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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InterviewsPredestination Records Unveil Premeditation III
Some five years into its existence, Glasgow (via Stirling) label Predestination Records releases the third chapter in its Premeditation compilation series this month – an indelible snapshot of Scotland’s independant alternative rock landscape and the international ties it has developed. Co-founder Chris Cusack introduces the release and many of its players, with additional notes by our own Dave Kerr Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
Live Music
Crosby, Stills and Nash @ SECC, 6 July
Following their triumphant show at Edinburgh Castle last year, David Crosby, Steven Stills and Graham Nash return to Scottish soil this month for a night by ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsScragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsVarious – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Boohgaloo Zoo – Boohgaloo Zoo
Imagine a reanimated James Brown jerking around artificially in front of a backing band consisting of a Stars in Their Eyes Prince, a sober Sly Stallone and ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Mongo Ninja – No Cunt For Old Men
Colossal riffs, break-neck drumming, and throat-ripping vocals – these Norwegian thrashers deliver a relentless bout of fat-metal frolics and a perturb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010
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Reviews
Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Lonliness
Man, this is weird – but then, it was always going to be. Brazilian musician (and TV repair man) of the 'cult' variety Tony da Gatorra has invented his... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Kid Adrift – Oxytocin EP
Variously described as “a dubsteppy Muse” and “the new Mylo” by lazy mothers, Clackmannanshire’s Kid Adrift could be a mess or ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
The Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
If Pretty Odd’s prominent Beatles-isms felt like a, er, pretty odd change of direction for Panic! At The Disco, Take A Vacation! offers perspective. Th... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
ReviewsLonely Ghosts - Return From the Search Party
Despite the best efforts of day-glo horrorshow Brokencyde to taint the marriage of Chiptune-esque electronics and shrieked vocals in minds and ears forever, ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
Conrad Vingoe – Simple Secrets
In an age where gunshots are establishing themselves as a legitimate form of percussion, Johnny Rotten advertises butter and everyone seems to have a fucking... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Interviews
Chrome Hoof's Book of Prog
Don’t know your Bartok chamber prog from a creepy Italian horror score? Let Leo Smee of progressive 'disco metal' orchestra Chrome Hoof shine a light Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Interviews
Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers: For A Few Fivers More
Over the past few years, Woodenbox has expanded to incorporate new collaborators, old friends, many horns and five extra words. Ali Downer explains why Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – July 2010
After too many months of letting rock stars have their say, Darren Carle retreats to his listening chamber and takes the Dozen back to its roots Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
FestivalsHypnotic Brass Ensemble: Lullabies to Hypnotise
As the sons of Sun Ra's trumpeter, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were probably always destined for greatness Read more »| 02 Jul 2010