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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ReviewsThe Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
Gently infectious and overwhelmingly dreamy, The Joy Formidable's debut full-length The Big Roar marks itself out as the soundtrack du jour for rock 'n' roll... Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
Live Music
Wire @ King Tut's, 9 Feb
Opening to a sold-out King Tut’s, San Francisco’s Weekend proffer a deceptively intricate strain of feedback-driven post-punk. Although only a th... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
ReviewsCanblaster – Master of Complication EP
Canblaster aka Cédric Steffens has without a doubt been responsible for some of the most exciting dance music in the past twelve months. His own conte... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
ReviewsSelf-Evident – Endings
Listening to Endings is like taking a trip back in time of about ten years, back to when bands like the Dismemberment Plan and At the Drive-In were crafting ... Read more »| 11 Feb 2011 -
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The Bellrays – Black Lightning
If doubters can get past the fact that The Bellrays are clearly not high-concept, it would be nice to think they could appreciate the sheer eagerness to rock... Read more »| 10 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
Aidan Moffat's City of Love
Every couple of years or so around this time, my city likes to remind everyone that somewhere in Glasgow Cathedral lies a box with a few bones that used to b... Read more »| 10 Feb 2011
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Reviews
The Get Up Kids – There Are Rules
“You’ve got the dirty bombs and I’ve got nothing to wash them with.” When an album opens with a line like that, it’s either goi... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
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Sam Kills Two – Pretty Ugly
The chat surrounding Sam Kills Two’s 2009 debut tended to focus on the involvement of Dodgy frontman Nigel Clark, noting the absence of chirpy Britpop ... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
Reviews
Beat Milk Jugs – Ten Years of Hangovers
Beat Milk Jugs are an electro-Goth four-piece (not another one!) originally hailing from Daugavpils, Latvia but currently based in the UK. Perhaps mercifully... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
InterviewsNew Blood: Eternal Fags
Ear buds at the ready, Eternal Fags are about to tear your quiet space apart Read more »| 08 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
New Blood: Gummy Stumps
The first of two bands from Winning Sperm Party's roster this month, Gummy Stumps are as challenging an act as one could hope to hear from a city renowned for its hard-working musical underground. Vocalist Colin Stewart explains why they can’t sit still Read more »| 08 Feb 2011 -
Live Music
Zoey Van Goey @ Classic Grand, 5 Feb
Preceding the shy stature of Malcolm Middleton with a mass choir – The Sirens of Titan, who enter from a balcony perch wearing sunglasses and chanting ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
ReviewsMalachai – Return to the Ugly Side
Malachai’s second long player bills itself as “cut up” of hip-hop and psychedelic pop with a “Bristolian twist”, which if nothi... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Live Music
NME Awards Tour @ O2 Academy, 3 Feb
Many have yet to arrive when The Vaccines (***) take the stage, the poor punctuality particularly pronounced when compared with previous NME tours, when the ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Reviews
Stateless – Matilda
Leeds outfit Stateless' debut album of a few years back effortlessly mixed jazzy, electronic beats with singer Chris James' earnest vocals — think some... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011