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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InterviewsEngineers: Daydream Vacation
Mark Peters of ambient shoegaze wonders Engineers talks us through the ten tracks he couldn't bear to be without on a desert island Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsVarious Artists – Scientist Launches Dubstep into Outer Space
Strip the ‘step’ out of dubstep, and what are you left with? A reminder that the futurist genre often draws more from the gloomy chambers of prop... Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsZion I - Atomic Clock
In a thirteen year career which began with their cassette-only, 1997 underground smash, Into The Woods, Bay Area hip-hop duo Zion I (DJ Amp Live and emcee Zu... Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
Live MusicDrive-By Truckers @ ABC, 10 November
Pack yer flask full of bourbon and head on down to O2 ABC for an Alabama Ass-Whuppin' courtesy of Southern Rock's great revivalist hope, Drive-By Tru... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Otherpeople – Drink
With recent live shows having demonstrated something of an arsenal of potential singles at their disposal its a wonder how Glasgow's Otherpeople even decided... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Starter for Eleven: Kele Okereke
We ask Kele a few tricky ones about the NME Album of the Year Awards. Mudhoney remain atop the leaderboard with 5.5 points...is the London-based singer up to the challenge? Read more »| 08 Nov 2010
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Playlists
Kele Okereke Music Playlist: Under the Influence
In the years when Oasis, Spiritualized and Queens of the Stone Age were cleaning up at the NME awards, Kele was listening to other things... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Quest For Fire – Lights From Paradise
Opening with the unapologetic pace of The Greatest Hits By God – any more slower and we’ll be going back in time – which growls wit... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Orange Juice: Three Cheers for Our Side
Edwyn Collins speaks about the forthcoming release of the complete works of Orange Juice, Coals To Newcastle Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Live Music
Fence Halloween
Glittery globes and cardboard cacti transform Stereo and its half-finished lane-neighbour The Old Hairdresser into appropriately galactic settings for a Spac... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Les Savy Fav: Rated PG
He might punch you in the face when you show up at their gig, but Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington is a self-confessed kitten Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – November 2010
Ash drummer Rick McMurray takes some time out to water The Skinny’s plants, have a cup of tea and cast a critical ear over November’s singles Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Gregory and the Hawk – Leche
Type ‘Gregory and the Hawk’ into YouTube and, alongside self-uploaded videos and phone-shot live clips, you’ll find an inordinate number of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
Over the Wall – Treacherous
Marrying a resolutely indie aesthetic to the open-eyed, reach-for-the-stars sincerity of anthemic 80s rock, Over the Wall enfold you in an almost embarrassin... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsTwin Shadow – Forget
Like post-dawn melancholia after a glittering soiree, Forget is alternately bittersweet and euphoric. The debut album from Twin Shadow (AKA George Lewis Jr.)... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010