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 Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Anyone ruing the entry of terms like "disco throwback" or "new wave revival" in to modern music's increasingly expansive lexicon would be best to leave the r... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsDeath Cab for Cutie - Cath
Sauntering down the Narrow Stairs of Death Cab's latest LP is Cath, another standard indie rock track from a band that can now be considered among the heavyw... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsJon Jones and the Beatniks Movement - Engine Power EP
Put it on to clear a room of all the losers with no time for real rock 'n' roll Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsLast Man Down - Killing Time
Does nothing to embellish on the sound of those they're so clearly trying to emulate Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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Bombay Monkey – 130 Astronauts
Bombay Monkey’s sound could be likened to that of The Avalanches or Pepe Deluxe – a mish-mash of styles and genres which creates a truly unique e... Read more »| 20 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Santogold @ The Sub Club, 15 Jul
Two months after her debut Scottish booking, Santogold finally shows up to play Read more »| 18 Jul 2008
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ReviewsMicah P Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
Hinson's playing by his own rules Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
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Apache - Boomtown Gems
How this ever made it to the UK from San Francisco is a mystery Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
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Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Four-way cacophony bristles from within songs where melody is as fundamental to the music as mania Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
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Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Where is the band that recorded XTRMNTR? Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
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Port O' Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
So much for any port in a storm – at times All We Could Do Was Sing barely even musters a breeze Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
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V/A – House It Goin?
The old slogan "Glasgow's Miles Better" may be a bit of a tired cliché, but when it comes to our music it is certainly "nae blawn’ oor ain trump... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
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Marcel Dettmann - Berghain 02
Resident at Berlin’s legendary techno palace Berghain, Marcel Dettman follows Andre Galluzzi’s offering with his first commercially available mix... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
Putting the Attitude into Latitude
It's a little beyond our usual threshold, geographically speaking, but the Latitude Festival could be just the ticket to justify a jaunt down south for a bank holiday weekend of music, comedy and poetry slamming. Here, some of the performers make their picks... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Red Sparowes @ Stereo, 10 Jul
Underground metal acts can be impressively deceptive. Case in point: Opening for the spell-check hated Red Sparowes, Loss Leader (4/5), a two-piece from Glas... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008