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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Live MusicHoly Fuck @ Òran Mór, 11 May
With a drummer and a bassist, Holy Fuck are half an indie-rock band - but the other two members create such a spectral swirling racket with knobs, buttons an... Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
ReviewsKid 606 - Shout At The Döner
Spanning four equally sporadic and frenetic movements, Shout At The Döner is the tenth full-length from Kid 606. Riddled with the usual glitches and hil... Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
Interviews
The pAper chAse: Hide the Kitchen Knives
Having produced everybody from Smog and The Thermals through to Marilyn Manson and Celine Dion, John Congleton tells Chris Cusack why they all inspired him to strike out on his own to resume the pAper chAse Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
Live Music
Amusement Parks On Fire @ Cabaret Voltaire, 6 May
Amusement Parks On Fire roar through an ear splittingly loud set on the opening night of Tigerfest's Edinburgh leg. Jamie Scott peels back the layers. Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
ReviewsTheory of a Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs
It's depressing to think that this band kicked back in the recording studio, cracked open a beer or two, smiled at each other, and thought to themselves: 'th... Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
Interviews
Lytle, by Lytle
When Grandaddy dissolved in 2005, their lead singer disappeared to the mountains in Montana, essentially turning his back on the industry to reinvigorate his relationship with music. Jason Lytle sits down with Matthew Young to explain how he found the road back. Read more »| 11 May 2009
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Interviews
A Hawk and a Hacksaw: Notes from the Danube
Nomads, vagabonds - call them what you will - this month A Hawk And A Hacksaw return with their fifth album in advance of a whistlestop Scottish tour in June. Heather Trost sends Ali Maloney a postcard. Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
Reviews
Pumajaw - Favourites
Following on from last year’s well-received Curiosity Box, perennial candidates for the title of “Scotland’s best-kept secret” Pumaja... Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
Festivals
Hinterland Festival 2009 - The Review
From the outset Hinterland has an air of excess, the product of pre-recession economy multiplied by a post-recession target audience. There are bonuses (boni... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Reviews
Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, the Commuter
Grandaddy, Lytle's former band, were at their best when they had a kind of ragged edge to them. Lytle himself has admitted that when faced with the option of... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Reviews
The Field - Yesterday and Today
An artist pushing the envelope when the audience least expects it can make for some astounding results. Like a techno Ys, Yesterday and Today immediately put... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Reviews
Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul
The Glaswegian New Pop dinosaurs are back with their fifteenth(!) album Graffiti Soul. Leaving aside the obvious question of how relevant it's possible for t... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
ReviewsVarious Artists - BRAND NEU!
The motivation behind this tribute to NEU! is to convey their importance by demonstrating their continued influence on the bands of today. Like a musical equ... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Interviews
Guru: Still Got the Skills
As a key element of both Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, Guru has been pioneering hip-hop for over twenty years. David McNamara meets up with the legend and his latest collaborator to find out why he has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Reviews
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Délivrance
In not striving to be an authentic Eastern European folk band, A Hawk and a Hacksaw become, conversely, as triumphant, resilient and uplifting as the most ar... Read more »| 07 May 2009