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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ReviewsRebekka Karijord – We Become Ourselves
It's the female singer-songwriter cliché: Rebekka Karijord's soul is laid bare on her fourth LP. The icy Scandinavian atmosphere of these songs will... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
Live MusicLive Music Highlights – October 2012
With the likes of Alexander Tucker, John Cale, Liars and WHY? swinging through town this month, it seems that as the nights draw in, the freaks come out to play Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
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Beth Orton – Sugaring Season
Thank God Beth Orton has that voice. Now more than ever, it’s the most pronounced separation between her and the less cool plethora of Radio 2-favoured... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsOmega Male – Omega Male
Omega Male is David Best of Brighton’s Fujiya & Miyagi and Sammy Rubin of Brooklyn’s Project Jenny, Project Jan – a partnership started... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
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O2 Love Music Column – October 2012
Fans of art school chanteuse Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, will be in for a treat this month. Third album The Haunted Man&nbs... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
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Cuddly Shark – Body Mass Index EP
As the name implies, Cuddly Shark are as adorable as they are frenzied and ruthless. The Elgin trio follow up their smashing self-titled debut with this st... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012
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Young Smoke – Space Zone
The latest of Planet Mu’s footwork signings, Young Smoke’s approach differs in two distinct ways to the likes of Traxman or Chrissy Murderbot &nd... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
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Drcarlsonalbion – La Strega And The Cunning Man In The Smoke
Dylan Carlson's growing obsession with British folkloristics is notably evident in his recent work with Earth, but it's deconstructed to an even greater exte... Read more »| 27 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsSchneider TM – Construction Sounds
An experimental musician who performs with former members of Neubauten and Can, Schneider TM is probably best known for his beguiling electro cover of The Sm... Read more »| 27 Sep 2012 -
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Seirom – 1973
A new double album from a man associated with fearsome black metal (Gnaw Their Tongues, among others) might sound an intimidating prospect. M.C. De Jong&r... Read more »| 27 Sep 2012 -
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Y Niwl – 4
Surfing in North Wales may involve a thicker wetsuit and a lot more shivering than its Californian equivalent, but in Y Niwl, the scene’s got a surf-ro... Read more »| 27 Sep 2012 -
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Murs X Fashawn – This Generation
Murs is a Los Angeles hip-hop legend, deep in the scene since 1993, with notable releases and collaborations including Felt (a duo he formed with Slug of Atm... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012 -
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Thavius Beck – The Most Beautiful Ugly
An instrumental album from rapper and superproducer Thavius Beck has about fifty times as many ideas crammed into it as most hip-hop records, even without hi... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012 -
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Moon Duo – Circles
Moon Duo’s debut Mazes invited its listeners to get lost in a sonic labyrinth of stargazing krautrock jams. The title of successor Circl... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012 -
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The Pyramids – Otherworldly
Listening to Otherworldly, the first release from this legendary US cosmic jazz collective since they disbanded in 1977, is – appropriately enough &nda... Read more »| 26 Sep 2012