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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InterviewsAnimal Collective - Unsolved Mysteries
With pop music affixing itself to every sub-genre in sight, Animal Collective seemed a safe haven from its omnipresent grasp. But after the release of new LP Strawberry Jam, Billy Hamilton chats to frontman Dave Portner to uncover whether AC have finally succumbed to the mainstream's clutches Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
InterviewsTori Amos: "This Is My War!"
To propel one of 2007's most fiercely political albums into the upper echelons of the global charts is no mean feat. To do so some 15 years into your career, in a fickle climate in which many of your peers have been written off with the shelf life of a Ginsters pasty, is another phenomenon entirely. Never one to shy away from a battle, Tori Amos tells Dave Kerr why motherhood spurred her American Doll Posse into action Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live MusicThe Twilight Sad @ Cabaret Voltaire
It's Tuesday night for God's sake! What the fuck are yis all doing here? Graham humbly asks of the crowd, blissfully unaware his band are about to take over the world Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Alabama 3 @ Carling Academy
Moments of sudden excitement are submerged into uninspired, rhythm-heavy workouts Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
It's more Frank Beige than Black Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsFoo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
"Attention, pay attention!" barks Dave Grohl, like a cocksure drill instructor. If 2005's In Your Honor was their Led Zep-styled lunge at bombastic, sonic co... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - October
Bursting at the seams with raucous gig action Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Opinion
XFM Charts
Jim Gellatly's X-Posure Top 101. The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division2. The Steeples - Britney's Tears3. Zoey Van Goey - Foxtrot Vandals4. Dragons - Lon... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen - October
Knee deep in the coming month's singles, Nick Mitchell pans for gold. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Interviews
Introducing: Genaro
It's great that people like what we do, but we'd still be creating music regardless - Derek Bates Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: The National
This month, Matt Berninger talks about his mentors and doles out the tunes currently populating his headphones. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Thomas Truax - Like A Fallen Tree
Bizarre, unsettling beauty Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Reviews
Zoey van Goey - Foxtrot Vandals
It's pretty. It's nice. It's musical cup-a-soup. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Broken Social Scene presents... Kevin Drew @ The Arches, 15 Oct
BSS are following the Wu-Tang path to world domination... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Live Music
Battles @ The Liquid Room
Creators of one of the most original and definitive albums of the year Read more »| 08 Oct 2007