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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ReviewsHidden Orchestra – Night Walks
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop inflected brethren The Cinematic Orchestra, the similarly named, similarly styled Hidden Orchestra have set an Olympian... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsChapter – III (A Collection of Monsters)
A Collection of Monsters is a compelling record that excites and frustrates in equal measure. The songs - fusing elements of folk, electronica and chamber-po... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
Comanechi / Divorce Split 10"
Road bound co-conspirators, Comanechi and Divorce have seen their working relationship blossom over the past year or so, returning here with a string of UK d... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsThe Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands
Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Festivals
Emma Pollock on the relationship between the arts and mental health
The arts, with regards to mental health (whether it be positive or negative) are absolutely crucial. It is through the arts that people tend to show their ch... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Down To The Wire: Manic Street Preachers interviewed
Having exorcised their demons with 2009’s Journal for Plague Lovers, the Manic Street Preachers are setting their sights back on the charts with Postcards from a Young Man. Nicky Wire gives the lowdown on the band’s “last shot at mass communication” Read more »| 02 Sep 2010
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Interviews
In the Studio: Black Sun
Earlier this spring we spent time in the studio with Russell McEwan of local dirge metal overlords Black Sun as they tracked new album Twilight Of The Gods with guest vocalist and author/fighter Eugene S. Robinson of Oxbow. This is how it went down... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Libraries Gave Us Power
Nicky Wire gives some insight into the books (and music) that helped shape Postcards from a Young Man Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Divorce vs Comanechi
Chaos will be the order of the day as the leading lights of modern punk get together to tour the land this coming month. We asked Divorce's Andy Brown to get Comanechi's Akiko Matsuura on the phone to hear her prediction for the fight Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
American Men: Drum's Not Dead (Just a Bit Queasy)
American Men's Paul Carlin takes a break from puking to tell us what living in a cool world feels like Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle
Having instigated an evolution away from their Sonic Youth-aping origins with the release of 2000’s, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blond Redhead&rs... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Black Mountain: Let Spirits Ride
In 2008 they brought us In The Future. Now in that future, Black Mountain are ready to unleash Wilderness Heart. Matt Camirand finds the time to talk about its creation, his Led Zeppelin fantasies and how hip-hop legends unite the young rockers Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsDancer Vs Politician - Justin Fairborn
Sun kissed, burnished and saccharine, Dancer Vs Politician want to bring the joyous Sunday mornings of the sixties to your room. Only a few chords permeate J... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart
Unlike the musical trajectory of many of the influences Black Mountain happily wear on their sleeves, Wilderness Heart finds the Canadian troupe temp... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Detour's Wee Jaunt 2
Live music at a new level Read more »| 02 Sep 2010