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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ReviewsCamera Obscura – Desire Lines
For those unfamiliar with the term, ‘desire line’ is the poetic name given to those winding dirt trails that appear when people walk a certain ro... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
ReviewsThese New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Billed as a suite in three instalments of three tracks each, These New Puritans' third LP is a studious affair, as absorbant as it is absorbing (among its ma... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
ReviewsIcky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms
It’s sometimes tough to distinguish between maverick eclecticism and plain old muddlement, with Icky Blossoms' exhibit A. The pedigree of its... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
ReviewsMagic Arm – Images Rolling
Magic Arm is more or less the work of one man, who uses magic hands (plus a heap of helpful gadgets and instruments) to craft impressively full-bodied record... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
Reviews
Pasadena Napalm Division – Pasadena Napalm Division
Pasadena Napalm Division's membership should speak volumes for fans of thrash and hardcore: D.R.I frontman Kurt Brecht joins forces with members of 80s heavy... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
Reviews
Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down
The second track on pyretic jazz-punk collective Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous debut is titled Release!, but in truth the whole shebang is one great b... Read more »| 28 May 2013
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Live MusicSuuns @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 17 May
“The old guard don’t talk about rock’n’roll no more,” hisses Ben Shemie through clenched teeth. “Music won’t save y... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
Live Music
Little Boots @ Gorilla, Manchester, 14 May
Doubters wondered whether Victoria Hesketh had been too easily distracted from her to-do list in the four years since debut Hands, but new album Nocturnes sc... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Three Blind Wolves – Sing Hallelujah For the Old Machine
Right back to his solo days as a fixture in Glasgow’s live listings, Ross Clark has been an attention-grabbing performer. Back then, his noticeability ... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Lightning Dust – Fantasy
On the go since 2007, Lightning Dust's boy-girl duo of Amber Webber and Josh Wells (of Black Mountain) – singer and producer respectively – have ... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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Baths – Obsidian
In contrast to the lo-fi, spider-webbed textures of 2010's Cerulean, Obsidian is constructed from solid blocks of stuttering, precision-tooled beats, intrica... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 27 May
In today's Bulletin: Killer Mike & El-P's Run The Jewels project confirmed at Primavera; new music from Boards of Canada, ADULT., Prince, Disclosure, Earl Sweatshirt and more; rare live footage of The Smiths; a new film by Konx-Om-Pax, and much more... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
Reviews
UK Decay – New Hope for the Dead
Post-punk originators UK Decay are presenting listeners with a new, politically charged effort over thirty years after the release of their first LP. Surpris... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Primavera Sound 2013, 25 May | Gallery | The Skinny
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 25 May The third and final day of Primavera 2013 was all about returning champions as symphonic dark wave chameleons Dead Can Da... Read more »| 26 May 2013 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Primavera Sound 2013, 24 May
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 24 May Baltimore noise rockers Dope Body kicked off our second day at Parc del Fòrum, alongside highlights from Angl... Read more »| 25 May 2013