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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ReviewsKidz In The Hall - The In Crowd
Kidz In The Hall’s sophomore effort, The In Crowd, combines a broad palette of sounds that will please even the pickiest headz out there. Thirteen out ... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsWale - The Mixtape About Nothing
Mixtapes are changing the game in hip-hop, and Wale's new one is up there with the very best Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
Lyrics Born: Can't Touch This
Tom "Lyrics Born" Shimura is a phenomenal rapper; a graduate from DJ Shadow's crate dug Quannum collective and a tireless collaborator, his recorded work has literally taken him from London to the Bay. James Blake speaks to a man who does not mince his words Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Live MusicDuty Free @ Cabaret Voltaire, July
Save your tenners for the Fringe and discover your new favourite band at the Cabaret Voltaire in July Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
PlaylistsA Muso's Top 10: Tricky
The ever-rasping Tricky Kid marks his return with a rediscovery of his musical heritage called Knowle West Boy this month (see our review in Records). We recently gave the dark prince of trip-hop a tinkle while he was preparing to seep under the door in gaseous cloud form, to ask which tunes would get him most juiced if he were to find himself in a training montage situation. Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - July, 2008
Soak up the chun! Read more »| 26 Jun 2008
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Reviews
Mara Carlyle - Ancient and Modern EP
You know when you hear a vocalist with real passion, because it sounds unlike anything you’ve heard before. Mara Carlyle’s tone may not be incred... Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Martyn - Suburbia / All I Have is Memories
This whole Dub/Tech fusion thing is just starting to get interesting as some of the key producers become more accomplished at a sound that’s got exciti... Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Bashy - Kidulthood to Adulthood
Kidulthood’s typically busy sounding stuff, with the lyrics painting a predictable and somewhat stereotypical picture of inner-city revenge and struggle Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Glasvegas @ ABC2, 20 Jun
Dawn your shades and brush your hair back. Welcome to the cult of Glasvegas. Amen. Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Converge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
There are few more ferocious sights in live music than Jacob Bannon in full-throttle Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
By and large, this is very much like any other Coldplay record, though it contains assured traces of a certain daring that has often escaped them in the past Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Appleblim & Peverelist - Circling
The latest release on Skull Disco sees two of Bristol’s Dubstep kingpins (Apple Pips and Punch Drunk label bosses) deliver one of the deepest, darkest ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Sincere - Once Upon A Time
Reggae / Hip-Hop Summer Anthem? Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
FestivalsR.E.M. Keep the Car Running
It might have seemed as though they were Out of Time for a minute there, but Mike Mills conveys to Paul Mitchell that the legendary Atlanta group are instead accelerating towards a new dawn Read more »| 24 Jun 2008