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 MusicBeach House @ Òran Mór, 20 Nov
Dream pop duo Beach House are a band whose live reputation is always going to be closely tethered to that of their albums; they’re perfectionists in th... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Trash Talk @ Captain's Rest, 19 Nov
With so many under-agers being turfed out, tonight's show isn't quite as mental as it could have been. Still, we're not complaining, and Brooklyn hardcore cr... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsThe Foundling Wheel – May Day/10:24
May Day sees The Foundling Wheel (AKA Edinburgh-based Ted Koterwas) moving on from an abrasive 2008 debut with perhaps his most immediate offering to date. P... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
Live MusicRandolph's Leap @ Captain's Rest, 18 Nov
To paraphrase one of their own songs, Randolph’s Leap very nearly had to cut crisps out of debut EP Battleships and Kettle Chips after a scary email fr... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Simian Mobile Disco – Delicacies
As ideas for concept records go, this is one of the more curious: tour the world throwing out 12” records, gritty beats and muscular bass-lines, and wh... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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The Coral @ O2 ABC, 19 Nov
First up tonight is Neville Skelly, cousin to James and Ian of The Coral, presenting his brand of gentle, country-inflected acoustic rock to an appreciative ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010
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Idlewild – 100 Broken Windows: Special Edition
The release of second full-length album 100 Broken Windows caught Idlewild at the sweet spot of its career; in the scuzzy pop of Little Discourage, Roseabili... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
Live MusicJimmy Eat World @ Barrowland, 19 Nov
Tonight’s topped with two cuts from Bleed American and tailed with three more: you certainly can’t accuse Jimmy Eat World of misreading their fan... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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The Scottish Enlightenment – St. Thomas
The Scottish Enlightenment echo winter well, with skeletal guitar lines as brittle and bare as tree branches and a settled pace as quietly insidious as snow ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Seafieldroad – There Are No Maps For This Part of the City
Swimmer One’s appeal largely lies in their imaginative genre combinations and ever-varying aesthetic, with this year’s Dead Orchestras an... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Decimal – Lost in a Dark Place
Decimal has been doing his homework. Lost in a Dark Place is as typical a Soma album as you’re likely to hear, from it minimal, bumping start to the ob... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice
According to the NME, Dan Mangan “sings with the soul of Woody Guthrie – if Woody Guthrie had listened to Godspeed,” one of the sillier &ld... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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The Greenhornes – ****
Comprised partly of The Raconteurs’ rhythm section, The Greenhornes have been producing unashamedly feel good rock n’ roll since 1996. To say the... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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Various Artists – Forest Records Presents...
Whether you’re a patron of the place or not, the news that Edinburgh’s Forest Cafe might be on the ropes is surely cause for concern. The... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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David E. Sugar – Memory Store
There was a buzz around this young producer’s first few releases – as early conduits of the 8-bit sound, singles Oi New York, This is London and ... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010