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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Interviews
Q without U
"Little did I know that our name would nearly get us sued by the DIY bastions of the free world. Fuck 'em, we're keeping it!" - Tam Killdean Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Interviews
A few good bands: 2008's Ones to Watch
Finbarr Bermingham dusts off the old crystal ball to try and make your search for the 'Next Big Thing' a little less serendipitous... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Celtic Connections: Sounds of Scotland @ The Classic Grand
A bill decidedly cheery and light-hearted Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Crowded House @ SECC
Their time on earth continues to serve them well Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
FOUND / Make Model @ Out Of The Blue, 4 Dec
Isn't the music of this time of year supposed to be shit? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Reviews
Woodenbox - Woodenbox
A fine collection of lilting, worldly-wise folk pop. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Live Music
Interpol @ Carling Academy
It's easy to feel like you're alone in the venue with just the band and the hairs on the back of your neck Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Qui @ King Tut's, 20 Nov
For a frontman who is more intrepid than most when he has a mic in his fist, David Yow cuts an unassuming figure as he shimmies around Tut's while Hey Enemy ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Roisin Murphy @ ABC, 1 Dec
A show of the visual kind, at times eclipsing the music itself Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Sons and Daughters @ Cabaret Voltaire, 2 Dec
Sons and Daughters certainly provide some colloquial laughs and bare-faced iconoclasm, matched by their mesmerising stage presence. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Swimmer One @ Voodoo Rooms, 22 Nov
Whilst the songs are flawlessly delivered, tonight the intensity that the record is so loaded with seems somehow lacking. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
The Twilight Sad @ Cabaret Voltaire
It's been a good year for Scottish music and tonight's bill at Cabaret Voltaire offers up three reasons why Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
This Is Music @ Henry's Cellar Bar, 29 Nov
A multi-vocal, multi-guitar onslaught of sound, tonight Action Group delivers Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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UNKLE @ ABC, 13 Nov
Let's not piss about here: UNKLE haven't been playing in quite the same ballpark since DJ Shadow left the fold not long after the appearance of their definin... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: Yeasayer
Given the eclecticism of All Hour Cymbals, it was no surprise that Yeasayer gave us a top ten covering five decades, three continents, million-selling mega-hits, out-of-print odd-jobs, and multiple styles and fashions. It's a myriad list that defies obvious logic; just how we like it. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008