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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ReviewsJohn Cale – Extra Playful EP
You’d never guess that John Cale’s been drawing his pension for the past four years after listening to the Extra Playful EP. The snappily entitle... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Live MusicPJ Harvey @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 4 September
Given the conceptual character of PJ Harvey’s latest LP Let England Shake, and her decision to play the Royal Concert Hall, it could be expected that t... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Live Music
Hot Water Music @ Òran Mór, 27 August
For the eternal teenagers who have waited the best part of a decade for Florida punks Hot Water Music to return to Scotland, this is a big one. As expected, ... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
ReviewsTori Amos – Night of Hunters
Eyebrows were raised when Myra Ellen Amos recently announced that her twelfth album would be released on prestigious classical label Deutsche Grammophon, but... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
iconAclass: "We didn't invent poverty and violence"
As tabloid tattlers blame his beloved genre for the London riots, Dälek MC Will Brooks steps out with iconAclass – a new project of pure hip-hop Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
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The Dirty Dozen – September 2011
Coercing Chad VanGaalen, self-pronounced 'worst critic in the world', into dissecting the month’s singles is no easy task Read more »| 01 Sep 2011
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Reviews
Nurses – Dracula
If you find Animal Collective awesome in theory but too obtuse in reality, Nurses offer a safer, less pioneering alternative. They specialise in dub-psych do... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
Sound Lab: Chemikal Engineering
As if seminal Glasgow label Chemikal Underground hasn’t given enough to the world of music, its Chem 19 studio will be playing host to Sound Lab Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Reviews
Trips and Falls – People Have to Be Told
Managing Trips and Falls, Preventing Trips and Falls, Avoid Trips and Falls, How to Reduce Trips and Falls… a cursory googling and it appears the whol... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
PAWS: Smells Like Something Else
While PAWS might conveniently fit the bill for a grunge revival, the Glasgow trio have a few more tricks up their sleeves Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
InterviewsChemikal Underground's Emma Pollock on the Sony/PIAS blaze
Emma Pollock reacts to last month's Sony/PIAS Distribution Warehouse fire, which obliterated stock belonging to countless independent labels in the wake of the London riots, and explains the repercussions for the record industry Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Flogging Molly @ The Garage, 25 August
If there's one thing Flogging Molly are good at, it's pulling in a diverse crowd. Leathered and studded punks, muscle freaks, kilted hellions; they're all he... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx @ The Garage, 26 August
When Silver or Lead is introduced as “a bit of a rattlesnake”, make no mistake – it’s the bit that bites Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Honest Words EP
Honest Words is the apt yet playful title for the King Creosote and Jon Hopkins EP which follows the critically lauded, and Mercury Music Prize nominated, Di... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights – September 2011
Music is the Music Language is a promising new festival dedicated to showcasing the diversity of Scotland's underground music scene. Taking place on 3/4 Sep ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011