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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ReviewsFather Murphy – Anyway Your Children Will Deny It
Shivering breaths, an unbearably tense riff, a forceful death rattle: Father Murphy’s latest album opens with the Italian trio on typically austere for... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
ReviewsHawk Eyes – Ideas
It's safe to assume that Hawk Eyes (formerly Chickenhawk) hold the mighty riff close to their hearts; the Leeds quartet relentlessly work through dozens of c... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Live MusicIn Pictures: Presidents of the USA / Straight Lines @ O2 ABC, 11 March
Seattle nerdcore trio Presidents of the USA rolled into Glasgow to play their self-titled 1995 debut in full, supported by Welsh power-pop brethren Straight ... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
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Haight-Ashbury @ Captain's Rest, 8 March
Soho Dandy are a four-piece from Erskine centred around the songwriting talent of Blain McEwan. Their muscular blues rock owes a large debt to BRMC and The B... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Live MusicMark Lanegan Band @ O2ABC, 9 March
Loping into town on the back of the excellent reviews bequeathed to latest long player Blues Funeral, Mark Lanegan and his grizzled band are in no mood to di... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
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Earth / Mount Eerie @ The Caves, 8 March
The Caves' tall arches provide stellar acoustics for an Earth gig, and Mount Eerie do a solid job of demonstrating the venue's sound enhancing properties. Ph... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012
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Live Music
Future Islands @ Captain's Rest, 7 March
Sacred Paws start proceedings with an exuberant, pulse-raising set of afrobeat-influenced lo-fi pop; consisting of Eilidh of Golden Grrls on drums and Rachel... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Lee Fields and the Expressions – Faithful Man
“Take it from me,” insists Lee Fields on the second track of Faithful Man, “I still got it.” It’s a claim that even a cursory l... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
We Can Still Picnic Presents: Mao Disney @ CCA, 3 March
Nearly eighteen months into its existence, arts collective We Can Still Picnic remains difficult to pin down, with club nights, radio shows and pamphleteerin... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
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Django Django @ Stereo, 29 February
As a slow-burning proposition over the last few years, Django Django's reputation as a 'next big thing' band is well-deserved; they've reportedly sold out th... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
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Cry Parrot Presents: Umberto @ SWG3, 25 Feb
We ascend SWG3’s stairs to the strains of Badalamenti, and find a Black Lodge stage mock-up (red curtains et al) at the summit. It’s a serendipit... Read more »| 07 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
The Wedding Present – Valentina
They’re a long way off Fall-figures, but for their eighth studio album, The Weddoes have undergone another line-up change: two more personnel subbed ou... Read more »| 06 Mar 2012 -
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Venetian Snares – Fool The Detector
Mutant drum and bass-meets breakcore? Check. Totally insane lyrics about sub-aquatic telepathy? Check. Chest-punchingly deep bass end, and cinematic ambient ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
Arika 12, Episode 2 @ Tramway, 24–26 Feb
After a weekend of intellectual argument about the intrinsic horror of the universe – it's hostile, it's too big, and the individual self is either a d... Read more »| 05 Mar 2012 -
Interviews
Meshuggah: "We've always been trying to groove"
Sweden's premier tech-metal titans resurface with Koloss this month, guitarist Mårten Hagström explains why Meshuggah's uncompromising attitude has been vital to their success Read more »| 02 Mar 2012