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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ReviewsBadly Drawn Boy – It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes
It would be unjust to say that Damon Gough has fallen foul of the Mercury Music Prize curse since his inspired debut album scooped said accolade a decade ago... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsEsben and the Witch – Marching Song EP
Brighton trio Esben and the Witch may still be fairly fresh out of the box, however they’re already carving a niche for themselves between the baroque,... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsThe Morlocks – The Morlocks Play Chess
“The Morlocks Play Chess isn’t some teeny bopper karaoke bullshit”, affirms the press release accompanying this garage-punk cover album of ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
InterviewsGrinderman: Jim Sclavunos
New York drumming royalty Jim Sclavunos comes on strong in the third of our Grinderman interviews Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
Reviews
Naive New Beaters - Wallace
For David Boring, Martin Luther BB King and Eurobelix of this Parisian electro-hip hop trio, the tongue – not content merely within the cheek – h... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
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Clinic – Bubblegum
Way back in the Britpop days there was always something vaguely sinister about Clinic: a gang of Liverpudlians in surgical masks who wanted to do twisted thi... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010
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Wolf People – Steeple
Occupying the intersection between folk, rock, psychedelia and blues, you might be able to see why the name Wolf People appealed to this band. Seemingly half... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
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Shrag – Life! Death! Prizes!
Shrag’s second album explodes into life with the panic inducing A Certain Violence, a post-punk bar-room brawl dragged along kicking and screaming by r... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
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Dinosaur Pile-Up – Growing Pains
Growing Pains harks back to a pre-millennial indie rock sound, somewhere around when Ash were gonna be the next big thing. And, with Dinosaur Pile-Up’s... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
MGMT @ Barrowlands, 20 Sep
Scrutinise reactions tonight and a pattern emerges. Electric Feel – recorded for posterity on a sea of mobile phones. Siberian Breaks – chatter. ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Wounded Knee – House Music
Drew Wright is an Edinburgh freak-folker whose work as Wounded Knee has thus far divided critical opinion at The Skinny, dazzling some while bemusing others.... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Of Montreal @ QMU, 4 Oct
In recent years, the Of Montreal experience has cultivated its theatricality to bold new heights – supporting the extended space-sex jam of Skeletal La... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Maps & Atlases – Perch Patchwork
Chicago four piece Maps & Atlases have been the beneficiaries of a fair bit of hype and earned the strange and vague tag ‘math rock’ before e... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Unnatural Helpers – Cracked Love And Other Drugs
The most obvious starting point for new inductees to the work of Unnatural Helpers is that they are Mudhoney's European tour support and what a very ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Rustie - Sunburst EP
Rustie's intermittent 12"s, remixes and guest spots have made him a minor sensation at 'in the know' club scenes around the globe, but with Sunburst he scale... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010