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 MusicFence Club @ The Caves, 17 Sep
Featuring James Yorkston & The Athletes, Malcolm Middleton, The Pictish Trail & Rozi Plain Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
InterviewsJust the Three of Us
The coming together of Drever, McCusker and Woomble inspires a brief look at the recent (and not so recent) history of the threesome. No sexy stuff, unless y... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsLovvers - Think
A predictable kitsch rehash of old standards Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
Reviews
The Spinto Band - Moonwink
There’s twee, there’s psych-pop, and if they had a baby, it’d be Delaware’s The Spinto Band. They manage both seasick rhythms and fra... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
Live MusicSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ The Captain's Rest, 14 Sep
Tonight, We Are Trapped in Kansas (**) channel the spirit of the Mars Volta away from the excesses of jazz obscurantism and towards the relative safety of po... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
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Guy J - Esperanza
Released on Digweed’s label and backed by Sasha, it seems pretty clear what kind of crowd Guy J’s Esperanza might appeal to. It’s pleasantl... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008
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Live Music
James Murphy @ The Caves, 21 Sep
The innovative collaborative programme of the Tennent's Mutual kicked off with two headlining DJ sets by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. Ally Brown reports on his Edinburgh Caves show, bolstered by the appearance of one of Scotland's best bands of the moment, Frightened Rabbit Read more »| 23 Sep 2008 -
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TV on the Radio - Dear Science
It could have gone horribly wrong of course; the widespread acclaim and subsequent confidence given to TVOTR by 2006’s seminal Return to Cookie Mountai... Read more »| 23 Sep 2008 -
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Keyboard Choir - Mizen Head to Gascanane Sound
Debut albums are tricky. Sometimes the music is ripe. But more often than not it’s still ripening, and debuts can serve as a testing ground for ideas t... Read more »| 23 Sep 2008 -
Reviews
Pumajaw - Curiosity Box
A triumphant example of music's ability to move the listener Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Aidan John Moffat @ SWG3, 27 Sep
An evening of Chemikal melodies Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
Live Music
Dartz! @ The GRV, 17 Sep
Dartz! can take their myriad reference points and distill it into two minutes of down-tuned punk funk. We came looking for little more Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
Reviews
New Kids On The Block - The Block
The ‘Kids, all pushing their forties now, present their mature, grown-up side Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
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Weezer - Troublemaker
Classic Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
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Kat Flint - Dirty Birds
Kat Flint is a guitar-strumming singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice. Yes, another one. Bur maybe not. To be fair, there are several things at work here ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2008