Opinion
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Albums Of The YearScottish Albums of the Decade #15: De Rosa - Prevention
The album which immediately comes to my mind as Scottish Album of the Decade is 2009's Prevention by De Rosa. I remember my first time watching them play in ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
Albums Of The YearScottish Albums Of The Decade #16: Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues
A few years ago, some would argue that Edinburgh’s music scene could be suitably represented by a stale bale of tumbleweed. But finally, creeping subtl... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #17: King Creosote - Rocket D.I.Y
I feel a bit awkward telling you my 'Scottish Album of the Decade'. I'm an avid record collector – pretty much every penny I earn is ploughed into the ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #18: Uncle John and Whitelock - There Is Nothing Else...
To say that Uncle John and Whitelock were a good live band would be an egregious understatement. Helmed by demonic Bowie-doppelgänger Jacob Lovatt [now ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Albums Of The YearScottish Albums of the Decade #19: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
It was the mating call of four art school underachievers committed to tape. Having toiled in various no-hope outfits throughout the 90s, Alex, Bob, Nick and ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #20: Malcolm Middleton - Into the Woods
The results of our reader poll are in, and so the countdown begins... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009
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Albums Of The Year
2010: Year of the Rabbit?
As they prepare to unleash album number three, Finbarr Bermingham speaks to Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison to find out what 2010 holds in store. Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Opinion
The Skinny's 50th Issue: I Hear a New Gramophone
To mark the 50th issue of The Skinny, music columnists Milo McLaughlin and Sean Michaels got on the blower (well, Skype) for a transatlantic chinwag about the Scottish music scene and how it's all changed since the magazine began in 2005. Read more »| 29 Oct 2009 -
OpinionThe Twilight Sad’s US Tour Diary (with Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks)
Entry 1 We arrived in Denver Colorado yesterday after a lengthy flight with British Airways who were very kind in supplying Andy and myself with free red wi... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
Opinion
Spotify and the Future of Intellectual Property: Public Debate, 7 Oct
You've probably heard of Spotify. It's the music streaming service that now has over 2 million folks in the UK subscribed, despite only having launched here ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
A Skinny Take: Smells Like Cheap Cash-ins
When Kurt Cobain felt the cold steel barrel of his shotgun rest against his lips in the fateful moments before he said goodbye to the world, one wonders what... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
OpinionIn the Studio: Nine Black Alps
It's the last day on our stay at Beethoven Street studios in London. We've spent four days here and ten days in a remote farm studio in North Wales recording... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
The T Diaries: Unicorn Kid
I should probably start off by saying that pre T in the Park 09 I had never been to a festival before, let alone played at one, so I wasn't quite sure what t... Read more »| 16 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Cave Reappraised
To mark Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds silver anniversary, Mute have reissued the group’s first four LPs. Looking beyond the spruced-up packaging, Billy Hamilton reappraises the original recordings and ponders their place in the modern day vernacular Read more »| 01 Jul 2009 -
Opinion
What a Mess, What a Band: Swervedriver's Adam Franklin on Dinosaur Jr
I remember J Mascis being asked in an interview what his inspiration was when it came to making records and he said something like "I just wanna make records... Read more »| 17 Jun 2009