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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ReviewsWild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wild Beasts are patently unafraid of provoking ridicule. Their lyrics are full of tangled and poetically inclined couplets and, as if that weren’t flam... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
ReviewsThe Twilight Sad – I Became A Prostitute
Anyone worried that The Twilight Sad might have lost some of their feral power in the two years since Fourteen Autumns would have been partly reassured by th... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Nebula - Heavy Psych
One of the leading lights of the 90s stoner movement, this latest opus from Nebula is a bit on the patchy side. Pulse is a slow-burning opener that initially... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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The Low Miffs - The Man Who Took On Love (And Won)
For those who've whiled away nanoseconds pondering just how Scott Walker and David Bowie might have sounded had they formed a surf guitar band, The Low Miffs... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
ReviewsCruiser - HAPPYROBOTS: programmedtoloveyou
There’s something very appealing about remix albums; they’re bursting with the ideas and talents of dozens of collaborators, but, unlike compilat... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Julian Plenti - Is Skyscraper
Definitely not Brandon Flowers Read more »| 21 Jul 2009
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ReviewsHoly Mountain - Holy Mountain EP
For the uninitiated, this doom 'n' roll two-piece have been shaking loose light fixtures and teeth to fervent reactions for the last four months. Stories of ... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
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Electricity In Our Homes - We Agree Completely
You may not know Electricity In Our Homes yet, but their new EP is sure to grab your attention. It’s edgy art-rock of the Can and Captain Beefheart var... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
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Cutaways - Earth and Earthly Things
Cardiff has Los Campesinos!, Glasgow has Dananananaykroyd, and now Belfast weighs in with their power-pop, equal-opportunity vocalled Cutaways. The two forme... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
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Doves Of Disorder - Doves of Disorder EP
Whether unwittingly or not, Doves of Disorder have thrust themselves into the space recently vacated by Sleater-Kinney, albeit in a less-affected and unfortu... Read more »| 20 Jul 2009 -
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Nneka - No Longer At Ease
Nneka is a one-woman melting pot, the product of a Nigerian upbringing and a German university education, but her music is where the real dizzying mix is fou... Read more »| 20 Jul 2009 -
Videos
The T Sessions: Mike Nisbet
Off the Beaten Tracks is a music video project in unusual surroundings. The Skinny and Off the Beaten Tracks have teamed up to bring you music videos from ar... Read more »| 18 Jul 2009 -
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Asa Ransom - An Asa Ransom Release
Relocating to New York must have been a no-brainer for Asa Ransom, hailing as they do from Marion, Indiana, whose only recent(ish) claim to fame has been hos... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009 -
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Sons of Noel and Adrian - Rivers EP
So perfectly crafted are the three songs on this limited EP that it is hard to believe it was recorded by twelve people. While other modern ‘folk&rsquo... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009 -
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DJ Food - One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World
DJ Food returns with his first new music in eight years Read more »| 16 Jul 2009