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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InterviewsUnder the Influence: St. Deluxe
Touted by Alan McGee as "a Scottish Nirvana for the 21st century" whilst also enjoying praise from Mogwai man Stuart Braithwaite, Glasgow's St. Deluxe have been making waves in their native city of late. Martin Kirwan tips his bonnet to five of the bands Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsTim Exile - Listening Tree
Introducing the boy wonder of techno Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsCrystal Antlers – Tentacles
In the endlessly cyclical history of popular music, psychedelic rock has mostly been left to gather dust in record shops. There have been isolated attempts t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Big Ned - Big Ned
Oozing out of the stereo like a Scottish version of Danzig, Big Ned positively revel in the fact that the Devil's playground is not exclusively in the Middle... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Thomas Truax - Songs From the Films of David Lynch
‘Lynchian’ has for too long been bandied around as a synonym for ‘surreal’, when it really fits only the truly unsettling and perplex... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Jeniferever - Spring Tides
Further proof that Scandinavia is responsible for some of the most exciting and inventive music around just now, Swedish quartet Jeniferever are back with a ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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Live Music
Joe Gideon & The Shark @ Cabaret Voltaire
The rumbling applause says it all: Joe Gideon & The Shark has earned its stripes Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Isa & the Filthy Tongues - New Town Killers
Best not mention Shirley Manson in earshot of this band; Manson left a previous incarnation in order to become vocalist for Garbage, a move that (judging by ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Tunng with Tinariwen @ The Picture House, 21 Mar
As the centre piece of the World Music Programme at the Picture House, Tunng and Malian former soldiers Tinariwen ignore cultural boundaries to create a melting pot of global sounds. Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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The Flowers of Hell - Come Hell or High Water
Ambitious collaboration project attempts to bridge gap between classical and rock - and succeeds Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
InterviewsFucked Up and The Bronx in interview: New World, Same Shredded Faces
The Bronx's Joby J. Ford and Fucked Up's Damien 'Pink Eyes' Abraham get political, financial, and discuss why hardcore is quite like a Scotch Egg, with Jason Morton. Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Bridge and Tunnel @ Arc Studios, 25 Apr
Glasgow DIY gig collective presents an evening of raucous Stateside rock Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Stabwound - Alone At Last EP
Murky but no less brutal debut from menacing Glasgow metallers Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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The Thermals - Now We Can See
This Portland-based trio (sometimes duo) received high praise for their 2006 album The Body, The Blood, The Machine with its grunge-pop tunefulness and the i... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
“Peter Bjorn and John? The happy-go-lucky Swedes responsible for whistle-core pop smash Young Folks? They’re great, any whistling this time?&rdqu... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009