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 MusicTalib Kweli @ The Arches, 23 March
Nasty P's support set is an exercise in multimedia turntablism, as Edinburgh's favourite hip-hop DJ and producer employs two decks, an iPad serving as a drum... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Live MusicBlanck Mass @ Glasgow School of Art, 18 March
Promising strong experimental never-before-showcased material for his Art School performance, Konx-om-Pax's Tom Scholefield showcases his bizarre multi-colo... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Live MusicWu Lyf @ SWG3, 17 March
Before they come on stage, Wu Lyf's set is dominated by the symbol which represents the band. It's more magickal glyph than logo: anyone who has tried thei... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
Souls of Mischief @ Electric Circus, 13 March
Immortalised as four of the faces to grace A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders sleeve when they recorded one of the great paeans to easy living t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
In Pictures: The Sunshine Social @ Oràn Mór, 22 March
Previous Billy Kelly Award winner Calum MacDonald fronts The Sunshine Social during launch week for the 2012 initiative at Oràn Mór on Thursday... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Various – Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. 2
In a 26-part history, Belle and Sebastian are only the second act to add a volume 2 to their Late Night Tales mix, and as before, they’ve cultivated so... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012
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Live Music
In Pictures: The Billy Kelly Songwriting Award Launch @ Oràn Mór, 20 March
The hunt for unsigned talent gets underway at the opening of the 2012 Billy Kelly Songwriting Award at Oràn Mór. Acts can submit their demos to... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
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Father Murphy @ Nice n Sleazy, 14 March
For all their irreverent chat, Fat Janitor don’t mess around. Pummeling Nice n Sleazy with dense hardcore, the Jannys’ bracingly raw sound is eff... Read more »| 21 Mar 2012 -
Interviews
Heavy Metals: An Interview with Feist
From the Parisian studio where she recorded her previous album The Reminder, and mixed her latest, Metals, Leslie Feist discusses Record Store Day, her relationship with physical releases, and the sound she calls Modern Ancient Read more »| 21 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
Killing Joke @ 02ABC, 12 March
Nothing could stop this gig being a triumph: not support band The Icarus Line's petulant crowd-baiting and latter-day attempts to fuse Primal Scream with emo... Read more »| 21 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Frankie Rose – Interstellar
Gone are ‘the Outs’ and the playfully fuzzy textures of Frankie Rose’s debut album; little is left to signify her involvement with Vivian ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Martyn – Hello Darkness EP
Much-touted post-dubstep producer Martyn returns with a 12” on Brainfeeder that shows real promise and development. With beautifully textured, melanc... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Sunshine Social – Sunshine Social EP
Sunshine Social were never supposed to be a band. Songwriter Calum Macdonald had been gaining a reputation as a performer around the bars of Glasgow without ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
Reviews
Liz Green – O, Devotion!
It’s been five years since Liz Green’s debut single, but the belated arrival of album O, Devotion! has only sharpened her talents. Bad Medicine r... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
Live Music
Florence and the Machine @ SECC, 12 March
Florence Welch has come an amazingly long way since emerging into the public eye on a wave of hype back in 2008. High on promise, but short on substance, h... Read more »| 16 Mar 2012