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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Live MusicMalcolm Middleton @ The Tolbooth, Stirling, 28 Oct
In as jovial spirits as he presumably ever reaches, Mr Middleton casually appears onstage, seemingly comfortable in front of tonight’s reasonably local... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
ReviewsJames Orr Complex – Com Favo
We may not compete with Brazil on the football pitch, but the Scottish-Brazilian musical alliance is one built on rather more equal terms, and as the TrocaBr... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Interviews
From Establishment to Establishment: The Changing Face of Punk
Nobody really knew what punk was in the late 70s. Thirty years later, it's still up in the air. Jorge Marticorena speaks to former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, original Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto, Times New Viking members Adam Elliott and Beth Murphy, and guitarist Randy Randall from No Age to try to sift through all their musings. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Live MusicConflict Diamonds @ The Ark, 1 Nov
Invokes images of The Knack being chased down dimly lit backstreets, an imminent ‘chibbing’ lying ahead. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
ReviewsHMS Ginafore & King Creosote - Love + Hate = Hate
Don't expect any I Got You Babe moments Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Interviews
Meursault: Chatting With Tongues
In these financially dubious days where loyalty is worth less than the flagging Pound, Meursault's devotion to Edinburgh is admirable. Billy Hamilton catches up with frontman Neil Pennycook to uncover just what it is that keeps his band under the watch of Auld Reekie Read more »| 04 Nov 2008
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Reviews
Asobi Seksu - Me & Mary
A modest triumph Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Easy Rider: A Few of Jay Reatard's Favourite Things
We're not implying that there's any kind of clue in his name, just that prolific Tennessee garage punk Jay Reatard doesn't do complicated. Brevity is a rule ... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
ReviewsTrost - Trust Me
Annika Line Trost is half of German digi-punks Cobra Killer, going it alone for the second time with new album Trust Me. She is a strikingly beautiful Berlin... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
Subliminal Girls - Self Obsession is an Art Form
Skirts the edges of scene cool whilst keeping a cynical distance. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
Essie Jain - The Inbetween
Originally from London before she immersed herself in New York café-folk culture, Essie Jain garnered favourable comparisons with the likes of Joni Mi... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
The Apple Scruffs - Big Hearts
Even bigger choruses Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Metronomy @ Cabaret Voltaire, 29 Oct
Metronomy belong to that new breed of band: the band who love synthesizers; who make music with the party in mind; who do remixes; who probably started as on... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
The Soda Boys - Everybody Cha Cha
How is it that a single featuring the vocal delights of David Jude Jolicoeur from the legendary De La Soul can be so below average? De La Soul were truly ori... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
Mirror Mirror - The Society For The Advancement Of Inflammatory Consciousness
There are more than enough moments of smirk-inducing bravery to keep this record interesting throughout Read more »| 03 Nov 2008