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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InterviewsMercury Rev's Theory Of Evolution
As Finbarr Bermingham caught up with Jeff Mercel, percussionist, keyboardist and general man-about-band, we find out that Mercury Rev, unlike many of their fans, are not a band transfixed with the past and that their future is there to be embraced. Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsMystery Jets - Half in Love with Elizabeth
Hearing the intro to this track for the first time, the question: 'Dear God, what have I done to deserve this?' rush through the mind. But seriously, it gets... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Bonde do Rolê @ The Lemon Tree, 15 Aug
Carnival time halts for no man Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsConor Oberst - Souled Out!!!
If this record had a scent, it'd be pine or lemon - while perhaps not the number one aroma for many, a large cross-section of the populace can agree these tw... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsDoes It Offend You Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead
Every once in a while, life hands you little reminders that those old proverbs we hear so often aren't completely hackneyed. In the case of Dawn of the Dead... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Malente & Dex - Hyperactive
Malente & Dex come together for their debut release in an inspired partnership. With five albums to his name since 2000 Malente has now earned himself th... Read more »| 19 Aug 2008
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Festivals
Bestival 2008 @ Isle of Wight, 5-7 Sep
This year Isle of Wight's Bestival yields Mermaids. Ideal. Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
Interviews
A Serj of Controversy
Since System of a Down went on an ‘extended hiatus’ in August 2006, frontman Serj Tankian went completely solo with last year's Elect the Dead. Shaun Love patched in a transatlantic call ahead of Tankian’s trip to the UK next month to discuss single life, airborne genitalia and the consequences of being an overtly political musician Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Noah and the Whale @ Cabaret Voltaire, 15 Aug
The London septet spend much of the show colouring within the lines of their folk-pop debut Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Something For All of Us
Ally Brown gets into the messy business of combining chat with critique in an effort to dissect Brendan Canning's debut solo LP to find that the BSS co-founder doesn't quite get by with a little help from his friends on this occasion Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
The Twilight Sad / Frightened Rabbit @ The Liquid Room, 14 Aug
Beguiling and hilarious in equal measure Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Laura Marling @ Bannerman's, 12 Aug
Alas! I cannot breathe... Laura Marling sweats it out on her Bannerman's debut Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Calexico - Two Silver Trees
Hailing from Tuscon, Arizona, and naming themselves after a California border town, Calexico has long had a distinctive Southwestern style. Still evincing a... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Popup - Love Triangle / Pull the Fuse
Popup’s thick regionalism and jabbing beats set them up as a seriously interesting prospect Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Icarus - Monologues
In a funny twist of fate, this writer has been handed Monologues, the debut album from Edinburgh-outfit Icarus, for review, having just critiqued Daedelus&rs... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008