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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ReviewsFuture Islands - In Evening Air
From the opening refrain of Baltimore trio Future Islands’ official sophomore release we’re met by the rabid growl of singer and lynchpin Sam Her... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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Steve Mason - Boys Outside
The post-split material released by ex-Beta Band members has been almost as enigmatic as the group’s seminal output on their three EPs and albums. Sing... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsThe Tivoli Vs. Cabaret Voltaire - National Service Rewind
Cabaret Voltaire don’t need much of an introduction – if they weren’t long-established scene vanguards, Blair Street proprietors mi... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsLCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The first thing James Murphy ever did as LCD Soundsystem frontman was confess to a serious music addiction. Losing My Edge, his 2002 debut single, was an acu... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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jj - jj n° 3
Last year, Swedish dream-pop outfit jj scored a critical hit with the imaginatively titled n° 2. n° 3 follows quickly on its heels and unsurprisingly... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Live Music
Three Blind Wolves @ Stereo, 10 Apr
“Who’s that writin’?” wails frontman Sean Cumming of the John Knox Sex Club, leading the four chanting a capella voices in their insp... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010
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Live Music
These New Puritans @ Cabaret Voltaire, 16 Apr
The dark, cavernous Cabaret Voltaire is an apt setting for a Friday evening in the company of These New Puritans, short of a forest clearing at midnight. Ini... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Live MusicTigerfest 2010 @ Various Venues, 5-22 May
Returning for its sixth consecutive year, 2010 finds Tigerfest showcasing a rich vein of musical talent along Scotland’s East coast. Setting up camp in... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsDeftones - Diamond Eyes
With long-awaited album Eros on indefinite hold, Diamond Eyes proves that Deftones are still in the game and swinging for the fences – stand-in bass pl... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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The Peryls - I Have Not Slept One Wink EP
Average English folksy type fail to capitalise on palpable potential. Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Conflict Diamonds - Two City Tales
Edinburgh duo Conflict Diamonds' debut album has been a fair while coming, but thankfully it delivers just what we've come to love about their live performan... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Songdog - A Life Eroding
Like Nick Cave before him, Songdog frontman Lyndon Morgan’s lyrics sketch life – in all its tragicomic glory and horror – over elegant arra... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows EP
A Sunny Day In Glasgow have some funny ideas about what constitutes an album. Apparently, inclusion on last year’s Ashes Grammar wasn’t enough fo... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
Live Music
Rufus Wainwright @ Usher Hall, 16 Apr
A first half where the more extreme examples of Mr Wainwright's pretensions were explored –request for complete audience silence, an overwrought entran... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
Live Music
The Big Pink @ The Garage, 9 May
Multi-instrumental London duo The Big Pink are still surfing the wave of success since every trendy kid and sports show montage from here to Hackney ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010