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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ReviewsCollege – Heritage
The last College album on Invada was a re-release of David Grellier's early work, before he rose to prominence on the back of the Drive soundtrack's central ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsThe Proper Ornaments – Waiting for the Summer
As Waiting for the Summer reaches its understated conclusion, London duo The Proper Ornaments offer lyrical sentiments that could double as a serving suggest... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsJoanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
Rough-hewn fuzz merchants and indie pop sensations Joanna Gruesome named their debut album Weird Sister – a Shakespearean nod to the witches ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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65daysofstatic – Wild Light
'No one knows what is happening...' repeats a ghostly voice at the start of Wild Light. A bleak way to begin, you could reason, but then the synth kicks in: ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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Arctic Monkeys – AM
More than ever, bands talk up new releases like commission-hungry salesmen but Matt Helders’ contention that the Arctics' fifth is “the album we&... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsDelorean – Apar
For a band named after a time machine, Delorean could do with working on their timing. Apar arrives at the tail end of a summer it could, in another universe... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013
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Live Music
Ducktails @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 23 Aug
Though Ducktails were brought into the world as a solo project, Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile hosts tonight's show with a full band. The already intimate s... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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The Asphodells – Remixes
One of this year's most convincing and enduring albums thus far, Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J. Fairplay's Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust (as The Asph... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Randolph's Leap – Real Anymore
It’s tough to dislike a band like Randolph’s Leap. Their bright, a-bit-folk-but-kinda-indie-rock sound, and sharp as a box of self-reverenti... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Múm – Smilewound
Six albums in, and Múm’s combination of live instrumentation, ethereal harmonies and digital fixings has birthed another cracker. Opener Toothwh... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Volcano Choir – Repave
Emerging in For Emma…’s slipstream, Volcano Choir’s 2009 debut couldn’t help but be framed in relation to Justin Vernon’s othe... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Goldfrapp – Tales of Us
Whether it stomps on your heart or mops your fevered brow will depend on where it finds you at the time, but Tales of Us is capable of both, so beware. If 20... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Esmerine – Dalmak
Initially, the first outing from Constellation mainstays Esmerine since 2011’s La Lechuza signals no departures from their chamber sound: opener Learni... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
Summercamp festival, Liverpool, 24-25 Aug
It's a bank holiday weekend, and Liverpool International Music Festival and everything else that's going on seem perfectly aligned as the sun beams down on t... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsGlasvegas – Later... When the TV Turns to Static
It’s not often a band wanes with a curve as smooth as that shown by Glasvegas, descending from heart-conquering bright young things to Later…&rs... Read more »| 27 Aug 2013