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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ReviewsJonah Matranga - And
While a positive analogy for this style might be a musical mug of cocoa, a more honest one would be a musical shot of morphene Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsIron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Not bad for a guy with a gnarly beard Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsGeorgie James - Places
The past may well be unavoidable but Places is one record you can easily elude Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Fink - Distance and Time
It may be nice to think of those fly-by-night shysters as Pepsis to Fink's 'real-thing', Distance and Time just doesn't quite pass the taste challenge Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Eagles of Death Metal @ The Liquid Room
As tunes go, this is, all told, uber-catchy Status Quo on crack, but as rock'n' roll shows go, this is nothing less than sweet perfection Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Animal Collective - Unsolved Mysteries
With pop music affixing itself to every sub-genre in sight, Animal Collective seemed a safe haven from its omnipresent grasp. But after the release of new LP Strawberry Jam, Billy Hamilton chats to frontman Dave Portner to uncover whether AC have finally succumbed to the mainstream's clutches Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Interviews
Tori Amos: "This Is My War!"
To propel one of 2007's most fiercely political albums into the upper echelons of the global charts is no mean feat. To do so some 15 years into your career, in a fickle climate in which many of your peers have been written off with the shelf life of a Ginsters pasty, is another phenomenon entirely. Never one to shy away from a battle, Tori Amos tells Dave Kerr why motherhood spurred her American Doll Posse into action Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
The Twilight Sad @ Cabaret Voltaire
It's Tuesday night for God's sake! What the fuck are yis all doing here? Graham humbly asks of the crowd, blissfully unaware his band are about to take over the world Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Alabama 3 @ Carling Academy
Moments of sudden excitement are submerged into uninspired, rhythm-heavy workouts Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
It's more Frank Beige than Black Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
"Attention, pay attention!" barks Dave Grohl, like a cocksure drill instructor. If 2005's In Your Honor was their Led Zep-styled lunge at bombastic, sonic co... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - October
Bursting at the seams with raucous gig action Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Opinion
XFM Charts
Jim Gellatly's X-Posure Top 101. The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division2. The Steeples - Britney's Tears3. Zoey Van Goey - Foxtrot Vandals4. Dragons - Lon... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen - October
Knee deep in the coming month's singles, Nick Mitchell pans for gold. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Introducing: Genaro
It's great that people like what we do, but we'd still be creating music regardless - Derek Bates Read more »| 08 Oct 2007