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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ReviewsFortune – Highway EP
If, like the real world, music has its localized commodities, then what you expect from a French export is effortless cool and – in the past decade at ... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
Reviews
Copy Haho - Wrong Direction
Stonehaven four-piece Copy Haho appear to have had an epiphany about why they remain unsigned. "We've been running in the wrong direction" they offer in the ... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
Live Music
The Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble @ Queen's Hall, 12 Nov
On a personal note, my 2009 Graham Coxon interactions have been mixed. Positive: sneaking into an in-store performance on the day of seventh solo LP The Spin... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
Live MusicGirls @ Sneaky Pete’s, 14 Oct
Daniel Johnston songs have been covered by everyone from Beck to The Twilight Sad, but when Girls end their set with True Love Will Find You In The End, such... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
Live MusicSky Larkin @ Classic Grand, 6 Oct
It's always a right pain in the tits when something doesn't work out the way you want it to - and it's even more excruciating to watch. Tonight, Leeds trio S... Read more »| 16 Oct 2009 -
Live Music
Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 16 Nov
With Pavement set for a reformation, Cymbals Eat Guitars couldn’t have timed their breakthrough any better. That’s not to say that the young New ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009
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Live Music
Grizzly Bear @ ABC, 2 Nov
So will Veckatimest be in your top ten for 2009? That depends whether you can stomach arch indie austerity, sparse, loping, minor-key chamber pop, or yet ano... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Live Music
An Evening with Nick Cave @ HMV Picture House, 13 Oct
One of the first rules of writing, in any sector, is to write about what you know; so one great challenge all novelists face is to create characters and stor... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
NewsEdinburgh's Red Dog Music Wins Big
It's a brutal thing to state, but it could be argued that on the upside the recession really has done us all a favour by cutting the wheat from the chaff as ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Live Music
Confusion is Sex
Confusion is Sex feels tough tonight. Not only is DJ Dolby Anol banging out hard electro to a crowd of face-painted girls and topless rave boys, Parisian tec... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Reviews
Hudson Mohawke - Butter
LuckyMe's Hudson Mohawke finally delivers his debut album, with exceptional results. Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Reviews
Spiral Stairs - The Real Feel
Despite being voted Most Likely to Succeed alongside childhood friend Stephen Malkmus in the 1999 Pavement yearbook, Scott Kannberg has made only modest busi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Reviews
Meretto - Street Talking
Meretto have a difficult battle ahead of them. With the lad-rock market currently saturated by the likes of The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Pigeon Detect... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Reviews
Portico Quartet – Isla
Jazz isn’t a genre that features heavily in these pages, so the question that arises when reviewing the new Portico Quartet album is this: ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Live Music
Massive Attack @ O2 Academy, 29 Sep
“So many new songs,” rasps Robert “3D” Del Nadja as he takes a breather from shadowboxing smoke and whispering his way through the we... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009