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.
-
PlaylistsI Hear a New World - March, 2009
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
Live MusicShred Yr Face 2 @ The Garage, 27 Feb
There's something special about hardcore; while the music might not be for everyone, the energy, the spirit and the message certainly should be. Enter: Shred... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Hockey @ Captain's Rest, 26 Feb
As the most straight-laced band tonight, Bear Hands (****) could easily have been overshadowed by their more hyped, more flamboyant touring partners. But in ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
NewsMore Acts Announced for Hinterland
April looks set to be a tuneful month for Glasgow, with the increasing quality and assortment of U.K artists performing at the forthcoming Hinterland Festiva... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Even though The Decemberists have been lobbed in the "folk rock" musical genre since they broke out with debut album Castaways and Cutouts nearly eight years... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
Condo Fucks - Fuckbook
Yo La Tengo have spent the past 20-odd years making an art form out of goofing off, and this month the trio release an album of covers (their third) under th... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009
-
Reviews
Friska Viljor - Tour De Hearts
Hot on the heels of Ida Maria and Lykke Li come Friska Viljor with another masterclass in Swedish pop excellence. The duo’s second album draws elements... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsLeo Abrahams - The Grape And The Grain
Rumour has it that Brian Eno strolled into a record store and caught sight of Leo Abrahams having a strum on a new guitar - and lamented The Edge’s com... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery
From grime mixtapes, learning difficulties and running experimental music nights while at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, it would be very easy for ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Interviews
Metallica: Flint & Weiland Question Hammett
Ahead of Metallica's eagerly anticipated return to Glasgow this month, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett fields key questions from The Prodigy's Keith Flint and St... Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
I'm not so sure Will Oldham is as 'Bonnie' as his alter-ego might suggest, and the murky habitat of many songs on this album seems to confirm the suspicion. ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
Interviews
DOOM vs. Dilla: A Posthumous Collaboration
Hip-hop in 2009 is to be showered with releases by J Dilla and (formerly MF) DOOM. Since Dilla’s death in February 2006, all manner of album reissues h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen - March, 2009
This month's dozen includes Mancunian rock, weird folk and... Dutch soul. But is any of it any good? Nick Mitchell will be the judge Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Jamie T @ King Tut's, 28 Feb
When King Hats (****) frontman Alan Power takes to the stage mewling through a megaphone, it's hard not to fear the worst. However, appearances aside (NB: pi... Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
Interviews
The Memory Remains: Metallica recap Death Magnetic
As Metallica eye an overdue date with Scotland, Kirk Hammett explains how the thrash legends emerged from one of the most public meltdowns in rock 'n' roll history to deliver their biggest album in the last decade... Read more »| 03 Mar 2009