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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ReviewsThe Book of Knots – Garden of Fainting Stars
It must be tough being in The Book of Knots. Between them, they’ve worked with everyone from Sparklehorse to Swans and this third album sees the invita... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011 -
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Sole and The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World
In a genre filled with self-styled renegades and outsiders, Tim Holland – AKA Sole – is legitimately, ahem, ‘independent as fuck’. Th... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsThe War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
When Kurt Vile left The War on Drugs to do his own (absolutely spiffing) thing, he appointed fellow War founder Adam Granduciel a Violator, took him on tour,... Read more »| 26 Jul 2011 -
Live MusicTom Tom Club @ O2ABC2, 20 July
The ABC’s smaller room represents an underwhelming venue for a visit from New York legends Tom Tom Club, but their irrepressible enthusiasm – all... Read more »| 26 Jul 2011 -
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Dam Mantle – WE EP
We can only speculate that Dam Mantle has yet to sleep this year, what with fitting in a US tour and album release, finishing an art degree in Glasgow and no... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011 -
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Warm Brains – Old Volcanoes
For a man who once went by the name Raaary Decihells (whilst one third of Test Icicles), Rory Attwell’s debut as Warm Brains is surprisingly grown-up. ... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011
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Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
After Test Icicles disintegrated, Dev Hynes claimed he never liked the music anyway. With the inauguration of new project Blood Orange, it waits to be seen w... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsMoonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped
Moonface is a non-de-plume of Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug, adding another entry to a catalogue of acts long enough to fill this review’s word-coun... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011 -
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Wu-Tang Clan – Legendary Weapons
Any passing glance at a recent lacklustre live show proves that the Wu dynasty has long been struggling to maintain the momentum of their initial flurry of s... Read more »| 22 Jul 2011 -
Festivals
Insider Festival, Aviemore, 17-19 Jun
And so to Inshriach House, a beguiling bastion of all that is charming Highland eccentricity, and The Insider Festival. A Festival of Pimms and Penny Farthin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2011 -
Live Music
Judas Priest @ SECC, 19 July
Half an hour of Queensrÿche’s lumpen prog-metal is enough to dampen the spirits of the most lagered-up rocker, and the atmosphere in the SECC isn&... Read more »| 20 Jul 2011 -
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The Last Battle – The Springwell EP
The Last Battle’s latest EP offers an accidental word of warning for rollover Euromillions winners Chris and Colin Weir. “Spend, spend, spend&hel... Read more »| 19 Jul 2011 -
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Adam Stafford – Build a Harbour Immediately
Build a Harbour Immediately is filmmaker, music video director, ever-inventive musician, and regular Renaissance man Adam Stafford’s first studio relea... Read more »| 19 Jul 2011 -
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Lou Reed - Lollapalooza Live DVD
It seems like Lollapalooza took a sharp nosedive in terms of quality when we reached the new millennium and this document of Lou Reed’s set in 2009 doe... Read more »| 19 Jul 2011 -
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Thee Faction – Up The Workers!
As rhythm n' blues albums go, this is really not too bad at all. Some grittier guitars and rougher edges might have been nice, but the songs are all there an... Read more »| 18 Jul 2011