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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ReviewsLou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
On his first solo album since 2005's acoustic Emoh, Lou Barlow, an alternative stalwart who boasts legendary groups such as Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh among hi... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
The Fiery Furnaces @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 10 Oct
The Fiery Furnaces are always good for a laugh, whether it's because they're punning about spiritually lost dogs or promising to release covers albums of the... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsCobra Killer - Uppers and Downers
A fiesty attitude, short skirts and some famous mates will see these girls through Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsNancy Elizabeth - Wrought Iron
Lancashire songstresses second album is a sparse, often mesmerising effort. Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live MusicTimes New Viking @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 17 Sep
The sound of Beach Boys classic Good Vibrations fills the air at Sleazy's preceding Times New Viking’s set tonight. Fitting, because once one pares aw... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Pixies @ SECC, 4 Oct
Pixies Sell Out, again. For the first time since 2005, Charles, Kim, Joey and Dave bring their reunion schtick to Scotland, this time to celebrate the 20th a... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009
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Man Gone Missing - Beyond Desolate
Whilst the Scottish mutation of dubstep – aquacrunk - explodes around us in a fireball of hype and wobble bass, it’s always astounding to hear a ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Jonathan Richman at Òran Mór Preview
"One-two-three-four-five-six!" With this rallying cry, Jonathan Richman kickstarted not only his career with his band the Modern Lovers' anthem Roadrunner, b... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Gang of Four @ HMV Picture House, 18 Sep
As post-punk classics go, Entertainment! nestles beside Unknown Pleasures and Metal Box as one of the most exemplary and influential offerings from that gen... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Bronto Skylift - The Bearded Fish and The Jackalope EP
Given how hard these two guys play in the live arena, recording them must be as much a matter of trying to cut out the sound of shaking fixtures and windows ... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut
Confined to a wheelchair from 18 as the result of a car accident, and fighting an ongoing battle against medical bills and follow-up treatments e... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
This up-beat album could be a surprise for Idlewild fans but the outlook is far from bleak for the band Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Such a vast variety of instruments crop up on Califone’s sixth album that to list them all would fill this review’s entire word count, leaving no... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
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The Discordian Trio - The Discordian Trio Presents
Quick on the heels of Acoustic Ladyland, The Discordian Trio bring jazz kicking and squeaking into the 21st century. With their line-up spanning mathcore and... Read more »| 20 Sep 2009 -
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Boutros Bubba - National Anthems
Who would have thought the Dutch could be such a cynical bunch? National Anthems is the skewed, angular, sarcastic outpouring of three gifted and apparently ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009