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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Reviews
Plantlife - Love Toy
Given his penchant for naughty electrofunk pop it is perhaps unsurprisingly main man Jack Splash has recently been on production duties for other naughty electrofunk pop-types Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
ReviewsV/A - Sub Club 20 Years Underground
As the club moves into a new era, this double CD looks back at the last twenty years Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
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Beat Six - When the Chemicals Ignite
Passion reigned in by style Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Reviews
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life
Whether or not this is salvageable is up for debate Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
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Atomic Hooligan - Sex Drugs And Blah Blah Blah
It’s a relentless rollercoaster of stonking basslines, irresistible beats and distorted loud noises, from album opener and future anthem Dirty, to the hands-in-the-air rush of final track Too Late To Be Afraid Read more »| 10 May 2008 -
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Near the Parenthesis - Of Soft Construction
The perfect post-modern dinner party soundtrack Read more »| 10 May 2008
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Live Music
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Carling Academy, 4 May
True to form, The Seeds leave us as a sweaty mass Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
PlaylistsI Hear a New World (May, 2008)
Inspired by the cosmic concept album of the same name by pioneering producer Joe Meek, this brand new monthly column will highlight a selection of unique and essential tracks by groundbreaking artists from Scotland and further afield, all of which can be heard on the accompanying podcast. Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
Live MusicSebadoh @ The Classic Grand, 25 Apr
Gaffney’s opening gambit is slurring, lost, terminally tragic, and deflating Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
OpinionTennent's Mutual: Redressing the Balance?
Well over a decade ago, the folks at Tennent's decided to push their brand through a series of live music offerings designed to enhance the community spirit and shift a few extra cans of lager along the way. More power to 'em Read more »| 08 May 2008 -
Interviews
Kurt Cobain favourites The Vaselines to reform for Tigerfest
The Vaselines, cited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as one of his biggest influences, are set to get back together again as part of Tigerfest. They play Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall on May 16th on the same bill as Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and the Pearlfishers' David Scott. (Coincidentally, Cobain named Teenage Fanclub as the best band in the world.) Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
Interviews
No Age: Straight Outta Skid Row
From Black Flag to NWA, innovative – and sometimes revolutionary - bands have been seeping out from the pores of the Los Angeles underground for decades. Dave Kerr comes to face to face with a new breed, in the library no less Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
Live Music
Clinic, Errors, RememberRemember @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Apr
RememberRemember's (***) Graeme Ronald chose his new musical moniker wisely, because by the end of every 'song' (in the loosest possible sense) the minimalis... Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
Live Music
Andrew Bird @ The Classic Grand, 28 Apr
Given the challenge of warming up for the irrepressible Andrew Bird are Baltimore post-rockers Human Bell (***). Appearances are deceiving as these Hell's An... Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
News
Hydro Connect: more bands confirmed...
Joining already confirmed acts including Spiritualized, The Roots and Manic Street Preachers, Hydro Connect have now added on a few more contenders. New add... Read more »| 06 May 2008