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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ReviewsGuided By Voices – The Bears for Lunch
Usually when a treasured act reforms, they hit the road, give fans an opportunity to hear the hits, and then go back to whatever it was they were doing befor... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives
If the key to unlocking former lives is regression, Ben Gibbard’s solo debut is perfectly titled: there’s scant sign of progress or advancement i... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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P.O.S. – We Don't Even Live Here
Doomtree co-founder P.O.S. brings another sonically dense alt-rap assault with his fourth LP, and although the synth-heavy palette he's working with this tim... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsClinic – Free Reign
Now on their seventh LP, Clinic’s career has spanned a period in which rock that combines innovation and poppiness has become increasingly thin on th... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
InterviewsNo Division: Chuck Ragan on The Revival Tour
Now in its fifth year, Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan explains The Revival Tour's communal power Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsNeil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches
On Palindrome Hunches’ penultimate song, Hey Daydreamer, Neil Halstead asserts the persistence of his idealistic outlook: "I don’t wanna be jus... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012
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Live Music
In Pictures: Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III @ The Usher Hall, 31 October
Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper's annual Halloween fest rolls through Edinburgh Usher Hall. Photography by&n... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
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Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
The first of a series of proposed collaborations scheduled for release on the Software label finds these two kindred spirits embracing ‘jazz-based imp... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
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The Dirty Dozen – November 2012
Ahead of this month's Scottish tour with Bill Wells, noted no-nonsense 2am Twitter pop critic Aidan Moffat pops by to give the November singles the long-form review treatment. Yes: we take requests... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Interviews
Season of the Witch: Rob Zombie's co-headling tour with Marilyn Manson comes to Scotland
With a new feature film and a giant stage production headed for these shores, Rob Zombie talks The Lords of Salem and the touring buddy who wants to kick his ass Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Interviews
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno talks survival and Koi No Yokan
Having tapped another rich vein with seventh album Koi No Yokan, frontman Chino Moreno explains how Deftones found a way to become lifers Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Interviews
Everybody Hz: Josh Dibb on his return to Animal Collective
Having returned to the fray after sitting out on 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Josh Dibb of Animal Collective talks about the band’s rejuvenation, their melancholic homecoming and how this time they’re inviting everyone to the party Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Umberto – Night Has a Thousand Screams
Having honed his craft playing bass and synths in US prog/psych outfit Expo ‘70, Matt Hill focuses in his solo work as Umberto on horror and thriller... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – November 2012
Oh yes, there's an abundance of catastrophic live acts to be savoured in the flesh this November. First up are Anti-Nowhere League – don't miss them kn... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights – November 2012
Prepare for fireworks: November's gig highlights are ready to explode. Light the touch paper and stand well back... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012