realness', comes in the... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
ReviewsA Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Drums war with guitar and violin to create a pulpit for Menuck's convictive mantras Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Playlists
The Easy Gramophone - March
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love
Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Reviews
Meshuggah - ObZen
That trademark throaty bass sound lurks behind the mayhem with brutal intent. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
FestivalsF**k it, let's all go to Coachella
All your T in the Parks and Glastonburys will merge into one as you get older, but a festival like Coachella will likely be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Tapes n Tapes - Hang Them All
A surging, limb-flinging offering from a band to be welcomed home like a long lost cousin. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Cave hasn't lost his charm. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Johnny Foreigner - Our Bipolar Friends
Catch "JoFo" before they either exhaust themselves or explode into flames Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Live Music
Dillinger Escape Plan @ Cathouse, 15 Feb
Unrelenting, ferocious entertainment. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Reviews
Black Francis - Svn Fngrs
Stands proundly in the Black Francis oeuvre. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
A Silver Mt. Zion: Hi, How Are You, Efrim Menuck?
Paul Mitchell's clearly freestyling as he gives the Montreal based lynchpin of A Silver Mt. Zion and Godspeed You! Black Emperor a bell to ask... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Reviews
Frightened Rabbit - Head Rolls Off
A bold new year's resolution made hymnal Read more »| 06 Mar 2008