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 MusicAcid Mothers Temple / Vars of Litchi @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 November
The brilliance of virtuoso post-rock duos like Hella and Lightning Bolt has waned of late, stymied by its own frantic complexity, but Glasgow’s Vars of... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Live MusicTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
Dananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
InterviewsUgly Duckling: Still Rocking The Gold Chain
Long Beach, CA legends Ugly Duckling are back with a new album that recaptures the energy and passion of hip-hop's golden era Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Reviews200 Years – 200 Years
Wild White and West Hartford, the stripped down laments that introduce 200 Years, exemplify the chemistry between Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance) ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsThe Cubical – It Ain't Human
Whether it’s due to shame or ambition, there’s little to link the The Cubical's bluesy swagger to their Scouse homesteads. No, this is more Lou... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011
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Herman Dune – Strange Moosic
Herman Dune can be a difficult band to get into. Their kitsch ‘quirky’ sound is a factor for some, and for others there can a question of where ... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
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Simian Ghost – Lovelorn EP
With Simian Ghost, Sebastian Arnström of Swedish post-rockers Aerial swaps out sprawling guitar epics for frothy electronic pop sheen with impressive re... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
The Dead Man's Waltz @ The Old Hairdressers, 27 October
A relatively new haunt in Glasgow’s gig-going community, The Old Hairdressers is, for want of a better term, low-key but for tonight’s evening of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
Josh T Pearson: The Pariah Returns
Josh T. Pearson was piquing people's interest long before he was the architect of one of the year's finest albums. The Skinny finds the man behind the myth Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
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Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper
‘Brave’, ‘searing’, ‘extraordinary’: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s acting has quite rightly prompted many a critic to splu... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
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Spotlight Kid – Disaster Tourist
Spotlight Kid, AKA former Six By Seven drummer Chris Davis, joined by Bent and Mylo contributor Katty Heath and cohorts, delve into the back catalogues of My... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
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Bob Dorough – The Devil's Best Tunes
Known most famously for an educational ode to multiplication (Three Is A Magic Number), The Devil’s Best Tunes gathers together work spanning Bob Dorou... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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Marcel Dettmann – Conducted
Invoking the spirit of Europe's favourite techno fortress for the second time since his inaugural Berghain 02 mix, Marcel Dettmann's Conducted offering is an... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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Seafieldroad – Seafieldroad
Released almost exactly a year after his debut as Seafieldroad (itself released a mere six months after Swimmer One’s Dead Orchestras), Andrew Eaton-Le... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011