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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ReviewsÓlöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Holding true to the winning blueprint of debut album, Við Og Við, Icelander Ólöf Arnalds once again employs Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur R&... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsGrinderman – Grinderman 2
As The Bad Seeds fast approach their 30th year, their music has become naturally more bombastic and grandiose. The Grinderman offshoot was, in some r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
VideosThe Skinny Sessions: Sparrow and the Workshop
Exclusive live sessions from T in the Park 2010, only at The Skinny and Radio Magnetic. Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
To the uninitiated, We Were Promised Jetpack’s set tonight will likely come across as a bit ‘samey’. To those accustomed to last year&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsAmelia Curran – Hunter Hunter
Recently winning a prestigious Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album Of The Year in her native Canada, Amelia Curran's fifth album finally gets its... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsIsobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
As unlikely a pairing as they are, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are onto their third outing together; if it doesn’t add up on paper it sure as hell... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010
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Reviews
Fat Freddy's Drop – Live at Roundhouse
As someone who visited Aotearoa this year, I can tell you that the Kiwis go mental for FFD: the reggae/roots scene is huge down there, perhaps as it seems to... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Steve Mason @ The Liquid Room 18 Aug
A newly reopened Liquid Room tonight plays host to one of its favourite sons, and as reunions go, this would take some beating for emotional resonance. Scene... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Beirut @ HMV Picture House, 22 Aug
“I fuckin’ love you Zach!” shouts one punter near the end of Beirut’s stunning performance tonight. “Ah luv yi too!” resp... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Videos
The Skinny Sessions: The Seventeenth Century
Following the success of our stint at the T in the Park kitchen in 2009, this summer The Skinny joined forces with Radio Magnetic to capture a unique series ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Reviews
Freelance Whales – Weathervanes
On first listen, this debut album from recently formed Queens quintent Freelance Whales sounds a lot like a toned-down version of Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, w... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
The Besnard Lakes @ Sneaky Pete's, 17 Aug
It’s been three years since Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters. Ample time for a trio of young lads known as Heart Beats (****) to graduate from Th... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Hallogallo 2010 @ HMV Picture House, 17 Aug
Tonight I figure out what's so special about the Neu! beat: it's the one groove that bypasses the hips altogether. Go to any club night and you'll shake your... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Two Door Cinema Club @ Òran Mór, 17 Sep
The only band from Northern Ireland to make the longlist for BBC's Sound of 2010, Bangor outfit Two Door Cinema Club comprise Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Live Music
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ O2 ABC, 8 Sep
There has always been something mildly perverse when it comes to the sight of the innocently framed Isobel Campbell sitting side by side with the vag... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010