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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ReviewsWhoMadeWho - TV Friend
WhoMadeWho have been touted as the favourite band of your favourite bands by some magazines, and after the success of their first album it’s easy to se... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
Live MusicVampire Weekend / Ra Ra Riot @ Barrowlands, 29 Oct
A brilliant double header from New York's newest indie-pop demigods warms the masses on a freezing night in Glasgow Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
Live MusicLimbo @ The Voodoo Rooms, 30 Oct
As they approach their first birthday, Limbo produce a couple of gems to ensure they should be a staple on any local gig-goer's calendar Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
The JD Set: Hugh Cornwell & Art Brut @ ABC, Glasgow, 11 Nov
For the last six years, the JD Sets have broken a few boundaries by showcasing edgy, up-and-coming acts and pairing them with alternative icons from a differ... Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Playlists
I Hear a New World - November, 2008
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Slayer @ Carling Academy, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Thrash metal overlords carpet bomb Glasgow with bone-crushing riffs Read more »| 06 Nov 2008
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Live MusicGlasvegas @ Ayr Town Hall, 31 Oct
Behind the perpetual sunglasses is a man resigned to the fact that his songs are no longer his own. Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
Misty's Big Adventure - The World Outside
Oddball Birmingham octet Misty's Big Adventure introduce the concept of their fourth LP Television’s People on The World Outside, an eerie tour around ... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Teenage Fanclub @ Ironworks, Inverness, 2 Nov
Fan-picked bill proves too hard to top for legendary scottish rockers Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
A Place To Bury Strangers @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 30 Nov
If you find yourself longing for the cacophony of garage band reverb and distortion mixed with psychedelic pop, you’re in luck. A Place To Bury Strang... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Malcolm Middleton @ The Tolbooth, Stirling, 28 Oct
In as jovial spirits as he presumably ever reaches, Mr Middleton casually appears onstage, seemingly comfortable in front of tonight’s reasonably local... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
James Orr Complex – Com Favo
We may not compete with Brazil on the football pitch, but the Scottish-Brazilian musical alliance is one built on rather more equal terms, and as the TrocaBr... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Interviews
From Establishment to Establishment: The Changing Face of Punk
Nobody really knew what punk was in the late 70s. Thirty years later, it's still up in the air. Jorge Marticorena speaks to former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, original Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto, Times New Viking members Adam Elliott and Beth Murphy, and guitarist Randy Randall from No Age to try to sift through all their musings. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Live Music
Conflict Diamonds @ The Ark, 1 Nov
Invokes images of The Knack being chased down dimly lit backstreets, an imminent ‘chibbing’ lying ahead. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Reviews
HMS Ginafore & King Creosote - Love + Hate = Hate
Don't expect any I Got You Babe moments Read more »| 04 Nov 2008