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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InterviewsNew Blood: Elks
Despite only being together a couple of years - though friends for many more - Elks, have already released their debut album and toured with the likes of Youthmovies, Metronomy and The Twilight Sad, often selling out shows across Europe. In the midst of this steady progress, Ryan Drever catches up with vocalist/guitarist, Rob Herian before taking to the stage with Jeffrey Lewis at this year's Hinterland festival. Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsHey!Tonal - Hey!Tonal
The pedigree of this collective is unquestionable. Members and ex-members of Storm & Stress, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Maps & Atlases and Joan of Arc, am... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsJohn Vanderslice - Romanian Names
San Franciscan John Vanderslice releases his third albumm, and debut for Dead Oceans Records, Romanian Names Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Vivian Girls @ Stereo, 21 May
Vivian Girls are a trio who have set out to prove to their more pretentious Brooklyn counterparts that every song doesn’t have to be a wild, synth-lade... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Zoey Van Goey - The Cage Was Unlocked All Along
Glasgow-based three-piece Zoey van Goey seem to have been about forever (that’s not a name you’re likely to forget), yet their recordings have be... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
PlaylistsA Muso's Top 10: Dananananaykroyd
In their few years together, this Glasgow sextet has managed to create a uniquely energetic sound (often self-described as 'Fight-Pop') and make a name for t... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009
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Live Music
Live Music Highlights - May, 2009
The very best of the current Scottish crop - and beyond - perform as part of the Stag and Dagger festival on 23 May. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Live MusicThis Is Music - Third Birthday-Fest
This Is Music, a stalwart of the Edinburgh live music scene, celebrates its third birthday with two gigs in one night, with familiar faces and brand new friends both on the bill. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Interviews
New Blood: The Gothenburg Address
In just over a year, The Gothenburg Address have come out of the starting trap to play a gig in front of thousands and soundtrack a short film alongside Mogwai. Ewen Millar sniffs out the secret of their success, and asks how far they're willing to go Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Meursault @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Albert Camus' Meursault is a man persecuted, and eventually executed, for his distinct inability to react with the same expanse of emotions as the rest of us... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Pivot @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 12 May
Pivot are another of dance label Warp's recent forays into the world of guitar noise, and it seems that this is a successful one. The Australian trio release... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Chairlift @ Stereo, 17 May
Fresh-faced members of the New York scene that spawned the likes of MGMT and Apache Beat, Brooklyn’s Chairlift are not to be written off as part of the... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound: Sun, sea and shoegaze
So the recession may be biting, but one festival is worth consolidating your debts for. Nick Mitchell looks forward to Primavera Sound. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Black Mountain found substantial success with last year’s proggy opus In The Future, though sixteen-minute psych-jams were never going to be to everyon... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Ross Clark @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 24 Jun
Native Glaswegian Ross Clark has become a mainstay on the Scottish music scene. Describing his own sound as ‘fucked-up country’, Clark’s a... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009