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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FestivalsPrimavera Sound: Sun, sea and shoegaze
So the recession may be biting, but one festival is worth consolidating your debts for. Nick Mitchell looks forward to Primavera Sound. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsPink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Black Mountain found substantial success with last year’s proggy opus In The Future, though sixteen-minute psych-jams were never going to be to everyon... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Ross Clark @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 24 Jun
Native Glaswegian Ross Clark has become a mainstay on the Scottish music scene. Describing his own sound as ‘fucked-up country’, Clark’s a... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsThe Maccabees - Wall of Arms
Brighton based indie kids pull out all the stops on excellent second album Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Alasdair Roberts @ Cabaret Voltaire, 22 May
Alasdair Roberts returns to tour in support of his forthcoming album Spoils Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Jon Hopkins - Insides
The line between the polymath (the person who is good at everything) and the dilettante (the person who flippantly dabbles in everything) is treacherous; mus... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009
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ReviewsPeaches - I Feel Cream
Kurupt once said that you can’t make a ho a housewife, but Peaches is giving it a jolly good go. I Feel Cream opens with something of a red herring; su... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Outsider Festival: Now There's An Idea...
(SINCE THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN THE OUTSIDER FESTIVAL HAS SADLY BEEN CANCELLED) Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsBill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - GOK
Despite being 5701 miles apart (thanks, Internet), Scotland and Japan have a long-standing musical affinity, with bands like the BMX Bandits arguably finding... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
News
Tigerfest 2009 Roars Into Action
The discerning music fan will either need marathon stamina or the ability to pull off a convincing sickie for the month of May, because across Aberdeen, Dunf... Read more »| 24 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Hinterland: Edie Sedgwick @ The Admiral Bar, 30 Apr
Edie Sedgwick, according to 'her' bio, is the transgendered reincarnation of the once famous Andy Warhol muse with the same name. Here to save the world thro... Read more »| 24 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
If you’ve come here looking for a helpful soundtrack to some impending suicide attempt in a rustic shack on the edge of a steely lake in the ass-crack ... Read more »| 24 Apr 2009 -
Interviews
Adam Stafford: Do it Yourself (...or Consider Yourself Swallowed)
From his formative days as one half of the Chuck Norris Machine to releasing future classics as Y'all is Fantasy Island, Adam Stafford is not averse to a bit of DIY to get the job done. Here he writes about the genesis of his band and the organic success they've found on the Scottish circuit. Read more »| 24 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ Òran Mór, 17 April
From smashing guitars to plucking sitars; since splitting their fanbase neatly down the middle with the perceived apathy of 2006's So Divided and the lacklus... Read more »| 24 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Billed as a reprisal of their darkest period’s austerity, right down to the repulsive artwork, the Manics Street Preachers’ ninth album pokes ope... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009