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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ReviewsShields Up - Shields Up
This five-piece hardcore troupe, hailing from Edinburgh, have certainly hit the ground running. Formed in the first half of 2009, they recorded t... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsThavius Beck - Dialogue
Big Dada continue their mission to sign every single groundbreaking hip-hop act in the world. Perhaps because Thavius Beck laces his lyrics integrally with h... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Paper Planes - Doris Day
The multinational Paper Planes are three quarters Scottish, one quarter American. One listen to Doris Day and you’ll probably have a hunch as to which ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsAsh - True Love 1980
It's a long time since anyone really cared about Ash, so in a valiant attempt to halt their decline, the Northern Irish rockers have promised to releas... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom EP
Having allegedly shelved sessions with Liz Frazer and Mike Patton, the standard for Massive Attack’s new studio output must be through the roof, right?... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Oxjam Glasgow Takeover, 24- 25 Oct
Last year Oxjam commandeered Ashton Lane and scored an impressive lineup including Skinny faves Meursault and Eagleowl. For 2009’s Glasgow Takeover the... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009
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ReviewsWonderswan - Furrrpile
Leeds quartet Wonderswan say on their MySpace that they formed out of "a shared love for scuzzy 90s lo-fi slacker bands." No shit! The reason everyone's gone... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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First Aid Kit - Hard Believer
With Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective opening the log cabin door for the plaid-shirted flocks of pastoral folk bands, it’s likely First Aid Kit will s... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty were referenced in reviews of last year’s compilation Constant Hitmaker, but on the evidence of this record Kurt Vile i... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Wojtek Godzisz - Wojtek Godzisz
Wojtek Godzisz’s voice is a curious one – at times it’s gravely with rock-and-roll abandon, at others he’s crooning like ... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsEditors – In This Light and On This Evening
If Ian Curtis hadn’t hanged himself in 1980, and Joy Division had carried on throughout the ensuing decade, they may well have ended up sounding like t... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Liam Finn: He'll Be Lightning
The Skinny speaks to the heir to the Kiwi musical throne to find out that Peaches Geldof has given rock 'n' roll children a bad name Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
John Darnielle's Mountain Goats mine the Bible for inspiration on one of the most heartfelt albums of the year Read more »| 23 Sep 2009 -
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Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
It begins with what sounds like a chainsaw being run though a wah-wah. Within seconds the first of many stomach-churning riffs dive-bombs into your conscious... Read more »| 23 Sep 2009 -
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Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
Sporting a press release that compares their experimentalism to that of Peter Brötzmann and Miles Davis whilst equating their musical 'thought crusade' ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2009