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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ReviewsEels – Wonderful, Glorious
In the eyes of die-hards who inhale each passing release, it doesn't matter a great deal what a new Eels album sounds like; Mark E. Everett’s place in... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsPissed Jeans – Honeys
Their fourth album proper, their third for Sub Pop, sees Pissed Jeans slowing the tempo in places, delving even deeper into the sludgy, paranoid punk rock th... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsEsben and the Witch – Wash the Sins Not Only the Face
The title to track four of Esben and the Witch's second album – Shimmering – says it all, really. This is a band that, from the first listen... Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
Interviews
Jeff Mills – From Detroit to the Future
Jeff Mills is one of the seminal originators of techno music. He comes to Glasgow next month to premiere his new soundtrack for Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon. He tells us about growing up in Detroit, and splitting his time between Chicago and Paris Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
Reviews
K-X-P – II
Recorded between Berlin and their native Helsinki, K-X-P's sophomore record takes the heavily krautock-influenced template of their debut, and gives it a thr... Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
Live Music
Hector Bizerk / Strange Empire / Woven Tents @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 12 January
Tonight opens with the bluesy and operatic rock stylings of Strange Empire. They've brought their fans. Each chrous is greeted with a raucous, booze-enhanced... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013
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Live Music
Chris Devotion and The Expectations / Poor Things / Black International / Fat Goth @ King Tut's, 11 January
Six quid wouldn't buy you two drinks in most venues. Yet that’s all it costs for entry to a gig with no less than four stellar bands on the bill. But... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
Playlists
Track-by-track: Rick Redbeard reveals No Selfish Heart
From its genesis eight years ago to the finish line last spring, Rick Redbeard presents a personal tour of his debut LP Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
Reviews
Iceage – You're Nothing
If New Brigade was Iceage's statement of intent – raw, immediate, packed with nihilistic attitude – You're Nothing is their manifesto proper. It'... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
Live Music
In Pictures: Miaoux Miaoux @ King Tut’s, Sunday 6 January
Miaoux Miaoux @ King Tut’s New Year's Revolution, 6 January Photography by Vito Andreoni Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Reviews
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Despite quitting last summer, it seems Christopher Owens isn’t quite ready to leave his time in Girls behind, with his solo debut loosely inspired by... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
ReviewsPantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory – Elements of Light
The first material from Berlin's Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, since 2010's well-received Black Noise travels even further into the ethereal realms of... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Festivals
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2013: Day 3
As Eurosonic draws to a close, our man in Holland unearths a few Scandinavian surprises Read more »| 15 Jan 2013 -
Reviews
The Asphodells – Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust
Andrew Weatherall's collaboration with Timothy J. Fairplay (ex-Battant) immediately comes with a weight of expectation – after all, Weatherall was the ... Read more »| 15 Jan 2013 -
Festivals
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2013: Day 2
Representing the Scottish contingent, Chvrches, Frightened Rabbit and Holy Mountain take Groningen on the second night of Holland's annual new music expo Read more »| 14 Jan 2013