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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ReviewsCapillary Action - So Embarassing
Despite having one of the worst covers ever to drop out of an envelope, this is actually a surprisingly enjoyable record. That is to say, it nicely satisfies... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsAlec Empire - Shivers EP
Having lost his way creatively in recent years, Alec Empire desperately needed to deliver on his latest mini-album. Instead, Shivers is definitively the wors... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsLady Sovereign - Jigsaw
Lady Sovereign’s sophomore effort has a lot to live up to. Her first album produced a U.S. number one single and established the 5ft 2in pocket dynamit... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
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Black Poets - Innocents and Thieves
To all the bands out there who currently sound like Pavement: you could be in trouble. It's funny how history's backdrop defines what's going to be successfu... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Live MusicFriendly Fires @ The Picture House, 6 May
They might have rode in amid next-big-thing hysteria, but dismiss St Albans trio Friendly Fires as over-hyped at your peril. Last year’s self-titled de... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
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the pAper chAse - Someday This Could All Be Yours (Part 1)
A series of brilliant, if skewed, alternative pop songs Read more »| 21 Apr 2009
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Live Music
Therapy? @ ABC2, 4 May
More than 20 years into their career, Irish alternative metal veterans Therapy? are back on tour in support of their tenth LP. Crooked Timber, this latest fu... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
We See Lights @ 13th Note, 3 Apr
With raw four-part harmonies and the occasional ukulele, Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers (****) careen through a rockabilly set of macabre mariachi folk. ... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Power Up: We Are The Physics @ Studio 24, 8 May
It’s impossible not to love We Are The Physics’ way with words. Their moniker was originally We Are The Physics Club And Therefore Everything We ... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Holy Fuck @ Òran Mór, 11 May
There's a reason they're called Holy Fuck, and it's not just to be nakedly controversial. When The Skinny saw these guys on the tiny Relentless stage at last... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Pitted in the Throes of Passion
Amidst the hyperbole and throwaway soundbites, Billy Hamilton discovers Boston-born electro-poppers Passion Pit are a band who're having to grow up quickly... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Aidan Moffat & the Best-Ofs @ Stereo, Glasgow, 8 May
Aidan “f***ing” Moffat’s expletive-strewn lyrics have never been kind to the prudish. Which is maybe how his new album can feature such bon... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Morrissey @ Barrowlands, 7 May
We've long given up hope of a Smiths reunion, but any chance to see Morrissey with his current band of choice is a chance worth taking. New album Years Of Re... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsKarl Sanders - Saurian Exorcisms
This is not new-age ambient... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Fujiya & Miyagi @ The Arches, 11 Apr
Fujiya & Miyagi get down and dirty with an ironic smile on their faces. Jamie Scott goes along and tries to resist dancing Read more »| 17 Apr 2009