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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ReviewsAir Traffic - No More Running Away
Bound together throughout by wistful piano and an infectious refrain Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsA Whisper in the Noise - Dry Land
The ratio of unremarkable misery to remarkable tenderness is too high Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Opinion
XFM Column - October
I know it's over Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Jack of all trades
His songs may be all over the radio right now, but it's taken Jack Peñate years of gigging - and painting and decorating - to get where he is today, as he explains to Nick Mitchell.
""People want tunes now, but they also don't want it to be bullshit. They're not interested in fakeness and people looking like perfect pop stars.""
Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsAthlete - Hurricane
The best music can blow you away, but Hurricane barely musters a breeze. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Cherry Ghost - 4AM
Lyrics about washing your hair and getting the last bus home aren't going to excite anyone Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Indigo Moss - Nature of this Town
Positively archaic, well put together, but utterly baffling Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Lightspeed Champion - Midnight Surprise
A disappointing edit that has removed many of the best movements of the original song Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Suns of Thunder - Gimme Some More E.P.
It also sounds like Clutch. An awful lot like Clutch. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Hussy's - Sunday Morning EP
The Hussy's are easy to digest, with little opportunity to become wearisome Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Pyramids - Hunch Your Body, Love Somebody
Raw, dirty garage rock at its best Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Troubadours - Gimme Love
Are you listening, Fratellis? Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Wildhearts - The New Flesh
Catchy in the same way as one might regard syphilis Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division
Ample jumpy guitar and sing-a-long choruses Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Turin Brakes - Stalker
Falling somewhere between U2's most recent efforts and This Is My Truth… era Manics Read more »| 08 Oct 2007