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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ReviewsThe Heavy – The Glorious Dead
The Heavy seem to have strayed slightly into 'difficult third album' territory with The Glorious Dead. It just never quite reaches the dizzy heights of sto... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsLightships – Fear & Doubt EP
For those Teenage Fanclub fans who have always held a torch for Gerard Love’s songcraft, his Lightships project holds great potential, allowing his g... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsJames Yorkston – I Was A Cat From A Book
Even if you didn’t know its background, I Was a Cat… is an emotionally powerful listen. With context, it near overwhelms: in 2010, Jam... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
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The Crooked Fiddle Band – Overgrown Tales
With titles inspired by sixteenth century serial killers, Coppélia and Tolkien, The Crooked Fiddle Band stay true to their third album’s title... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
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Matthew Dear – Beams
With Beams, Ghostly International founder Matthew Dear wears two of his strongest influences firmly on his sleeve. David Bowie and the Talking Heads loom... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2012: Saturday
Given the sodden, grey-skied summer that Scotland has endured this year, it seems almost a miracle that the second day of Wickerman begins exactly as the f... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012
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Festivals
Wickerman 2012: Friday
In a year when other music festivals have fallen by the wayside, killed off by a mixture of public apathy, a diminishing roster of artists deemed to be hea... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsIn Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Saturday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Saturday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Friday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Friday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
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Werd – Untitled Scot
Werd is a member of the Sons of Scotland hip-hop crew, who trade in the kind of gritty, urban, street-noir hip-hop that thrives on the gig circuit and in the... Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
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Huw M – Gathering Dusk
On debut Os Mewn Swn, Huw M sung entirely in Welsh, letting the music do the talking for those of us not fluent in the language (we can assume the majorit... Read more »| 27 Jul 2012 -
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Tamara Schlesinger – The Procession
In 6 Day Riot, Tamara Schlesinger’s compositions come wrapped in tiers of warm instrumentation, generating a welcoming, communal atmosphere. Solo deb... Read more »| 27 Jul 2012 -
Live Music
School of Seven Bells / Chvrches @ Stereo, 22 July
One song, one official gig – it’s been an economical route to the top of the hype pile for Churches. Lies proves to be just the tip of an alread... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsThe Big Eyes Family Players & Friends – Folk Songs II
After 2009’s Folk Songs collaboration, James Yorkston lets the Big Eyes Family Players take charge of the sequel, appearing on just a couple of track... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
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Oberman Knocks – Beatcroff Slabs
The growth of user-friendly technology may have had some negative effects in terms of electronica’s sonic heterogeneity. Imaginative producers, however... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012