Opinion
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OpinionHero Worship: Ian Mackaye
Divorce's Andy Brown salutes a musician who refuses to compromise Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
OpinionHero Worship: Jeff Tweedy
Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison waxes lyrical on his admiration for Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
FestivalsKid Canaveral at SxSW: How the West was won and where it got us
Well, that was quite something. I’ve now got a proper-sized keyboard, so hopefully there’ll be less typos in this one [I’ve just read it ... Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
OpinionThe Proposition: Rebecca Frankenstein Black: or The Post-Modern Prometheus
The most ghastly thing about Friday is not the hideous auto-tuning, the stupefying lyrics or the gormless rap, it's the fact that it reminds us what a bunch of slack-jawed imbeciles we actually are Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: MICHAEL BLOODY CERA
Day 4. Saturday. 8 continental US shows down, 3 remaining across a relatively intense five-hour span. First! The day begins hot and gets hotter - we loaded ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: Talking with Guitars
It was a busy, busy one today. Started off by playing the Music For Listeners party at 12 noon at the Red House Pizzeria. It's hard to describe how good t... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: Enter, His Royal Folkness
Today was a slower day. It was our first show as King Creosote's backing band at the Domino Records Showcase at Emo's in the evening. Our afternoon consis... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid 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 -
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Kid 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 -
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On 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 -
Albums Of The Year10 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 -
Albums Of The Year
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