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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ReviewsJeremy Warmsley - How We Became
Jeremy Warmsley has been building quite a name for himself, with high profile support gigs with Daniel Johnson, Regina Spektor, Iron and Wine, and The Shins.... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsPeter, Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock
An undercurrent of nostalgia has always permeated the music of Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John. Their previous album Writer's Block (2006) positively reve... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Interviews
Ready to Receive: Parts & Labor Reveal New LP
Is it a moog? Is it a keyboard? Or is it just a bloody bagpipe? Don't trouble yourself. B.J. Warshaw of popular Brooklyn instrument recylists Parts & Lab... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsTenebrous Liar - Tenebrous Liar's Last Stand
Tenebrous Liar's second album combines the lo-fi indie of Slint with the post punk misery of Joy Division to great effect Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsTragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees - We Rock Sweet Balls And Can Do No Wrong
Ridiculous yet tremendously well-arranged, righteous and true metal covers of Bee Gees songs Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC
Already? The fourth collaboration between these two in just three years? If previous efforts seemed to be a case of Hebden subsuming his own instincts so as ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008
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ReviewsJimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Mystery Spot / Black January
For a maverick known for working on the fringe of several music genres (including techno, jazz, and industrial rock), and building his own instruments from s... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
The Lights - The Fair Weather Travelling Companion
It’s difficult not to be slightly worried for the safety of Birmingham quintet The Lights. They are slap bang in the middle of the road with latest EP,... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
GZA / Genius @ ABC, 12 Nov
Glasgow - you'd best protect ya neck, because the Wu-Tang Clan's most potent lyrical swordsman - the GZA (aka The Genius) - is about to tear up the ABC with ... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
If you’re looking for a sonic documentation of schizophrenia (outside of Wesley Willis, RIP), you need look no further than Skeletal Lamping. In the mi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Okkervil River at Òran Mór, 9 Nov Preview
Penners of The Stage Names return to Ecosse Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Bloc Party @ Barfly, 19 Oct
Indie heroes fail to disappoint at tiny Glasgow show Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Ladytron @ ABC, 26 Nov
Ladytron’s last Scottish show saw the band battling not only the elements and a crowd subdued by drizzle at the Hydro Connect festival, but also a mid-... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Jenny Lewis @ QMU, 18 Oct
Her diminutive form weaves awkwardly among her band like a newborn deer, but Jenny Lewis’s solo efforts away from Rilo Kiley have a bluesy, brassy solidity t... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Night Marchers @ Captain's Rest, 18 Oct
John “Speedo” Reis' golden touch doesn't appear to have deserted him yet. Along with fellow ex-Hot Snakes Gar Wood and Jason Kournikos, he again ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008