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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PlaylistsA Muso's Top 10: Strike the Colours
The next Strike The Colours album is called Seven Roads. I called it that because some of the songs seemed to take on a travelling theme, or be about belongi... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsThe Twilight Sad: It Was All Whirlwind...
Since blindsiding us with their show-stopping debut in 2007, The Twilight Sad have enjoyed a steady ascent that few bands can hope to achieve on both sides of the Atlantic. The Skinny swigs warm Grolsch with frontman James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane to ask: Can they make the double? Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Part Chimp: Monkey Business
It really will be a Thriller night for Part Chimp when they release their third album this month. Three quarters of the London foursome tell all about its jokey origins, orgasmic delights and that all-important Jacko connection. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Iconoclastic Space Rap for 3009 – The Return of Anti-Pop Consortium
Anti-Pop Consortium have always broken boundaries – in 2002 they signed with legendary electronic label Warp, releasing the seminal LP Arrhythmia to cr... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsThe Dodos: Fly or Die
With a record that’s dividing fans before it's even released, The Dodos’ future is precariously balanced. Eager to discover whether the pressure’s getting too much, The Skinny spoke to core member Logan Kroeber Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
The Shock of the Mew
Back this month with their first album in four years, Bo Madsen ‘mewses’ on great artists, Madonna (not in that category it seems) and, eh, blowjobs Read more »| 01 Sep 2009
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Reviews
HEALTH - Get Color
Upon its release in January last year, the eponymous debut from L.A. noise botherers HEALTH polarised opinion. Those Crystal Castles fans who bought it in th... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
Times New Viking may joke that their fourth effort boasts “25% higher fidelity”, but they’re fooling no one: the set is slathered in fuzz a... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Retreat! @ Bristo Hall, 16 Aug
For their second annual mini-fest celebrating local talent, the promoters of Retreat! crammed as many of their favourite bands into a single day as possible. The Skinny turned to shift work to cover this year's event. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsBenbecula Records: 1999-2009
Benbecula Records are closing their doors after ten years of experimental electronica, and for a sad reason: The scene just doesn't turn them on anymore. Label founder Steven McConnell vents his dismay... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Polite Sleeper - Lake Effect
Before we proceed any further, there's a great big elephant in the room that needs to be dealt with: Jason Orlovich has a set of vocal chords that make him a... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Come In Tokyo: The Dynamic Duo
If the rock gods say keep it simple, who are we to question? Come In Tokyo prove you need little else than drums and guitar to move a crowd Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Planet Brain & Lebatol - Split LP
Planet Brain are really two bands putting up with each other, with the rhythm section doing their level-best to sound like a Washington hardcore outf... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Magazine @ HMV Picture House, 30 Aug
If you ever wanted to organise a middle-aged-men-who've-still-got-a-bit-of-an-edge holocaust (I don't know, David Cameron might - has anyone thought to ask h... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Live MusicAndrew Bird @ HMV Picture House, 23 Aug
An expert in both violin and verbosity, Andrew Bird is cut from a peculiar musical cloth. His idiosyncratic stylings make him the perfect accompaniment to Ed... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009