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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Live MusicGrandaddy @ O2 ABC, 30 August
Six years ago, Grandaddy were collapsed and futureless. By the time final album Just Like the Fambly Cat appeared, the members had already parted company, l... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Live MusicGrimes @ The Arches, 29 August
Opening a three-act bill before 8pm is always a challenge, but Grimes’ fellow Montrealers Majical Cloudz captivate from the outset. The duo&r... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
The Helio Sequence – Negotiations
Much of The Helio Sequence’s fifth album was reportedly born from improvisation, with many songs beginning life as one-minute sketches, and others fo... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Minus the Bear – Infinity Overhead
Over the course of a career, it’s not unusual for a band to shed its musical skin several times. Yet, in their eleven years as a band, Seattle outfit... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Interviews
The Good Ship Yeasayer
As Brooklyn's Yeasayer look forward to their cruise ship bow, Ira Wolf Tuton takes a walk down memory lane Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds Flying
“And I tried to write the saddest song in the world,” croons Adrian Crowley on the second track of his excellent sixth album. The majestic burst ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012
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ReviewsGallows – Gallows
Instead of flickering out after the departure of intimidating frontman Frank Carter, Watford-based hardcore punks Gallows have decided to soldier on with the... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Oneohtrix Point Never / Rene Hell – Music For Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was A Blue Square
OPN's Music For Reliquary House finds Dan Lopatin revisiting the experimental modes of 2011's Replica but toning down that album's sense of rhythm and melody... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
Since relocating from Seattle to the American Midwest to record 2007’s joyous Cease to Begin, Band of Horses' song craft has come to reflect the sexte... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – September 2012
Creeps, it looks like Summer might just be over. Perhaps it's time to step out of the shadows and rear your ugly mugs under the comfortable camouflage of tho... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
The Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys are old-fashioned songwriters – not only in the sense that their music evokes a panoply of traditions and... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Cat Power – Sun
Despite an at times tumultuous personal life, Chan Marshall’s output has always been driven by an assured, direct artistic vision; from the sultry Delt... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights – September 2012
From righteous blues rock sisters to the most vital man in modern hip-hop, we've got your September gig calendar all sussed out Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen on Mark Hollis
He might be late to the party, but Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has come to appreciate the understated genius of Talk Talk's remarkable leader in recent times Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
ReviewsBattery Face – Addams Family Values
Battery Face apparently recorded their debut album in less than six hours but then spent six months mixing it, stubbornly refusing to let any professional ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012