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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ReviewsScragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsVarious – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Boohgaloo Zoo – Boohgaloo Zoo
Imagine a reanimated James Brown jerking around artificially in front of a backing band consisting of a Stars in Their Eyes Prince, a sober Sly Stallone and ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Mongo Ninja – No Cunt For Old Men
Colossal riffs, break-neck drumming, and throat-ripping vocals – these Norwegian thrashers deliver a relentless bout of fat-metal frolics and a perturb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Lonliness
Man, this is weird – but then, it was always going to be. Brazilian musician (and TV repair man) of the 'cult' variety Tony da Gatorra has invented his... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsKid Adrift – Oxytocin EP
Variously described as “a dubsteppy Muse” and “the new Mylo” by lazy mothers, Clackmannanshire’s Kid Adrift could be a mess or ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010
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Reviews
The Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
If Pretty Odd’s prominent Beatles-isms felt like a, er, pretty odd change of direction for Panic! At The Disco, Take A Vacation! offers perspective. Th... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Lonely Ghosts - Return From the Search Party
Despite the best efforts of day-glo horrorshow Brokencyde to taint the marriage of Chiptune-esque electronics and shrieked vocals in minds and ears forever, ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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Conrad Vingoe – Simple Secrets
In an age where gunshots are establishing themselves as a legitimate form of percussion, Johnny Rotten advertises butter and everyone seems to have a fucking... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Interviews
Chrome Hoof's Book of Prog
Don’t know your Bartok chamber prog from a creepy Italian horror score? Let Leo Smee of progressive 'disco metal' orchestra Chrome Hoof shine a light Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Interviews
Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers: For A Few Fivers More
Over the past few years, Woodenbox has expanded to incorporate new collaborators, old friends, many horns and five extra words. Ali Downer explains why Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen – July 2010
After too many months of letting rock stars have their say, Darren Carle retreats to his listening chamber and takes the Dozen back to its roots Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Festivals
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Lullabies to Hypnotise
As the sons of Sun Ra's trumpeter, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were probably always destined for greatness Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Festivals
New Blood: Kassidy
As Kassidy ready their debut album, the all acoustic quartet look back to a halcyon age of guitar pop for inspiration Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Live Music
Milk @ Captain's Rest, 27 Jun
Masked and taped, The Organs of Love resemble porno superheroes, all sighs and doped-up electro. Despite echoes of Smoke City’s Underwater Love (mermai... Read more »| 01 Jul 2010