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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ReviewsClap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical
Having leapt to the top of NYC’s heavily stacked indie canon with their eponymous 2005 debut, Brooklyn’s CYHSY gained a fervent following with th... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
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Mogwai – Earth Division EP
Word on the streets (well, the blogs then) was that this new EP was to herald something a little bit different from Glaswegian heavyweights Mogwai. In some r... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
Ipecac Records: “The industry can change, but we will continue to do our thing”
As Ipecac Records prepare to release the long-awaited live DVD debut by the band that launched their catalogue, we chronicle the rise of an inspirational force in independent music Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
InterviewsSt. Vincent: How's Annie?
Despite a shonky transatlantic connection, Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) shares her musings on identity, integrity and industry Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
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Boom Bip: Me And People
A man of many projects, Boom Bip explains why he really can't seem to manage a 'solo' album Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
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Kono Michi – One More Day
Having made the transition from globally-recognised classical violinist to singer-songwriter, Brooklyn's Kono Michi evinces a healthy lack of interest in gen... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011
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Live MusicSebadoh @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 August
We’ve enjoyed twenty minutes and countless classic Sebadoh numbers before the lads themselves take a breather tonight. “Do you want a slow song o... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Warpaint @ The Queen’s Hall, 23 August
If Warpaint’s obsession with the more esoteric moments of British goth-rock didn’t quite shine through on last year's understated debut, nods to ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Interpol @ O2 Academy, 23 August
In case anyone isn’t au fait with Interpol’s recent line-up shifts, tonight’s bass-heavy mix draws all eyes to new face Brad Truax. Replaci... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
ReviewsSt. Vincent – Strange Mercy
"I was going for something a bit more direct, more tactile" says Annie Clark of her third album, a collection themed around an investigation of "those kind... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Peter Wolf Crier – Garden of Arms
Peter Wolf Crier’s rustic debut drew comparisons to For Emma, Forever Ago, partly for some slight aesthetic similarities, and partly because the back-s... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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The Drums – Portamento
Following their critically-lauded debut of last year, Brooklyn trio the Drums seek on Portamento to cement their position as the foremost practitioners of me... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Shimmering Stars – Violent Hearts
Shimmering Stars arrive to the reverb/Spector/dream-pop party fashionably late, with a record that makes no qualms about lifting hooks from bygone hit parade... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Squarehead – Yeah Nothing
Yeah Nothing, the debut LP from Irish guitar pop trio Squarehead, forges links between Beach Boys-style overlapping vocal harmonies and a rougher-edged garag... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Jono McCleery – There Is
A product of the ever-diversifying Ninja Tune stable, Londoner Jono McCleery may have self-released his debut and been directed to the label's more rock-orie... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011