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 Music
Slim Francis / Baillie and the Fault @ Cabaret Voltaire
Those bittersweet melancholy sounds that whisky is guzzled to after a break-up Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Live Music
Kate Walsh @ Barfly
Potent and passionate distillations of lost moments. Catch her before success brings orchestration Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Fu Manchu, The Cathouse, May 27
A stylistically casual set... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsVarious Artists - Thank You For Being You
The stirring sound of Scotland today. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ReviewsUlrich Schnauss - Goodbye
If spirituality and effervescence appeals, say hello... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
The Willowz - Chautauqua
The Willowz hark back to an age of rugged, sincere rock. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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ReviewsThe Race - Ice Station
Not-to-be-deterred creative force Craig Klein takes it upon himself to trench down in his Chicago flat and singlehandedly plot The Race's return... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Orange Lights - Life is Still Beautiful
Like Embrace without the... ahem... raw passion. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
...patches of brilliance let down by weaker efforts... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Sky Like Static - The Logic of Complex Man
Moments of idiosyncrasy and charm collapse under the weight of ambition. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Roman Revutsky and the Kara Sea - Building Bridges Volume 1
Works in theory, but somehow misses the point in performance. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Napoleon IIIrd - In Debt To
It's all sterling advice. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Mumm-Ra - These Things Move in Threes
There's some clever guitar work, but it's never allowed to breathe long enough before it's battered into submission by another poptastic chorus. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
Slack blues and funk riffs are traded over the top at a rate that feels as though it should be measured in ice ages... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Astrid Williamson - Day of the Lone Wolf
A haunting quality hanging over the album, possibly derived from her early professional rejections. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007