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 MusicTeenage Fanclub @ O2 ABC, 2 June
With ex-members of The Royal We and Sexy Kids at work, you’d expect a level of song-writing a notch above the average new-start. Expectations are met: ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
For the past few years, The Gaslight Anthem have gathered momentum mining classic rock standards – such as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty &nda... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsLorn – Nothing Else
Does Lorn know his name sounds like a flat sausage popular in Scotland? His output betrays the fact he wouldn’t be too impressed with such an associati... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
George Demure – The Drifter
George Demure abandoned electronica in favour of guitars, and has revealed both an eccentric song writing sensibility and fruity baritone voice. Liza... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Revolution
As Broken Social Scene plot their way through the festival calendar, Andrew Whiteman explains how he and his myriad of bandmates have a plan to make us all better people Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
InterviewsSlash: Appetite For Distraction
Slash talks about his fight with technology, working with Ozzy, and the ongoing search for a frontman he won't fall out with Read more »| 04 Jun 2010
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Interviews
It's DEVOlution Baby!
Hold the phone - DEVO are back with their first album in twenty years. As ever, there's a twist; Jerry Casale explains the band's new 'Corporate Identity' Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
FestivalsPrimavera Sound 2010: In A Nutshell
We could talk for hours and hours about Primavera, if you're not careful. Here's a brief summary of how things went down in Barcelona this May Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound 2010
Even when it gets little things wrong, Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival never really fails Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Black Carrot – Milking Scarabs for Dough
Few bands come with an in-house bard, but Black Carrot do – thus summing up their rather unwieldy brand of art rock pretty well. Helmed by Oliver Betts... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Mathew Jonson – Agents of Time
Like a troupe of dancing skeletons, Canadian electronic producer Mathew Jonson’s first solo LP is stripped-back, funky and slightly sinister in places.... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
DEVO - Something For Everybody
There’s a template reaction to new material from beloved bands of yesteryear: a ‘legacy’ evaluation followed by a damage assessment. So let... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Southern Tenant Folk Union - The New Farming Scene
Folk music is a tricky thing to get right these days, so a la mode and with so many cynics tweaking their musical tweets to fit the trend. Yet, Southern Tena... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Òran Mór @ West End Festival, 10-27 June
Standing under its own tall spire on the corner of Byres and Great Western Road, the converted church that is Òran Mór will be a highly visible... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Thomas Truax – Sonic Dreamer
New Yorker Thomas Truax is unlikely to ever find himself in even the dimmest-lit corner of the mainstream public consciousness, and if he did he’d inev... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010