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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ReviewsSeams – Quarters
The debut LP from James Welch, a Berlin-based British producer, moves beyond the understated tone of his previous work towards a more explicitly dancefloor-o... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Cloud Control – Dream Cave
Cloud Control evidently have an eccentric streak. In terms of production, Dream Cave is notable for being part-recorded in an actual cave, while all across t... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsThe National Jazz Trio of Scotland – Standards Vol. II
As if the double fib in their name wasn’t enough (not jazz; not a trio), Standards Vol. II is not, as its title implies, an assortment culled from... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsYounghusband – Dromes
Like Hookworms, Lumerians and BEAK>, Younghusband are among the most convincing of the recent wave of psychedelia-inspired bands. With a rhythmically expe... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Black Sabbath's Bill Ward on Gene Krupa
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward, the original heavy metal drummer, salutes the profound influence of jazz percussionist Gene Krupa Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
InterviewsHookworms' MJ on transcending "rubbish garage bands"
Following the release of their debut album Pearl Mystic and ahead of their appearance at Liverpool Psych Fest, Hookworms' MJ talks – or tries not to – about noise and necessity Read more »| 02 Sep 2013
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Live Music
Thundercat @ The Poetry Club, Glasgow, 24 August
Marrying the far-flung explorations of cosmic jazz with contemporary innovation in electronica is an ambitious project, but that’s what Stephen Bruner ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Live Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – September 2013
A whirlwind tour of the coming month's must-see live shows, with Eels, Fuck Buttons, Neon Neon, 65daysofstatic, the Human Is Not Alone project, an epic 3-day experimental music shindig, and a boatload more Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – September 2013
With bands back in business after a summer spent glugging grog in ditches, and with the return of The Warehouse Project, September brings the big guns in all genres, from Dinosaur Jr. to James Blake – and goddammit if we're gonna ignore Paramore Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Live Music
O2 Love Music Column – September 2013
September brings with it a sense of riddim, at least at the ABC; but before we get to the more rasta-inclined of what's on offer over the next four weeks, we... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
OPDOT – Opus One
The final track of OPDOT's debut album is called Obnubilate – the definition is 'darken or cover as if with a cloud; obscure.' Being wilfully obscure o... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
Reviews
Midday Veil – The Current
In terms of tone and atmosphere, the second LP from this Seattle psych-rock sextet brings to mind similarly trippy work by stoner rock outfits like Om, altho... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
Reviews
College – Heritage
The last College album on Invada was a re-release of David Grellier's early work, before he rose to prominence on the back of the Drive soundtrack's central ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
Reviews
The Proper Ornaments – Waiting for the Summer
As Waiting for the Summer reaches its understated conclusion, London duo The Proper Ornaments offer lyrical sentiments that could double as a serving suggest... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsJoanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
Rough-hewn fuzz merchants and indie pop sensations Joanna Gruesome named their debut album Weird Sister – a Shakespearean nod to the witches ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013