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FestivalsKid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Like a cheerful Sauchiehall Street at kicking out time'
It is hot. The novelty has not yet warn off. What do you mean I don't need to sleep with two duvets and my thermal underwear like back in Fife? We awake to... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
FestivalsKid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Good afternoon, Houston!'
After around twenty minutes at the "luggage carousel" it was clear that something was wrong. I had nipped to the "restroom" (yeah, inverted commas may fea... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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On the Road: Kid Canaveral Take Manhattan
Woo! YorkIt's the morning after our last of three shows in New York City. We're all a little tender. More on that later. Security has been passed through wit... Read more »| 18 Mar 2011 -
OpinionOn the Road: Kid Canaveral's US Tour Diary
So here we are. Kid Canaveral have finally made it across the Atlantic. It's been a bloody mental four months. We were asked to play at SxSW 2011 in late No... Read more »| 14 Mar 2011 -
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Hero Worship: David Bowie
Mischief La Bas head honcho and five-star solo artist Ian Smith introduces a familiar face Read more »| 02 Feb 2011 -
Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#1): Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
Pay attention: it's hard – when there are photos, graphics, animations, videos and flashing coloured boxes, links to definitions and further reading an... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010
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Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#2): The National – High Violet
From humble beginnings, The National have become one of the most celebrated acts around. And with High Violet, they've taken their art to a new level, as The Skinny found out from Scott Devendorf Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#3): Caribou – Swim
Canadian Dan Snaith has been making good records for over a decade now, but in 2010 he made a great one. After years of dipping his toes into dance music, fo... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
Albums Of The Year10 of 2010 (#4): Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Having had three years to stew on it, it’s fair to say that Neon Bible wasn’t the follow up we were hoping for after Funeral (our album of the ye... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#5): The Phantom Band – The Wants
It could have been horribly messy, the second Phantom Band album. After last year’s debut blindsided us, seemingly from nowhere, and everyone in the kn... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#6): Beach House – Teen Dream
Beach House were fully aware of the majesty of third album Teen Dream as they were preparing it this time last year. “At one point i was more excited ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#7): Pantha du Prince – Black Noise
German producer Hendrick Weber’s third album as Pantha du Prince, released in February, saw him continue to hone his quietly cerebral take on melodic, ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#8): LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
If second album Sound of Silver had the provisional title Oh Vanity, Thy Name Is Sophomore Effort, then what self-deprecating working name could we expect of... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Albums Of The Year10 of 2010 (#9): The Books – The Way Out
July saw the welcome return of New York City duo Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, with their fourth album as The Books, and their first since 2005’s wide... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Albums Of The Year
10 of 2010 (#10): Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Halcyon Digest is about as descriptive a name as can be imagined for Deerhunter’s fourth album. Singer Bradford Cox further describes it as a response ... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010