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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ReviewsMaximo Park - Quicken The Heart
"What are we doing here if romance isn't dead?" So demanded Paul Smith, Maximo Park's frontman, on the Tyneside quintet's exhilarating debut single Graffiti.... Read more »| 22 May 2009 -
FestivalsThe Great Escape Festival @ Brighton, 14-16 May
They've said it's the UK's answer to SxSW, but is it any kop? We sent Finbarr Bermingham and Alexis Somerville to find out. Read more »| 21 May 2009 -
ReviewsDirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
In four years between 2002 and 2006, Dirty Projectors went through 27 band members. That’s a turnover to put even your most harried of rock supergroups... Read more »| 21 May 2009 -
Live Music
Pit Er Pat @ Limbo, The Voodoo Rooms, 14 May
In the sometimes sumptuous setting of the Voodoo Rooms, Pit Er Pat just about reach their comfort zone. Their feet seem to drag as they take the stag... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Reviews
White Denim - Fits
Given the editorial constraints of the average Skinny review it'd be hard even to simply list the genres and bands whose influences shine through on the exce... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Reviews
The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes
An immersive journey into the heart of noise Read more »| 20 May 2009
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Live MusicJack Peñate @ Bongo Club, 16 Jun
Jack Peñate kicks off his summer season with a pre-festival June tour, previewing his forthcoming second album, to include new single Tonight’s ... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Festivals
Hockey: Summer Sons
Having spent the majority of last summer playing bars across America as if it were some kind of overblown stateside pubcrawl, Portland's Hockey are about to take a step up and embark on a busy stint at some of the year's biggest festivals, including T In The Park. Still riding high from the attention and excitement surrounding first single Too Fake -even landing a spot on Jools Holland - the band look set to make a lasting impression. The Skinny grabs a quick word with vocalist Benjamin Grubin to hear their story so far and goals for the year ahead. Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Reviews
Meat Puppets - Sewn Together
Despite Curt Kirkwood's assertions that “if I can get away with it, I'll make a record as cheap as I can and put as little work as I can into it,&rdquo... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Live Music
Teitur @ King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 7 Jun
Ultra-melancholy, ludicrously talented, doe-eyed singer-songwriter, blah blah blah… It’s easy to dismiss Faroe Islands native Teitur Lassen as t... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Interviews
John Leckie: Producing the Goods
The music industry would be at a loss without British record producer John Leckie. Since he began his career in 1970 at Abbey Rd Studios as an in-house engin... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Live Music
Crystal Antlers @ Sneaky Pete’s, 18 May
The unifying theme of this gig was always going to be volume – as in, lots of it. But Edinburgh band Dupec (****) refuse to be blown off the stage by t... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Reviews
Fanfarlo - Reservoir
'The British Arcade Fire' is a label that Fanfarlo are likely becoming sick of, so often is it applied to their chamber pop magnificence. Yet for all the sim... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Reviews
Ellen Mary McGee - The Crescent Sun
Debut from Nottingham-based songwriter, rich in dark mythological imagery. Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Reviews
The Gothenburg Address - A Lesser Coming Home
These days, the 'post-rock' label seems to be bandied around in much the same way as 'prog' used to, acting as a lazy shorthand for long instrumentals with o... Read more »| 18 May 2009