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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Live MusicIron & Wine, ABC, 12 May
As the wonderfully mellowed, West coast whisper of Carousel drifts all around, we’re reminded of the genius of Beam Read more »| 17 May 2008 -
Interviews
The Days of the Triffids
By reissuing The Triffids' back catalogue, Domino are highlighting and adding substantially to the known canon of Australian indie-rock, as Ally Brown discovers Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
InterviewsThe Orkestra del Sol of the Garden Party
Even if it is turning out to be the wettest spring on record, no matter. You could always move your feet to some of the finest horn-led frenzy with a whole summer's worth of sun in every bite, as Ali Maloney finds out first hand Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
ReviewsMindless Self Indulgence - If
Raw energy pulses through the veins of every track Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
ReviewsCazals- What Of Our Future
Next to the likes of Digitalism and Klaxons, Cazals appear incongruous to the rest of the roster Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Interviews
Witch: The Brain of J.
From axe-wielding, slacker rock overlord with Dinosaur Jr., to fearsome stick-smith with doom metal-mongers Witch, J. Mascis is clearly a man of many talents. However, as Darren Carle came to realise, being a dutiful interviewee does not appear to be one of them Read more »| 14 May 2008
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Live Music
Silver Jews @ ABC, 9 May
The music industry’s self-styled anti-hero returns Read more »| 14 May 2008 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: dEUS
Last month, singer/songwriter (and film director) Tom Barman returned with his excellent dEUS troupe, clutching hold of a heavily groove-infected new album called Vantage Point. Ahead of next issue's interview with the affable Belgian he gave us some insight in to the sounds that kept his creative juices flowing while he was down in the bunker Read more »| 13 May 2008 -
Live Music
Triptych Farewell @ Tramway, 26 Apr
Darren Carle finds that Mogwai, Errors and Frightened Rabbit rule the waves in Glasgow as he goes for a surf at the last ever Triptych hoe-down Read more »| 13 May 2008 -
Reviews
The Thirst - Sail Away
Most single releases tend to be overly-complicated (the original record having bajillions of remixes tacked on to fill up space), but The Thirst, much like ... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Interviews
Life Thru a Jens
Swedish crooner Jens Lekman briefly hung up his guitar when scurrilous stories about him became too much to take. Luckily for us he didn't retire for long, but as he tells Ally Brown, if you're trying to find out the truth about him, you may as well just make something up Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Reviews
Various Artists - Godskitchen Underground
From the opening shimmering synths of Robert M’s Only You, this compilation of trance-inflected dirty electro will immediately transport any house fan ... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Festivals
The Skinny @ Coachella 2008
A festival in the Californian sun starring Prince, Portishead and 'Dark Side of the Moon' in full, you say? Ally Brown takes one for the team at Coachella 2008... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Reviews
Plantlife - Love Toy
Given his penchant for naughty electrofunk pop it is perhaps unsurprisingly main man Jack Splash has recently been on production duties for other naughty electrofunk pop-types Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Reviews
V/A - Sub Club 20 Years Underground
As the club moves into a new era, this double CD looks back at the last twenty years Read more »| 12 May 2008