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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ReviewsSparrow and the Workshop – Sleight of Hand EP
The current Scottish music scene is healthily diverse, and now Sparrow and the Workshop bring another genre to the mix: country and western. Having only form... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
ReviewsBritish Sea Power - Man of Aran OST
British Sea Power have always courted tangents. In the past they’ve eulogised ice-shelves and greeted immigrants, but their latest effort sees them dig... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Reviews
Post War Years - The Greats and the Happenings
Does the world really need another electro-pop outfit from London cluttering up MySpace and being overplayed on Skins? Well, one more can’t hurt. Compa... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
InterviewsHouses of the Unholy
Plenty of artists trade the luxury of a traditional recording studio in favour of something a little more homely, but not all come with the calm, idyllic san... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Interviews
Bat For Lashes: The Path of Khan
With her second album in the can, Bat For Lashes are the talk of indie town. But what's with the hippy-dippy vibe? And where did that Scott Walker duet come from? Natasha Khan explains all to Nick Mitchell Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Interviews
Grizzly Bear: Out Of Hibernation
Flouting conventions, Grizzly Bear’s ‘difficult second album’ is actually their third. But never mind the chronology. Darren Carle gets chatting to singer Daniel Rossen in the here and now as the Brooklyn quartet bare their teeth ahead of the release of Veckatimest. Read more »| 01 May 2009
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Live MusicThe Specials @ O2 Academy, 28 April
Too much time has been spent discussing what the Specials aren’t in their 2009 incarnation, and too little on what they are. Sure, they aren’t qu... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Live Music
Manic Street Preachers at Barrowlands
Fourteen years since the end of Richey-era Manics, only the most blinkered, boa-clad 4realist would persist in crying Judas over the band’s continuatio... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Live Music
Camera Obscura @ Barrowlands, 26 April
Whereas past po-faced performances have given Camera Obscura’s Traceyanne a slight dour air, the thrill of headlining their hometown’s most illus... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Interviews
New Blood: Sky Larkin
Leeds trio Sky Larkin are a band with a relentless work ethic, having dedicating their days to showcasing debut album, The Golden Spike, on both sides of the Atlantic. Leading up to the band's imminent return to Glasgow, Ryan Drever catches up with Katie Harkin to talk cassettes, festivals, and the story so far. Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen - May, 2009
Spoilt little popsters, soft rock poseurs and 12 stone toddlers. Nick Mitchell assesses a strange batch of singles Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Festivals
Cold War Kids @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Formed in California in 2004, Cold War Kids released their debut album Robbers and Cowards in 2006. Heavily inspired by Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, Nat... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Reviews
Andrew Bird – Fitz and the Dizzyspells EP
Chicagoan prodigy Andrew Bird is still riding the wave of acclaim that followed the release of Noble Beast earlier this year, to the extent that he now retur... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Ex Wives - Stave/Diktat
You'll play it 'til it breaks Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
Opening with a Nick Drake homage and proceeding in a folky vein, The Spinning Top finds Coxon having abandoned the pop-punk modes of his previous two solo al... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009