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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InterviewsDuglas T. Stewart on what it means to be a BMX Bandit
Scottish indie legend Duglas T. Stewart speaks about his 26 year career as frontman of BMX Bandits, their conceptual new LP and the film about the band Kurt Cobain wanted to join Read more »| 23 Nov 2012 -
Live MusicBEAK> / Thought Forms @ Stereo, 17 November
Fellow Invada signings Thought Forms kick off proceedings with a distortion and reverb-drenched squall of grungy, post-rock noise. With their dual guitars an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
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School of Seven Bells – Put Your Sad Down EP
As the name suggests, the latest EP from Benjamin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza’s neo-shoegaze project represents a shift away from the more melancholy... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
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Various Artists – The Ambient Zone: Just Music Cafe Volume 4
The latest installment in the Just Music Cafe compilation series gathers contributions from artists across the globe, responding to a commission to compos... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
Live MusicSwans / Sir Richard Bishop @ The Arches, 16 November
Michael Gira's ambitions for this particular live incarnation of Swans are not modest: the set clocks in at around two hours and from the gentle opening &nda... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
Many felt that Scott Walker's curious investigation into the outer limits of contemporary songcraft had reached its ultimate culmination with his harrowing... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012
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Fiona Soe Paing – Tower of Babel EP
Fiona Soe Paing's second solo EP is a tough-but-sensual slice of modern electronica. Filtered samples struggle for breath against a stark backdrop of synth... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Gallops - Yours Sincerely, Dr. Hardcore
On their debut LP, Wrexham’s Gallops begin from an instrumental math-rock setup, before carrying their sound into more idiosyncratic territories. Like ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
News
NETVERK – November 2012
A look at the world of netaudio and netlabels,this month featuring dubstep, shoegaze, chillwave and hip-hop from Small Black, CoMa, The Mighty Cream, MAKO, Fluorescent Records, Tash Willmore and Mr Muthafuckin eXquire Read more »| 20 Nov 2012 -
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Breathless – Green to Blue
4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell is a big fan of Breathless, mentoring their latest opus and describing bandleader Dominic Appleton as his favourite living male... Read more »| 20 Nov 2012 -
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E.D. Sedgwick – We Wear White
Justin Moyer's (El Guapo, Antelope) E.D. Sedgwick project has undergone a number of makeovers, having changed from a duo to a solo act and now a fully fled... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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How To Destroy Angels – An Omen EP
In contrast to the sublime industrial pop melodrama of HTDA's first EP, An Omen showcases a much more diverse and dynamic sound from the band, managing to ri... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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Christ. – Cathexis Motion Picture Soundtrack
It's extremely unfair that nearly every single mention of Scottish producer Christ. is prefaced with the fact that he is a former member of Boards of Canada.... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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Curt Crackarach – Lonely Holiday
The latest alias of lo-fi pioneer and veteran experimental producer Nattymari, the Curt Crackarach project sees Natty collaborating with a brace of vocalists... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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Soundgarden – King Animal
Back when heavy metal was hurtling towards new extremities in theatricality and brute force throughout the late 80s, Seattle quartet Soundgarden willing... Read more »| 18 Nov 2012