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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ReviewsKings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
In making an album with a limited palette of sounds, you tread a fine line between producing something stark and something monotonous. Whilst Declaration of ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2009 -
Interviews
Thavius Beck – Hip-Hop: Louder, Faster
You might recognise Thavius Beck as Saul Williams' right hand man of recent years. This month he prepares to strike out on his own with a masterclass in rhyme and rhythm. Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
InterviewsFranz Ferdinand: The Heather's On Fire
In the five years since they shook up British indie rock, Franz Ferdinand have become one of Scotland's established acts. But, as Alex Kapranos tells The Skinny, they've still got the hunger and the vision to change the game all over again Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
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Architeq - Gold + Green
It’s 10.30 on Sunday night in Glasgow. You’ve been waiting in a good-natured queue in Jamaica Street, and suddenly you’re past the bouncers... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
InterviewsThe Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross: A Chance Meeting
The Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross may not seem the perfect match, but as The Skinny finds out on the eve of their collaborative LP, they're really a match made in heaven Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
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AA Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
Alabaman mirrors Ryan Adams' earlier solo endeavours with fine second album Read more »| 01 Oct 2009
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Reviews
Get Back Guinozzi! - Carpet Madness
The relationship between the French and the English has not always been smooth, but this debut album by the joyously unhinged Get Back Guinozzi! ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Yeasayer: Wait for the Winter
Yeasayer have kept us waiting on their second album, but their fans' patience is about to be rewarded. Guitarist Anand Wilder gives The Skinny a progress report Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsMudhoney: Here Comes the Fuzz
After a 20 year absence, Seattle scuzz progenitors Mudhoney finally make their return to the capital this month. Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
When orchestras and pop (in the loosest sense) collide, the results tend to be either peculiarly misjudged (say, Metallica’s S&M) or pleasant-but-p... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
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Electric Eel Shock - Sugoi Indeed
Cards on the table: Electric Eel Shock are a technically excellent rock and roll band... but so what? Were this a band of three dumpy, middle-aged guys from ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
St Deluxe: Cutting the Slack
They've been hailed by Alan McGee as a "Scottish Nirvana for the twenty-first century", but don't let that put you off. Glasgow's St Deluxe insist they're a different breed altogether Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
In The [Big] Pink
The Big Pink have produced one of the most talked about debut albums in ages, but on the day of its release, is the pressure beginning to show? Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Citizens: A Spoonful of Hardcore
Glasgow trio Citizens prove that there's much more to hardcore punk than the BPM Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
2004: A Franztastic year
In honour of The Skinny’s first proper chat with Mr Alex Kapranos and to get the jump on next year’s inevitable Channel 4 ‘nostalgia trip’ I Heart the Noughties, our dedicated team of historians peer through the mists of time and try to decipher what - if any - meaning 2004 A.D. has on our lives today. Read more »| 29 Sep 2009