Playlists
Here at the Skinny, we love splashing new life into our music library. Sharing album premieres, Spotify playlists from some of our favourite artists, and track by track guides to brand new albums - we’ve got stacked playlists to keep your headphones humming.
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PlaylistsGreg Werckman presents 'The Ipecast'
We asked Ipecac Records' esteemed boss if he'd sequence a compilation of highlights that represented the influential label's past and present. Mr Werckman kindly obliged; complete with liner notes that offer a personal insight, here it is in one free downloadable bundle for you dear Skinny reader Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
PlaylistsUnder the Influence: Tim Burgess
As The Charlatans dust down their arsenal of baggy anthems for Edinburgh's Hogmanay ho-down, frontman Tim Burgess gives us his desert island discs Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
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Kele Okereke Music Playlist: Under the Influence
In the years when Oasis, Spiritualized and Queens of the Stone Age were cleaning up at the NME awards, Kele was listening to other things... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
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Yeasayer's Chris Keating presents The Crooked Beat
Chris Keating picks out a few choice slabs of wax that helped shape Yeasayer as they are today Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
PlaylistsTrack-by-track: The Phantom Band's Guide to The Wants
Strap yourself in as robo-folk's finest follow-up last year's inventive opus, Checkmate Savage this month. Track-by-track, The Phantom Band unveil The Wants... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Divorce Recommends Three Very Good Split Records
Divorce and Comanechi follow a great tradition of quality punk bands who climbed into bed to make sexy split magic... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010
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The Unwinding Hours Music Playlist: Guest Selector
Taking a break from supplying The Unwinding Hours' haunted melodies, frontman Craig B reclines in a deckchair and talks us through his desert island discs Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
PlaylistsTour Bus Anthems: Frightened Rabbit
It's nothing new or fancy, but I just recently downloaded The Best Of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, after Andy from the band got me into it. It's classic ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
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Track-by-Track: Band of Horses' Infinite Arms
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell offers an exclusive insight into the heart of their forthcoming third album Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
PlaylistsSuper Adventure Club's Avoid Zombies: Track-by-Track, By the Band
Hip Hop Hot Pot Pot Noodle Tales, circumstances and quips from three people living on Bread Street in Edinburgh for three months in a tiny two bedroom flat &... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
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Jeff Tuttle's Party Smashers
If you thought the Dillinger Escape Plan were unpredictable, take a look at the mavericks who got Jeff Tuttle interested in picking up a guitar in the first place. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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A Muso's Top 10: Queens of the Stone Age
Last issue we got to know Them Crooked Vultures and learned all about their extensive touring plans for the year - very good. But what the hell happened to J... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
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A Muso's Top 10: Gift of Gab
Quannum MC and Blackalicious lynchpin Gift of Gab pictures life as Khan from Star Trek II, marooned on a dead planet with a record player and 10 choice slabs... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
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A Modern Mixtape: Notes on Compiling The Bowery Bundle For Ten Tracks
This month brought the sad news that The Bowery, the atmospheric Edinburgh venue established by Ruth Moir and Jane Flett, will be closing (in its current form at least). Ten Tracks invited Ruth to compile a bundle of tracks as a swan song; here she reflects on the curatorial process. Read more »| 27 Nov 2009 -
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A Muso’s Top 10: Animal Collective
With two UK tours already under their belt this year, Animal Collective might not come back to these shores for a while. Just as well then that we took the c... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009