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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ReviewsBiffy Clyro – Opposites
Double albums are usually a daunting prospect for musicians and listeners alike, but it's a move that makes sense for Biffy Clyro, an outfit who went from ma... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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The Ruby Suns – Christopher
On fourth album Christopher, New Zealander Ryan McPhun has pushed The Ruby Suns further still from their psychedelic-threaded indie origins, embracing a da... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
Interviews“Depression, alienation, sexual frustration, anger, violence, black comedy – Fat Goth has it all!"
As seasoned players from Dundee's alternative rock fraternity, Fat Goth aren't exactly shy of riffs on their startling second album, but they're not scared of rolling out the ballads either. Turns out they're taking sexy back Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Boduf Songs – Burnt Up on Re-Entry
Mat Sweet’s first Boduf Songs LP for Southern – following four on Kranky – marks an appropriate shift in direction. Where the earlier reco... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsRick Redbeard – No Selfish Heart
Rick Anthony’s intentions with his piratical alter-ego Rick Redbeard were laid out earlier this year via his split single with Adam Stafford, another w... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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The Joy Formidable – Wolf's Law
“Oh wow!” exclaimed Withered Hand when he recently guest reviewed The Joy Formidable’s lead single Cholla in these very pages. “That&... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013
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Satellites – Satellites.01
Satellites.01 originally touched down in early 2011, in a limited run that was evidently too niche for such an ambitious-sounding record. Though imperfect,... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Roots Manuva – Banana Skank EP
The Banana Skank EP is a departure for Rodders, with two of the four tracks comprised of raps by Smith and collaborator Kope over four-to-the-floor beats. Th... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsWounds – Die Young
Though the bold album cover and title strongly suggest that an extreme brand of hardcore is on the cards, Dublin's Wounds actually tread much more palatabl... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Funeral For A Friend – Conduit
Welsh post-hardcore outfit Funeral for a Friend aren't exactly known for their consistency; in tandem with multiple lineup changes, the band's track rec... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Tomahawk's Duane Denison talks Oddfellows
As Tomahawk return to the fray with album number four, guitarist Duane Denison accounts for the experimental rock supergroup's five year absence Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Ulrich Schnauss – A Long Way to Fall
Ulrich Schnauss’ finely-honed blend of melodic techno and shoegazey electronica places A Long Way to Fall in the company of similarly blissed-out recor... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Cuddly Shark – The Road to Ugly
Few bands have monikers as apt as Cuddly Shark’s; fun and loveable, but sharp in tooth. Like last year’s Body Mass Index EP and their self-titled... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Matthew E. White – Big Inner
As well as being the debut album from Richmond, Virginia’s Matthew E White, Big Inner is the vanguard release from Spacebomb, White’s S... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
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Fat Goth – Stud
“I think you’ve got too much time on your hands,” deadpans Fraser Stewart at the conclusion of the magnificent Debbie’s Dirty Harry, ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013