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 Antikaroshi – Per/Son/Alien
Recorded in 4 days, Per/Son/Alien offers up an immediate slab of accomplished rock deeply rooted in post-rock and indebted to the legacy of Dischord and Touc... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live MusicMogwai @ Stereo, 29 Aug
There are things in life that you really need to have been there to appreciate; tonight’s low-key Mogwai show is undoubtedly one of those occasions. Op... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Jónsi @ O2 Academy, 5 Sep
Tonight’s backdrop animations – woodland creatures; a wolf prowling the forest – make compelling viewing, affirming what television produce... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsTakka Takka – Migration
Danger! Afro-pop alert! If you refer to the dos and don’ts in the Modern Musicians Guide to Alternative Rock, then venturing into world music territory... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Minus the Bear @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
The Bear is slow to emerge from hibernation this Tuesday night, but the high octane combo of My Time/Secret Country from the Seattle group's latest collectio... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Doves @ Òran Mór, 2 Sep
Back in April, off-hand comments from Jimi Goodwin suggested Doves’ then impending Greatest Hits tour would be their last. Though apparently misquoted,... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010
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Reviews
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter is no fan of the sudden, bloody kill. There’s no adrenalin-soaked chase across the hillsides with this bunch of self-proclaimed ‘ambie... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
Playlists
Divorce Recommends Three Very Good Split Records
Divorce and Comanechi follow a great tradition of quality punk bands who climbed into bed to make sexy split magic... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsHidden Orchestra – Night Walks
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop inflected brethren The Cinematic Orchestra, the similarly named, similarly styled Hidden Orchestra have set an Olympian... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
Chapter – III (A Collection of Monsters)
A Collection of Monsters is a compelling record that excites and frustrates in equal measure. The songs - fusing elements of folk, electronica and chamber-po... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Comanechi / Divorce Split 10"
Road bound co-conspirators, Comanechi and Divorce have seen their working relationship blossom over the past year or so, returning here with a string of UK d... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
The Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands
Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Festivals
Emma Pollock on the relationship between the arts and mental health
The arts, with regards to mental health (whether it be positive or negative) are absolutely crucial. It is through the arts that people tend to show their ch... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Down To The Wire: Manic Street Preachers interviewed
Having exorcised their demons with 2009’s Journal for Plague Lovers, the Manic Street Preachers are setting their sights back on the charts with Postcards from a Young Man. Nicky Wire gives the lowdown on the band’s “last shot at mass communication” Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
In the Studio: Black Sun
Earlier this spring we spent time in the studio with Russell McEwan of local dirge metal overlords Black Sun as they tracked new album Twilight Of The Gods with guest vocalist and author/fighter Eugene S. Robinson of Oxbow. This is how it went down... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010