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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InterviewsLes Savy Fav: Rated PG
He might punch you in the face when you show up at their gig, but Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington is a self-confessed kitten Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen – November 2010
Ash drummer Rick McMurray takes some time out to water The Skinny’s plants, have a cup of tea and cast a critical ear over November’s singles Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsGregory and the Hawk – Leche
Type ‘Gregory and the Hawk’ into YouTube and, alongside self-uploaded videos and phone-shot live clips, you’ll find an inordinate number of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsOver the Wall – Treacherous
Marrying a resolutely indie aesthetic to the open-eyed, reach-for-the-stars sincerity of anthemic 80s rock, Over the Wall enfold you in an almost embarrassin... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsTwin Shadow – Forget
Like post-dawn melancholia after a glittering soiree, Forget is alternately bittersweet and euphoric. The debut album from Twin Shadow (AKA George Lewis Jr.)... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Over the Wall: Working On a Dream
Having banked our house on Over the Wall being one of "the next guid things" in 2009, we subsequently lost everything and now run this magazine from a wigwam made of chip wrappers. But you can't rush perfection... Read more »| 03 Nov 2010
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Reviews
My Little Cheap Dictaphone – The Tragic Tale Of A Genius
My Little Cheap Dictaphone might rank among the naffest band names you'll hear all year, but thankfully their music fares better. The group is the brainchild... Read more »| 03 Nov 2010 -
News
Kyuss returning to Glasgow without Josh Homme
Following the success of frontman John Garcia's 'Plays Kyuss' tour earlier this year, fellow core members of the seminal Palm Desert stoner outfit are set to... Read more »| 03 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Winnebago Deal – Career Suicide
To avoid confusion, I would like to point out that this third full length LP entitled Career Suicide is by punk rock 'n' roll duo Winnebago Deal; not the arg... Read more »| 03 Nov 2010 -
Live Music
Swans @ The Arches, 25 October
Opening for Swans must be one of the most daunting tasks an artist can face but James Blackshaw takes it calmly; almost too calmly, in fact. His nonplussed a... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
The Proposition: George Michael is the Most Dangerous Man in Rock'n'Roll
George Michael is the single most dangerous man in music. That, by the way, is not just because he might record again. Have you followed this maniac's path ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Motorifik – Secret Things
It’s always a disappointment when a band call themselves something like Motorifik, the very syllables of which drip with dirty oil, sweaty leather and ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Shipping News – One Less Heartless To Fear
As the band themselves declare, "one helluva lot has happened" to Shipping News since their terrific 2005 album Flies The Field. With founder guitarist Jason... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Shugo Tokumaru – Port Entropy
Live, Shugo Tokumaru plies his trade with little more than an acoustic guitar and an effects pedal or two. It’s near impossible to imagine Port Entropy... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Earth – A Bureaucratic Desire For Extracapsular Extraction
This almighty bastard of an album represents the collation of Earth's two early EPs and comes resplendent with that same sense of chilling, north-western nih... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010