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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ReviewsWindy and Carl – We Will Always Be
There’s something reassuring about a new Windy and Carl release: despite the music’s drifting, anti-material qualities, its tendency to slip thro... Read more »| 02 Feb 2012 -
Live MusicTacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster @ The 13th Note, 5 February
The works of Philip K. Dick interpreted as post-rock art metal: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster bring some heavy conceptual rock to Glasgow's 13th Note. Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Die Hard – Die Hard
Die Hard, impossible to Google without receiving a flurry of John McClane-based results, are borne of Glasgow label Halleluwah Hits, which also brought us th... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Live MusicEmir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 January
A raucous troupe of misfit musicians specialising in frenzied polkas, gypsy-punk, “vulgar jazz” and such like, playing to an all-seated venue sta... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Live MusicClap Your Hands Say Yeah @ SWG3, 28 January
Last year, Hysterical exploded the myth that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s introductory hype was blogger folly. The myth was already shaky – Some Lo... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Live MusicRM Hubbert & Friends / Tattie Toes @ Stereo, 27 January
If Glasgow’s indie scene feels somewhat fragmentary at the moment, it’s all the more healthy for that: lacking a unifying narrative, perhaps, but... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012
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Reviews
Icarus – Fake Fish Distribution
Icarus’ ninth album presents something of a conundrum for reviewers. Fake Fish Distribution reconfigures the notion of limited edition physical release... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Live Music
Explosions in the Sky @ O2 Academy, 23 January
The influence of tonight's headliners on Lanterns on the Lake is readily apparent: the sextet's music oozes with prettiness, and although there's definitely ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Azari & III – Azari & III
Without wishing to sound like an ambassador for Mixmag, it wouldn't be inaccurate to suggest that hedonism and intoxication are cornerstones of dance music c... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
Reviews
Picore – Assyrian Vertigo
Unlike their Mogwai/Shellac-endorsed Spanish namesakes, this French sextet ply a decidedly sinister trade in dark, noise-infused trip-hop combined with huge ... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Live Music
In Pictures: Admiral Fallow @ O2 ABC, 27 January
Photos from Admiral Fallow at the O2 ABC in Glasgow. Photography by Euan Robertson Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Reviews
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
You'll have a pretty solid idea of what to expect from the second half of Earth's latest opus if you've been paying any attention to their output over the pa... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
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Field Music – Plumb
Album number four from the brothers Brewis is a notable departure from 2010’s Measure, which, like its title denotes, was restrained by a more ‘c... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
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Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – Underrated Silence
There’s little point in expecting the unexpected from German electronic pioneer Ulrich Schnauss. His shtick is a synthesised swoon from which he r... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Interviews
Mark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
Returning this month with his first 'solo' album since 2004, Mark Lanegan assembles his band for a Blues Funeral and lays the past to rest Read more »| 31 Jan 2012