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 MusicSouthern Fried @ Perth Concert Hall/ Perth Theatre, 1 - 3 Aug
On hand to ease your blues this summer Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsJakob Dylan - Seeing Things
The Dylan poetry is obviously not genetic Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsRoshi feat. Pars Radio - And stars
Since any cultural conception of Iran is dominated by news of politics and nuclear weapons programs, it's refreshing to hear even the briefest of snapshots f... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Meursault @ Wee Red Bar, 19 Jul
They’re certainly making waves but, tonight, Meursault’s waters were disappointingly still Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
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Orzelda - The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights
Like a cross between the brooding majesty of Boards of Canada and the fabricated nostalgia of Animal Collective Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
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Blank + Jones - The Logic Of Pleasure
Not many artists can boast about releasing their ninth studio album, but that’s exactly what Blank + Jones have just achieved. The German duo’s n... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008
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ReviewsEric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
Both gentle beauty and faint banality are captured sweetly Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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Crystal Castles - Vanished
It seemed the norm for a while that, in rock music, a band would release a few heavier hitting tracks as singles, then try to lure in doubters with a softer ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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Cute is What We Aim For - Rotation
Apparently, Hacikyan hasn't heard his own record Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Harmonia @ ABC2, 11 Jul
They appear on stage assured in their own reputation and the confidence that comes with the term supergroup Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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V/A - Prins Thomas & Full Pupp presents The Greatest Tits Vol.1
Alongside Hans Peter Lindstrom and Todd Terje, Prins Thomas forms the Norwegian triumvirate famed for their own twisted take on the disco template. While Lin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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CSS - Donkey
Despite debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy becoming something of a ‘soundtrack to the summer’ last year, the resultant slew of mediocre gigs, festiva... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsThe Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake - Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons
A booming, clattering melee of garage noise, swirling round a hub of simple, effective songwriting Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Kila - Gamblers Ballet
Gambler's Ballet opens with the obscurely-titled Leath Ina Dhiaidh A Hocht, and if the incomprehensibility of that amuses you, it's worth further noting that... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008