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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ReviewsPivot - O Soundtrack My Heart
‘Soundtrack’, it seems, is the operative word for this second album from antipodean electro-garage rockers Pivot. Opening duo In The Blood and th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Live MusicShout Out Louds @ Cabaret Voltaire, 7 Aug
The sort of harmless, sugary indie-pop that American film and TV studios dribble over Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Live MusicThe Icarus Line @ King Tut's, 6 Aug
The Icarus Line look as though they could still take on the world, the question is whether they really want to Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsJaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
Whitney's shrill squealing does the otherwise fine instrumentation on this debut album from Jaguar Love absolutely no favours Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Paul Haig @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4 Aug
An enjoyable hometown gig for Haig, even if nearly all the city stayed at home Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Michael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers
The world needs activists like Franti Read more »| 11 Aug 2008
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Local H - Twelve Angry Months
A year of post-break-up recriminations and misery via the medium of some fairly MOR rock music Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsNoah and the Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
After seeing this band perform, I came into this review with a bit of bias: The band takes the stage in matching vintage-store garb (think the look of Sufjan... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Paul Kelly @ The Spiegeltent, 5 Aug
The mid-section of Kelly's A-Z assault on his back catalogue sends everyone home happy Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices
Opener Altered Beast is exhausting, winding its way from math to post influences whilst covering a range of emotional ground Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
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Pumajaw - Jacky Daw
For many, the term 'folk' will always evoke scenes of cardigan-clad hippies, perhaps explaining the propensity for critics to regularly weld on a prefix and ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
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One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion EP
"In exile for a while, now with raw friction,” spits Rage Against the Machine’s firebrand in limbo - Zack de la Rocha - breaking a four year sile... Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
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Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
Sets its camp halfway up the road from Gary Numan to Devo Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
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Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - Ten Thousand
Gruff, whiskey-soaked men touting a spit ’n’ sawdust, knuckle-bruising, bluegrass bar-room stomp Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
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Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
Finn Jr threatens to outdo daddy and co with brilliant debut Read more »| 06 Aug 2008