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.
-
ReviewsOtto Von Schirach – Supermeng
Otto Von Schirach has always been something of a sonic terrorist – his combination of Miami bass, breakcore freakouts and flashes of in-your-face gri... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Fence Records Presents... The Away Game 2012, Isle of Eigg, 20-22 July
If you live in a flat, you can have a flat party. If you live in a caravan on an island: well, you have two options. If the island is Eigg: step outside, you... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsHalf Cousin – Fantasy Belt
Kevin Cormack's adventure through the rugged musical landscape has lasted nearly ten years now; he first surfaced under the name Half Cousin in 2003 workin... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsSerengeti – C.A.R.
Credited to Serengeti, but featuring a three-way collab between the rapper and Anticon mainstays Jel and Odd Nosdam, C.A.R. is a deliciously loose and acces... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Opossom – Electric Hawaii
On Electric Hawaii, New Zealand’s Kody Neilson has honed an infectious strain of Motown-inspired psych-pop. It’s a densely-layered record, comb... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
The Apples – Fly On It
Israeli 'post-funk' band The Apples are obviously a tight band, trading funk licks on drums, bass, turntables, trumpet, trombone and sax with finely-honed pr... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012
-
Reviews
Babe, Terror – Knights EP
Sao Paolo's Babe, Terror are a little bit like the sonic equivalent of a Magic Eye poster. At first you stare and stare at the minimal, stripped down, effect... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
Live MusicBis / We Are the Physics @ Mono, 19 July
When not recording solo or infrequently gigging with Bis, Manda Rin likes to paint. Tonight’s show launches her Cover Versions and Other Hits exhibitio... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Para One – Passion
The new album from Jean-Baptiste Laubier, aka Para One, incorporates a swathe of influences from the Parisian's varied career. As the producer behind the b... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Hector Bizerk – Drums. Rap. Yes.
“I wanna be in one of those bands with pointy shoes and haircuts like Paul Weller,” says rapper Louie on the opening track of Hector Bizerk's f... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Seams – Tourist / Sleeper
Split into two musical 'journeys,' Seams latest mini-album, comprising new material (Sleeper) and a well-deserved re-up of last year's Tourist EP, is an eleg... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
Live Music
Wu Legends @ O2ABC, 12 July
If there’s one glaring factor that might stand to soil the Wu-Tang Clan’s legacy, it’s a no-show. Here tonight under the ‘Wu Legends&... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2012: A Little Solus
Since 2006, the Wickerman Festival's Solus Tent has built a reputation as one of the finest summer congregations for new Scottish musical talent, with a simple ethos: If you’re any good, you’re in. Read more »| 17 Jul 2012 -
Live MusicTune-Yards / Muscles of Joy @ Òran Mór, 11 July
Muscles of Joy’s art-folk melange isn’t one for dipping into half-heartedly: for best results, immersion is recommended. This puts them at a disa... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
Live Music
Baroness @ Stereo, 10 July
Tonight's been a long time coming; when Baroness last rolled through Glasgow some two and a half years ago, Sleazy's patrons stood witness to their progressi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012