Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 21 Nov 2008
Euan Ferguson: Ever since Geldof and co assembled the cream of the 80s for Live Aid 23 years ago, charity and music have gone hand-in-hand. We’ve been spoilt for choice recently in Scotland, especially with the month-long Oxjam celebrations. Joining the benevo...
Records :: Single Review 29 Oct 2008
Ewen Millar: Kurt Cobain once stated that the only two places he would ever live would be Seattle or Edinburgh, a comment that aptly summed up a transatlantic love affair between many Scottish indie bands and their grunge cousins (Nirvana/Teenage Fanclub; Snow Patr...
Music :: Heads Up :: Feature :: Features 30 Sep 2008
Paul Mitchell: This month sees the launch of Ten Tracks, a new platform for the marketing and retail of music for which ten bands provide a track each per month. All ten are available to listeners for £1 per month (or £10 per year, with the added option ...
Music :: Live Review 08 Sep 2008
Ally Brown, Nick Mitchell, Colin Chapman: The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going for it, in theory. The location – and the journey to get there – is absolutely gorgeo...
Records :: Feature :: Round Up 01 Sep 2008
Nick Mitchell: The Dirty Dozen does like a band to seduce it a bit. So when newly-formed Londoners Rock City Sixteen send in a 7" of Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanche (****, 8 Sep) in appropriate black and white design with creative press release, I am easily swayed...
Music :: Preview 29 Jul 2008
Ted Maul: Edinburgh Ratatat kick things off in Edinburgh on 1 Aug with a gig at Cabaret Voltaire. Those who are wondering how well this twosome will translate their lush, processed sound into a live setting could well be in for a pleasant surprise – these...
Music :: Preview 23 Jun 2008
Nick Mitchell: You're unlikely to encounter a naked Britt Ekland or a kilted Christopher Lee, but you can bear witness to a 30-foot burning effigy after two nights of hedonistic partying. And no, Edward Woodward won't be trapped inside (or Nicolas Cage, unfortunately...
Music :: Live Review 16 Jun 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: SATURDAY “You stand more chance of seeing Nessie in the zoo than you do a decent band at Rock Ness 2008.”That was the warning angled our way by one unimpressed observer as details of this year's event made their way online. On paper,...
Heads Up :: News 05 Jun 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: Life after Tennents begins this August for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as The Edge steps, for the first time, out of the not inconsiderable shadow of T On The Fringe. Details have been announced today of the inaugural line-up for The Edge, and by all...
Music :: Review 03 Jun 2008
Ally Brown: Just three days after the release of gentle second album Rescue Weekend, Y'all Is Fantasy Island (***) are ignoring all its songs in favour of rocking out, with known crowd-pleasers, like the brilliant With Handclaps, and songs from upcoming third LP N...
Music :: Preview 21 May 2008
Neal Parsons: Musical showcase goNorth is back and this year is travelling to Dundee. Aimed at bringing representatives from the music industry to the north so that acts from the Highlands and Islands can strut their stuff on their own patch, this year looks like be...
Music :: Feature 06 Jan 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: May we present to you a smattering of the bands that The Skinny reckons could be making waves in 2008, locally, nationally and - fuggit - internationally.With the Scottish scene in healthy shape, singling out some of those talents that could take the e...
Music :: Live Review 09 Aug 2007
Darren Carle: Suffering from a snapped guitar string and, if you can believe it, an unruly kick drum, it certainly isn't The Byrons' (**) night. Technical proficiency and entertaining drum action aside, the haphazard nature of many of their songs leaves a longing fo...
