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
Bert Jansch @ St Brides
the musical equivalent of a Magner's Cider advertisement àself-consciously authentic and brimming with a contrived pastoral soul Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
New Found Sound: Kiddo, Five Way Hemmingway & The Revivals, Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh, August 25
Half of the crowd dances along with The Revivals, the other half leaves after three songs. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Festivals
Leeds Festival (Day One), August 25
a day which looked ridiculous on paper but worked incredibly well when it was rolled out on stage. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
My Morning Jacket @ ABC 2
The group's versatility is put keenly on display Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Reviews
Yo Majesty - Yo EP
It's really silly stuff, definately not one for self-conscious heads. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Reviews
Revere - Learning To Breathe
Comparisons to contemporaries come all too easy here. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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ReviewsPhoenix - Consolation Prizes
Consolation Prizes is a joyful, albeit derivative, dose of guitar-y goodness Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
ReviewsUnion of Knives - Violence & Birdsong
plenty of material to suit both airwaves and underground decks alike Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Reviews
Conner - Hello Graphic Missile
uninspired Anglo guitar drivel Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
The Crimea @ Pleasance Courtyard
Part Rain Man, part Bright Eyes, but good enough to rival the very best. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: The Hedrons @ Cabaret Voltaire
These are girls who know how to play, and more importantly, scream like they've been set alight. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: Simple Minds @ Princes St Gardens
a good place to finish a tour; in front of a large partisan crowd under a dusk-seared Edinburgh castle. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: Dirty Pretty Things @ Corn Exchange
...an almost identical set as their last Edinburgh appearance leaves us asking whether it was worth the wait... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
Radiohead and Beck @ Meadowbank Stadium
Reiterating the notion that Radiohead are possibly the greatest band, live or studio, of the last decade.
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Live Music
Max Romeo @ Studio 24
One of the sharpest Jamaican songwriters in full effect Read more »| 13 Oct 2006