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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ReviewsFairhorns – Doki Doki Run
Matt Loveridge of Team Brick and BEAK> is a veteran Invada player, one of the core constituents of the label run by Portishead's Geoff Barrow. On this sol... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
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Various Artists – Some Songs Side-By-Side
Jointly assembled by a trio of labels, with 22 tracks across four sides of vinyl and artwork from eight different artists, this endeavour is evidently more... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsMartin Rossiter – The Defenestration of St Martin
Eight years since the curtain came down on Gene, Martin Rossiter has lost none of his earnestness or theatricality. Grandly opening the grandly titled The ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
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Waves of Fury – Thirst
It doesn’t take long to get a handle on Waves of Fury. A few seconds of distorted piano ease you in to opener Death of a Vampire, then BAM! – a ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
Live MusicFranz Ferdinand @ Mono, 16 November
Ten years ago, a former Mexican restaurant located beneath a disused railway line was turned into Glasgow’s newest live venue. Mono was the vision of C... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
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Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra – Towards Other Worlds
The second LP from Leeds’ Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra continues where their self-titled 2010 debut left off; the nine-piece’s musical ancestry rem... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012
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The Scantharies – The Scantharies
On paper, The Scantharies is a somewhat eccentric project: Andy Dragazis, an Anglo-Greek songwriter, set out to create a greatest hits compilation for an i... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
Interviews
Duglas T. Stewart on what it means to be a BMX Bandit
Scottish indie legend Duglas T. Stewart speaks about his 26 year career as frontman of BMX Bandits, their conceptual new LP and the film about the band Kurt Cobain wanted to join Read more »| 23 Nov 2012 -
Live MusicBEAK> / Thought Forms @ Stereo, 17 November
Fellow Invada signings Thought Forms kick off proceedings with a distortion and reverb-drenched squall of grungy, post-rock noise. With their dual guitars an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
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School of Seven Bells – Put Your Sad Down EP
As the name suggests, the latest EP from Benjamin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza’s neo-shoegaze project represents a shift away from the more melancholy... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
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Various Artists – The Ambient Zone: Just Music Cafe Volume 4
The latest installment in the Just Music Cafe compilation series gathers contributions from artists across the globe, responding to a commission to compos... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
Live Music
Swans / Sir Richard Bishop @ The Arches, 16 November
Michael Gira's ambitions for this particular live incarnation of Swans are not modest: the set clocks in at around two hours and from the gentle opening &nda... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
Many felt that Scott Walker's curious investigation into the outer limits of contemporary songcraft had reached its ultimate culmination with his harrowing... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Fiona Soe Paing – Tower of Babel EP
Fiona Soe Paing's second solo EP is a tough-but-sensual slice of modern electronica. Filtered samples struggle for breath against a stark backdrop of synth... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Gallops - Yours Sincerely, Dr. Hardcore
On their debut LP, Wrexham’s Gallops begin from an instrumental math-rock setup, before carrying their sound into more idiosyncratic territories. Like ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012