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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ReviewsBob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
Bob Mould’s been cranking out classics for 35 years, from Hüsker Dü’s deceptively-tuneful blitzkrieg to the heroic powerpop of Sugar, a... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
ReviewsTom Vek – Luck
Luck as an album title must surely be an ironic nod towards Tom Vek's curious history. Stardom beckoned a decade ago with a storming debut, but a six year de... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Live MusicO2 Love Music Column – June 2014
With a voice which allegedly impressed Johnny Cash back in the day, and a fifteen year musical career off the back of it, Canadian country songstress Tia McG... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
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Prince and 3rdEyeGirl @ The SSE Hydro, 22 May
Whereas the first leg of this ‘Hit and Run’ tour arrived by stealth in the South, Glasgow was afforded a few more days to dust down its raspberry... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
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Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
Taylor McFerrin, eldest son of soul legend Bobby McFerrin, has signed to Brainfeeder, and it's an excellent fit; more to do with his carefully slack beat-wor... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Reviewsclipping – CLPPNG
If you're eagerly anticipating the return of punk-rap terrorists Death Grips; if Kanye's Black Skinhead wasn't feral and intense enough to give you the feels, then LA's clipping are for you Read more »| 28 May 2014
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Martyn – The Air Between Words
Martyn's debut album Great Lengths was a standout in the first wave of post-dubstep. 2011's Ghost People, on Brainfeeder, was more restless and exp... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
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Fucked Up – Glass Boys
From their sprawling 75 minute debut to 2011's double LP David Comes to Life, Fucked Up have always presented themselves as an atypical punk band despite their expletive-dropping name Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
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Nine Inch Nails @ The SSE Hydro, 20 May
Slinking on stage through mist to the sinister strains of The New Flesh, Trent Reznor somehow has everything and nothing to prove here tonight. With a track ... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Roll the Dice – Until Silence
Until Silence’s lingering power stems from its galvanising contrasts. For instance, the way the uncompromising Coup De Grace (a visceral combination of... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Chris Devotion and The Expectations – Break Out
Break Out is both a title and a statement of intent for Chris Devotion. Together with his band, he's earned a considerable rep around Glasgow as a thrilling ... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
There’s an uneasy cheeriness in the way Andrew Savage utters “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe” towards the end of Instant Dissassembly’s naggingly repetitious seven minutes, ten songs into Parquet Courts’ addictively disquieting third LP Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Alpha Male Tea Party – Droids
Whoever thought up such a ridiculous genre name as ‘math rock’ anyway? It’s just counting. No sums involved. No challenge, unless you find ... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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King Buzzo – This Machine Kills Artists
They said it couldn’t happen. They said it shouldn’t… oh, OK. We’re fibbing. Still, after 31 years and 19 Melvins albums, it seems o... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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The Phantom Band – Strange Friend
Three and a half years is a long time to wait for a Phantom Band record. The Wants, a dark, brooding beast, was unleashed on listeners still punch-drunk from... Read more »| 27 May 2014