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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ReviewsThe Bug – Filthy EP
Kevin Martin aka The Bug returns with a 4-track teaser for the forthcoming album Angels & Devils. He's still emperor of the territory where tough dub sou... Read more »| 09 Aug 2013 -
Live MusicScott & Charlene's Wedding @ The Shipping Forecast, 7 Aug
“Hope you know that I got no bitterness,” sings Craig Dermody during one of tonight’s rare tender moments. It’s difficult not to hear... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
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Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Alex Kapranos has talked of how Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action comes from "the idea of the cynic's search for optimism.” It’s a compel... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
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Adrian Corker – Raise
Flecked with crackles, creaks, taps and clicks, Raise is an evocative listen filled with enriching experimental asides – from the analogue tape manipul... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
InterviewsThe Democratic Circus: Art pop dreamteam David Byrne and St Vincent discuss their ongoing collaboration
We catch up with the art pop dreamteam of David Byrne and St. Vincent to discuss collaborations, Creationism and the art of cycling while on tour, prior to their imminent visit to these shores later this month Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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In the Loop: Julianna Barwick reveals Nepenthe
Her acclaimed second album The Magic Place made Julianna Barwick's haunting, looped vocals the go-to comfort for long, lonely summer nights. She returns this month with the lighter but no less beguiling Nepenthe Read more »| 07 Aug 2013
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Shigeto – No Better Time Than Now
Japanese-American producer Shigeto, aka Zachary Saginaw, has a lot in common with the Brainfeeder stable of beat-makers – his productions are mercurial... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Forest Swords – Engravings
From its opening notes, Forest Swords' debut album – after 2010's well-received mini, Dagger Paths – is an understated and hauntingly beautiful e... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe
Nepenthe was an antiquated potion of forgetfulness (literally, “anti-sorrow”), and this second album from ethereal songstress Julianna Barwi... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Charlie Jones – Love Form
There’s no denying Charlie Jones’ compositional abilities, musicianship, or technical nous. In his virtuosic playing, complex structuring, and ob... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsLaura Veirs – Warp and Theft
Laura Veirs’ ninth studio album is an atmospheric, country-inflected journey, forged from tales of bad men, jazz musicians, and the sights and sounds o... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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No Age – An Object
Los Angeles based duo No Age’s previous albums explored the boundaries between noise, punk and melodic indie-rock, with frequent beatific results. Thei... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Dress to Impress: Liverpool band Outfit ready their debut
Three years, two cities and finding out who they are – as well as who they're not – have fed into Performance, the anticipated debut album from Liverpool's Outfit. We meet a band dedicated to interrogating the intangible Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Zola Jesus & JG Thirlwell – Versions
Zola Jesus, aka experimental musician and songwriter Nika Rosa Danilova, collaborated with veteran producer Foetus, aka JG Thirlwell, on these neo-classical ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Pinkunoizu – The Drop
There’s more than a whiff of prog about The Drop, the second LP from this Danish quartet, from the disorienting, pitch-bent synths of opener The Great ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013