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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InterviewsPanda Su: Black-Eyed Blues
For the past couple of years, Fife lass Suzanne Shaw - AKA Panda Su - has been infiltrating the Scottish underground, winning and breaking the hearts of many with her bittersweet acoustic style. It looks like the songwriter's painted face is about to become unavoidable this year. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsKris Drever - Mark The Hard Earth
Mark The Hard Earth is the second solo effort from Kris Drever - Orcadian folk guitarist and one third of award-winning Scottish trio, LAU. With appearances ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsChris Bradley - At The Outpost
Singer-songwriter Chris Bradley joined Edinburgh quirk-poppers Aberfeldy shortly after their second album Do Whatever Turns You On. From the sound o... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsThe New Loud - Can't Stop Not Knowing
Few bands pour as much into a single song as Milwaukee electro-rockers The New Loud. Their debut EP is splattered with wild guitar solos, octave-leaping synt... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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The Dirty Dozen: Frightened Rabbit Takeover - March, 2010
Wisely avoiding the televisual horror of The Brit Awards, Darren Carle chaps on the door of Frightened Rabbit brothers Scott and Grant Hutchison to bunker down with a few beers and diligently take on the March singles. Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Autechre: Extended Pleasures
Some of Autechre's strongest work can be found on their numerous EP releases. These are five of the best. Read more »| 01 Mar 2010
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Serena Maneesh - No.2 Abyss in B Minor
For those of you not already familiar with this Norwegian outfit, try and imagine, if you will, a band capable of a support slot on tours with Oasis,... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Daedelus - Righteous Fists Of Harmony
Daedelus never ceases to surprise. His albums draw influences and samples from areas untouched by other electronic musicians and a new direction is a... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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cliffordandcalix - Lost Foundling
Lost Foundling is not so much ten songs as ten glances into the late-night music-making sessions of Mark Clifford and Mira Calix between 1999-2004. F... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
Interviews
The New What Next
Since Gainesville punks Hot Water Music announced their indefinite hiatus in 2004, front man Chuck Ragan has been churning out rousing acoustic anthems inspired by his folk and bluegrass roots. The Skinny catches up with the troubadour as he prepares to touch down in Edinburgh later this month. Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsDan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - The Logic Of Chance
With their 2008 debut, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, or Daniel Stephens and David Peter Meads to their mothers, seemed to hit it in their stride. Sin... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Autechre: Unknown Pleasures
On the eve of the release of Oversteps, a milestone record for the pioneering Mancunian duo, The Skinny chats to Autechre's Sean Booth about hip-hop, artistic isolation and the lure of Hollywood. Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
Interviews
The Knife: Tomorrow's World
Welcome to Tomorrow, In A Year. A musical project so ambitious that even The Knife's Olof Dreijer had his doubts. Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
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Solex Vs. Cristina Martinez & Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, King Street Throwdown!
Before we assess the music, let's unpick the personnel. Elisabeth Esselink (aka Dutch songwriter Solex), meet husband and wife duo Jon Spencer and Cristina M... Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
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Dag för Dag - Boo
From the glitter-filled opening of Boo, it’s clear that Dag för Dag have no intention of making ‘boring’ folk to justify the p... Read more »| 26 Feb 2010