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 MusicIn Pictures: EPMD @ The Arches, 10 June
Seminal rap duo Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith AKA EPMD make a rare Scottish appearance at The Arches, supported by Bigg Taj and Hector Bizerk on 10 June,... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
InterviewsDownhill Downtown
It's not often that Fort William – Scotland's outdoor capital, dontcha know – is blessed with a festival that features such a strong co... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
Reviews
Lorn – Ask the Dust
After touring with the psychedelic likes of Gonjasufi, Amon Tobin and Shpongle, a more human and emotionally expressive element has burrowed its way into Lor... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
Live Music
Com Truise @ The Captain's Rest, Glasgow, 12 Jun
Whichever Gods oversee electronics and connector cables are not smiling kindly on support act Cru Servers tonight, although hints of squelchy acid bass and s... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
ReviewsMiaoux Miaoux – Light of the North
Perhaps the most satisfying thing about Julian Corrie AKA Miaoux Miaoux's hotly-anticipated Chemikal Underground debut is the timelessness of his hook-fi... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
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Various Artists – Blam Lord's Quest
A 49-track heartfelt tribute to classic video games from underground electronic label Aural Sects Read more »| 13 Jun 2012
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Live Music
The Field / Konx-om-Pax @ Glasgow Art School Union, 9 June
In theory, Glasgow’s Konx-om-Pax is a fitting opener for The Field’s hypnotic, loop-based minimal electronica; Tom Scholefield’s mixture... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Live Music
100% Silk Showcase @ Nice N' Sleazy, 7 June
Los Angeles label 100% Silk are key players in the new wave of synth music currently sweeping the hipsterverse, and tonight's showcase gig sets out to demon... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Reviews
Capitol K – Andean Dub
The sixth LP from the London-based electronica artist Capitol K, aka Kristian Craig Robinson, represents something of a new direction, another shift in ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
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Variety Lights – Central Flow
Though they’ve continued to dazzle throughout the last two decades, Mercury Rev’s identity splintered the day they parted ways with original vo... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
ReviewsOlympic Swimmers – No Flags Will Fly
2012’s probably not the smartest year for Olympic Swimmers to release their debut longplayer. Not only does a quick online scan for the Glasgow qu... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Leverton Fox – The Human Arm
Two and a half years in the making, The Human Arm is a dark, esoteric mash-up of free jazz, glitchy beats and power electronics-style overdriven bass dro... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Christian Löffler – A Forest
As the co-founder of Cologne’s Ki Records, Christian Löffler is well-versed in melodic, downbeat techno, and A Forest has a depth and subtlety whi... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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The Grand Gestures – The Grand Gestures
There’s No Place Like Home: both a song title and a maxim for Jan Burnett’s new project The Grand Gestures. The Spare Snare founder invited six... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Kandodo – Kandodo
Simon Price of The Heads delivers a real gem in his first outing as Kandodo Read more »| 07 Jun 2012