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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ReviewsRachel Sermanni – The Bothy Sessions EP
Rachel Sermanni is still only 19, but the Highlander offers up four songs on this EP which belie her youth. As the name suggests, the pieces were recorded in... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Chad VanGaalen @ Captain's Rest, 18 August
On arrival, Tesla Birds (AKA Steven Kane of Happy Particles) is already sat cross-legged on the floor, hunched over miniature keys like Schroeder made flesh,... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Shonen Knife @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 16 August
Even before a note is played, someone in tonight’s sold out crowd gives voice to the question on many a mind: Isosceles, where have you been? We get no... Read more »| 20 Aug 2011 -
Live MusicMike Slott: Live Soundtrack to The Return
It's hardly rare for a musician to provide live accompaniment to a feature film, but New York-based producer Mike Slott has taken a real risk in composing a ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
ReviewsAchren – The Forgotten King
It seems that 2011 was finally Achren’s year. Not only has it seen the blood metallers take the stage at Metalcamp, Wacken and Bloodstock but, after ei... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine @ O2 ABC2, 9 August
For those fond of syncopated, ultra-taut snare skin, Bronto Skylift deliver; in an unceasingly loud set, Iain Stewart’s forceful fills resound loudest.... Read more »| 12 Aug 2011
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Interviews
Beirut's Zach Condon: I wanted to make a pop record
Having harnessed musical flavours from around the world, Beirut's Zach Condon is now finding inspiration in his own back yard Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
The Dillinger Escape Plan @ The Garage, 5 Aug
Despite being relative noobs in Glasgow’s burgeoning hardcore scene, Last Words make an impressive step towards getting their foot in the door tonight.... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
News
Stop The Presses! August Newsbites
CHEMIKAL SOLUTION: At time of going to press, the minds behind Glasgow recording institution Chem19 have just announced 'Engineering & Production in Prac... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
Remi Kabaka – Black Goddess: The Soundtrack from Ole Balogun’s Film
It’s a given that all things eventually return to fashion, and the 70s is no exception. Some, like the carwash climax of Black Belt Jones, deserve to b... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
Stephen Malkmus: Man in the Mirror
Erstwhile Pavement frontman and de facto Jicks leader Stephen Malkmus ponders the imagery behind Mirror Traffic Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
The Dead Man's Waltz: "We’re blurring that line between audience and band"
Accordionist Leighton Jones explains why folk-noir revivalists The Dead Man’s Waltz are bringing Vaudevillian theatre to their compelling live show Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Wickerman 2011
Now in its tenth year, The Wickerman Festival is no longer a fledgling on the circuit. Back in the early days, it’s unlikely the organisers would have ... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – August 2011
With a range of middling-to-shite singles from some of the big guns, it’s down to the wee guys and girls to bring the goods this August Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
Ganglians – Still Living
While pleasant, there was a perceptible cooling in attitudes towards Fleet Foxes when Helplessness Blues appeared earlier this year: the traits that first br... Read more »| 03 Aug 2011