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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ReviewsThirty Pounds of Bone – I Cannot Sing You Here, But For Songs of Where
I Cannot Sing You Here, But for Songs of Where is Johnny Lamb’s third album as Thirty Pounds of Bone, and its title is evocatively apt. As Lamb si... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsSam Amidon – Bright Sunny South
A folk singer cast from an old-fashioned mould, Sam Amidon rearranges and repurposes songs from the ages, his albums to date principally reinterpreting hymns... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Saltland – I Thought it Was Us But it Was All of Us
Rebecca Foon is in some ways the archetypal Constellation artist, a Montreal-based cellist who has previously played in Thee Silver Mt. Zion and Set Fire To ... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
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Various Artists – Grime 2.0
Big Dada's sprawling, two-disc grime compilation aims to bring the focus back onto the producers and beat-makers of the scene, and give them due credit for p... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
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PTTRNS – Body Pressure
Cologne's PTTRNS' live shows are summed up best by their one-sentence bio - “Everyone plays everything.” This includes the crowd, who are invited... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Savages' Jehnny Beth on their fearless debut
Technology may make us feel safe but it could be lost in the blink of an eye. Are you ready to turn Savage? Jehnny Beth lays out a very particular manifesto Read more »| 29 Apr 2013
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InterviewsGrunge, Golf, and Wedded Bliss: 30 Years of The Melvins
As peerless post-punk mavericks The Melvins ring in their third decade with a daring covers LP, Mudhoney's Mark Arm asks Buzz Osborne the secret to a healthy marriage and whether it's high time they brought in a keyboardist Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
News
NETVERK Podcast: May 2013
Exploring the world of netaudio, the NETVERK column returns to The Skinny as a brand new audio podcast – stream it exclusively here, with tracks from Flying Lotus aka Captain Murphy, The Underachievers, Loki, Koda, and Louie of Hector Bizerk Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Dinosaur Pile-Up – Nature Nurture
Energetic, anthemic grunge is still the name of the game on Dinosaur Pile-Up's follow up to their debut Growing Pains. Just like on that LP, band founde... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 26 April
Drone legends Sunn O))) re-release back catalogue; Scottish Album of the Year longlist announced; crime fiction festival Bloody Scotland returns; The Haxan Cloak speaks; plus new music from Wild Nothing, Small Black, Animal Collective and much more Read more »| 26 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsJaga Jazzist – Live with Britten Sinfonia
Norwegian beat ensemble Jaga Jazzist returns with a live recording of a concert with the world-famous Britten Sinfonia orchestra, recreating some of their be... Read more »| 26 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Turbowolf @ SWG3, 20 April
For starters tonight, Turbowolf serve up a psychedelic punk rock stew laced with chugging, down-tuned riffs, screechy, discordant soloing and rumbl... Read more »| 25 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Edwyn Collins @ O2 ABC, 18 April
When Edwyn Collins walks onstage, the lights are still up and background music continues to play quietly through the PA. Yet his supporting cane casts a dist... Read more »| 25 Apr 2013 -
NewsScottish Album of the Year: 2013 Longlist Announced
As the Scottish Album Of The Year Awards longlist for 2013 is announced, we offer analysis on the initiative's cultural significance and revisit some of the coverage we've given the nominees, from Auntie Flo to The Unwinding Hours Read more »| 25 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Savages – Silence Yourself
The soberly dressed ladies comprising this London-based quartet present something of a refreshing anomaly in contemporary British music. Who else out th... Read more »| 25 Apr 2013