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
The Hussy's - We Expected / Please Don't Call Me At Home
Not a true double-A, more a B+ and a D-. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsThe Cribs - Men's Needs
Perhaps not 100% as tuned in to the nation's masculine needs as they thought. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsThe Bees - Listening Man
As a chameleon-like exercise in replicating the sounds of another era it's remarkably successful. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Idlewild - A Ghost in the Arcade
They may be back, but it's no return to form yet. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Torche - Torche
This debut album sounds almost mathematically calculated to sit alongside The Cure et al on the first Crow soundtrack. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsReuben - In Nothing We Trust
Those who turn back at the first hurdle will only be missing out come the finishing line. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Grace - Detours
Frothy, obvious and self-righteous Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsFridge - The Sun
Fridge simply draw you in, making you feel welcome and warm... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Clinic - Funf
...just when you think they're preaching you the answers, they drag you into an alley and slash you with reverb. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Festivals
The Waterboys @ Festival Theatre
Displays of vitality and exertion like this are usually reserved for juvenile talent contests or, closer still, Everest expeditions. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Live Music
The Red Chord @ Barfly
Deafening, terrfying... perfect. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Live Music
SL Records - 10th Birthday @ The Liquid Room
Truax's obvious charisma and heart gives lie to any notions of gimmickry Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Live Music
Tigerfest: Fourteenhours / Viva Stereo @ The Loft
Delving into the unknown doesn't always produce positive results. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Live Music
Willy Mason @ Queen Margaret Union
The crowd hangs on his every word, delighted to be watching a singer/songwriter who actually has something to say... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
The Horrors - She Is The New Thing
Goth-rock gods or a bunch of kids who've watched too many Hammer Horror films? Read more »| 10 Jul 2007