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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InterviewsPurity Ring: Future Pop Fables
On their debut album Shrines, Canadian duo Purity Ring showcase their subversive take on pop, with sticky-sweet, dark-as-pitch lyrics and forward-looking, futuristic electronic beats Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsIn Pictures: T in the Park 2012
In Pictures: T in the Park 2012 Rolling reportage of the action coming live from our photographers at T in the Park. Photography by Eoin Carey... Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
Opinion
The Rise of Netaudio
Netlabels and free music versus the traditional industry – the debate rages on. But if you're looking for good net-based releases, where do you start? Read more »| 05 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsDiana Darby – I V (Intravenous)
A series of personal misfortunes tarried the arrival of Diana Darby’s fourth album, her first since 2005’s The Magdalene Laundries. Yet despite a... Read more »| 05 Jul 2012 -
Interviews
Twin Shadow: Born in the 80s
As he gets prepared to unleash one of the albums of the year, George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow, outlines his musical manifesto Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
White Manna – White Manna
When a band calling themselves White Manna christen a track Acid Head, they risk flirting with parody. The Californian quartet’s mantric psych-rock... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012
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Reviews
The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
In days gone by, describing a Flaming Lips album as “bewildering” could easily have passed as an endorsement, such was the dazzling nature of the... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsT in the Park 2012: The Magnificent Seven
For those making the pilgrimage to T in the Park this month, our Music team humbly presents seven bands you'd be a dipshit to miss Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Purity Ring – Shrines
Where Grimes' work is all about ambiguity, fellow Canucks Purity Ring offer a vision of synth pop which is clear and polished as crystal. Corin Roddick's pro... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsCooly G – Playin' Me
Merrisa 'Cooly G' Campbell's assured, slick productions effortlessly capture the sound of 'funky' – the post-dubstep scene which has embraced elements ... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – July 2012
Hailing from hardcore punk superpower OFF!, Keith 'original Black Flag vocalist' Morris and Dimitri 'played guitar on a Bond theme' Coats carry a special license to say whatever the hell they like about July's single releases Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Flow Festival, Helsinki
The former Suvilahti power plant will soon be buzzing again. From 8-12 August the ninth Flow Festival will take place on the historic site close to the cente... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Om – Advaitic Songs
Since splintering from stoner rock legends Sleep in 2003, Om have moved, with each passing release, further towards a sound that draws upon Eastern c... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Grasscut – Unearth
Grasscut’s follow-up to 2010’s 1 Inch: ½ Mile is accompanied by a book of pinhole camera photographs, and is also available - in an en... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Shonen Knife – Pop Tune
Pop Tune is Shonen Knife’s 18th album. Ponder that a moment: the Osaka Ramones have now comfortably overtaken the actual Ramones’ recorded ou... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012