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 MusicEnon @ Cabaret Voltaire
Brilliantly crafted punk rock. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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British Sea Power @ The Arches, 26 Jan
A thumbnail sketch of what attracted us to British Sea Power in the first place. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Black Francis @ The Garage, 10 Feb
A merely satisfactory performance given extra credence due to Black's impressive legacy. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Meshuggah: Destroy, Erase, Improve
Tech metal, math metal, call it what you will. Fact is, the ill rhythms of this Swedish quintet have influenced too many of the great bastions of modern metal to mention. Tomas Haake tells Jamie Borthwick why Meshuggah are still the underdogs Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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New Blood: Take A Worm For A Walk Week
Making kids cry is the name of the game as Jamie Borthwick talks jockstraps with one of Glasgow's finest up-and-coming bands, one of our picks for 2008 Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Foals Let Off Some Steam
Hyped to the hilt and on the fast track to becoming as ubiquitous as chips, Foals are quickly becoming one of the country's hottest and most divisive new bands. With the imminent release of debut LP Antidotes, Billy Hamilton sat shower-side with frontman Yannis to chat about all things 'industry' over a palate-whetting glass of Campari... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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InterviewsYouthmovies: "Definitely not Enya"
Hold up, the silly genre name game is back! This month Finbarr Bermingham catches up with Foals alum Andrew Mears of rising 'hop prog emo jazz' stars in the making Youthmovies to find out whether the "band's band" are ready to step out of the shadows Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Vice Live Tour @ ABC2
Black Kids' nebulous 'ones to watch' status seems well justified. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Live MusicSuper Adventure Club @ Henry's Cellar Bar
Super Adventure Club veer in unexpected but entirely understandable ways, like stream-of-consciousness prose. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Pistolas @ Cabaret Voltaire
The need to dance is inescapable and sometimes that's all that matters. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Blood Red Shoes @ The Hive
With their last songs BRS have obviously held something in reserve and prove they have a handful of good tunes. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Angus & Julia Stone @ The Beat Club
Together, they lead us wandering through a faultless set of timeless and unsullied folk-tales Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Steve Forbert @ ABC
Apparently there's a war on, and it's not very popular. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Dougie MacLean @ Old Fruitmarket
Marvellous stuff Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
ReviewsHot Chip - Made In The Dark
Made In The Dark only ups the idiosyncratic ante, while adding a deeper thrust to their made-in-the-shed aesthetic Read more »| 05 Feb 2008