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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InterviewsBand... I mean Banned
Thank god (or whatever) for freedom of expression! Pity the repressed denizens of countries under the influence of communism or dictatorships! Thankfully our... Read more »| 13 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsErrors- Pump
Second single from Glasgow electro-indie outfit's debut record. Read more »| 13 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsBear Hands - Golden EP
For those to whom the phrase ‘debut EP’ conjures up the notion of a tinny or fuzzy handful of half-baked songs, you’re sure to be disappoin... Read more »| 13 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
White Lies @ King Tut's, 3 Oct
They may say that the clothes maketh the man. but ‘they’ aren’t clear on whether women, or indeed bands, are similarly made by their clobbe... Read more »| 10 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
The Long Blondes - Singles
After second album Couples failed to set the world alight, a reminder of the glory days when they were feted as the greatest unsigned band in the country is ... Read more »| 10 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Behind the Light II @ The Ark, 31 Oct
From the bowels of Hell they came Read more »| 10 Oct 2008
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ReviewsHow To Swim - Genesis P and Me/From Here to Dundee Slash Eternity
For anyone whose knowledge of avant-garde industrial pioneers is rusty, Genesis P-Orridge was the artist/singer from Throbbing Gristle who, with his late wif... Read more »| 10 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
De Rosa @ Rubix, The GRV, 2 Oct
On this evidence De Rosa could teach Bloc Party a thing or two about getting indie-kids to dance rather than pout Read more »| 09 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Foals @ Barrowland, 5 Oct
Whilst watching Dananananaykroyd's (****) contagious brand of jitter-punk unfold onstage, a fellow concertgoer asks me what their name is. “I really li... Read more »| 09 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Bodies of Water @ Captain's Rest, 3 Oct
“We’re really interested in meeting some neds,” jest married front-couple David and Meredith Metcalf. “Yeah, we’ve watched them... Read more »| 09 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsComet Gain - Broken Record Prayers
At times terrifically potent Read more »| 09 Oct 2008 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: Aaron North
As well as procuring the usual track list for a desert island mix-tape, this month we asked former Icarus Line and Nine Inch Nails axe man Aaron North to env... Read more »| 08 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Ladyhawke @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3 Oct
Fizzles like a mouthful of Space Dust and Cherry Coke Read more »| 08 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
The Streets @ Barrowland, 4 Oct
“I want to try something out,” Mike Skinner declares. He wants the crowd to wait for the appropriate moment, then – basically –&lsquo... Read more »| 08 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
Herman Dune - Next Year in Zion
David-Ivar Herman Dune claims that this is the first album he's recorded when he was happy, and the instrumentation bears him out: upbeat brass bubbles under... Read more »| 08 Oct 2008