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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InterviewsInterview: Ladytron's Helen Marnie
With their fifth album on the neon horizon, Ladytron show no signs of putting their feet up. Singer Helen Marnie takes time out to talk "electro music with heart” Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
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Eddie Vedder – Ukulele Songs
Fronting grunge survivors Pearl Jam for over two decades has earned Eddie Vedder the right to indulge the odd whim; that solo sophomore release Ukulele Songs... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
ReviewsThe Travelling Band – Screaming Is Something
Manchester’s The Travelling Band have horizons both narrow and broad: musically, they’re content to operate within parameters so well-est... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
Live MusicStag & Dagger @ Various Venues (Glasgow), 21 May
From its origins in Hoxton’s pokiest sweatboxes, the export of the Stag & Dagger festival to Glasgow has proven to be so successful that it’s back for a third consecutive year. As before it’s a mixture of big international names, hyped acts from down south and the cream of local talent. Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Mini Mansions – Mini Mansions
Michael Shuman is best known for his role as bassist in Queens of the Stone Age, but this side-project – also incorporating Tyler Parkford and Zach Daw... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Dustin O'Halloran – Vorleben
Vorleben will be a tough nut to advertise: “If you buy just one new Dustin O’Halloran album this year” the hyperbole will confidently begin... Read more »| 25 May 2011
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Live Music
Kronos in Glasgow: Finale @ City Halls, 15 May
Back in the 1980s, Kronos’ link to popular music was awkward: cover versions of Jimi Hendrix made them one step away from Hooked On Classics abominatio... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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United Fruit – Fault Lines
Glasgow quartet United Fruit have clearly taken time to build since debuting the sharp burst of post-hardcore excellence that was their 2009 Mistress Reptile... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Boris – Attention Please
With the seductive electronic sway of the album’s title track being the first sounds to reach your ears, an avant-disco opener is just the sort of thin... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Vast Aire – Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey
Vast Aire’s latest solo album features cameos from his Cannibal Ox partner Vordul Mega, alongside familiar names like Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and Cappa... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Sparrow and the Workshop – Spitting Daggers
Having only released their debut EP in mid-2009, here Sparrow and the Workshop are already with their second album proper. With each step they’ve grown... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Chad VanGaalen – Diaper Island
Released last year, Women’s second album garnered almost as many plaudits for producer Chad VanGaalen – who cultivated an unsettling atmosphere p... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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The Bookhouse Boys – Tales To Be Told
The Bookhouse Boys do not live in a happy world. From the gloomy swirl of Gone – which opens the London group's second long player – to the edgy ... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Destroyer – Kaputt
It would be easy to dismiss Kaputt as all surface, no feeling on first listen. Dan Bejar’s tenth album as Destroyer appropriates a side of eighties&rsq... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Tom Vek – Leisure Seizure
Perhaps fed up with spending the last five years as a subject of those 'Whatever happened to…' conversations, Tom Vek returns. Although he spent 2005 ... Read more »| 24 May 2011