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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ReviewsMan Gone Missing - Beyond Desolate
Whilst the Scottish mutation of dubstep – aquacrunk - explodes around us in a fireball of hype and wobble bass, it’s always astounding to hear a ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Jonathan Richman at Òran Mór Preview
"One-two-three-four-five-six!" With this rallying cry, Jonathan Richman kickstarted not only his career with his band the Modern Lovers' anthem Roadrunner, b... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live MusicGang of Four @ HMV Picture House, 18 Sep
As post-punk classics go, Entertainment! nestles beside Unknown Pleasures and Metal Box as one of the most exemplary and influential offerings from that gen... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
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Bronto Skylift - The Bearded Fish and The Jackalope EP
Given how hard these two guys play in the live arena, recording them must be as much a matter of trying to cut out the sound of shaking fixtures and windows ... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
Confined to a wheelchair from 18 as the result of a car accident, and fighting an ongoing battle against medical bills and follow-up treatments e... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsIdlewild - Post Electric Blues
This up-beat album could be a surprise for Idlewild fans but the outlook is far from bleak for the band Read more »| 21 Sep 2009
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Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Such a vast variety of instruments crop up on Califone’s sixth album that to list them all would fill this review’s entire word count, leaving no... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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The Discordian Trio - The Discordian Trio Presents
Quick on the heels of Acoustic Ladyland, The Discordian Trio bring jazz kicking and squeaking into the 21st century. With their line-up spanning mathcore and... Read more »| 20 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsBoutros Bubba - National Anthems
Who would have thought the Dutch could be such a cynical bunch? National Anthems is the skewed, angular, sarcastic outpouring of three gifted and apparently ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Jeniferever @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 Sep
With the nights drawing in and our breath once again visible as we kick through the remains of Autumn's vibrant decay, what could be more suitable than some ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
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WHY? - Eskimo Snow
Short-but-sweet opening track These Hands announces Eskimo Snow’s emotional register. Blessed as ever with a grandiose gift of the gab, these ten track... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Bat For Lashes @ HMV Picture House, 20 Oct
Bat For Lashes' wonderful second album Two Suns featured collaborations with Yeasayer and Scott Walker, and now Natasha Khan has persuaded one of these guest... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
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Lethal Bizzle - Go Hard
Of all the artists who swapped dodgy deals for record deals and made the leap from grimy London streets to the charts, Lethal Bizzle is the one that retained... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
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Atlas Sound - Logos
Bradford Cox was understandably upset when an innocent filesharing error on his part resulted in an unfinished Logos being hawked around cyberspace, so much ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
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Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
Forget Florence and the Machine et al: Charlotte Hatherley is setting the creative agenda for British female artists. Joining Ash aged 17 in the mid-1990s, s... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009