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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ReviewsMatmos - Supreme Balloon
a seriously mad but fantastic creation made out of ONLY synthesizers with no sampling or microphones in sight Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
Live Music
Joe Acheson Quartet @ The Jazz Bar, 25 Apr
Despite being one of the strangest Triptych line-ups yet, there was still some magnificently forward thinking music in the program this year, though not strictly limited to it Read more »| 26 Apr 2008 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen - May, 2008
From Philadelphia to Norway (via Dundee, of course) Nick Mitchell treks the sonic globe in search of this month's best song. Read more »| 26 Apr 2008 -
Interviews
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
New York will always be home to the coolest cats in music, but every so often (almost cyclically) a new wave of bands emerge to remind us where it's at. Over... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
InterviewsMGMT For Dummies
Maybe Google isn't the most reliable information source in the world, as Finbarr Bermingham found out when he sat down with Brooklyn duo MGMT and accused them of being a couple of recovering acid heads Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
InterviewsXiu Xiu As Birdwatchers
Ahead of Xiu Xiu's Glasgow date to support latest album Women As Lovers - Matt Gollock speaks to Jamie Stewart from the experimental indie outfit about about art, music and birdwatching Read more »| 25 Apr 2008
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Interviews
Errors - Big in Finland
While some bands dream of breaking America, Errors accidentally broke Finland. Now, working backwards, the Glaswegians have their sights set on us, Nick Mitchell hears Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
¡Forward Russia! - Life Processes
This album will surprise you. Whether it’s the monstrous Muse-like riff which breaks up the near incessant disco rhythm drums on Gravity & Heat, or... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
Y'All Is Fantasy Island - Rescue Weekend
Falkirk resident Adam Stafford seems to be reaching the end of his tether, as he complains, "New fans can't be swayed, promoters will not speak to me unless ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
There’s a line in the song Listen To The Math, from Tokyo Police Club’s exceptional debut album Elephant Shell, that goes some way to summing up ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Volumes III & IV: Earth and Air
As the title suggests, this record embodies the second half of a four EP opus undertaken by Thrice. The two halves on display are substantially different fro... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
Things In Herds - Nothing Is Lost
Far-flung Fence alumni, Things In Herds (aka Pete Lush and, er, Miss Ping) find the electro variant of their folk-pop largely jettisoned on this, their fourt... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
The Ossians - The MacPherson Tapes
The story behind The MacPherson Tapes is a damn site more interesting than the music itself. This may sound callous, but when you consider The Ossians are in... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Reviews
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Side-projects: for the artist who just can't fit his talent/ego within one band. So we have Jack White letting his inner Led Zep fanboy roam free in The Raco... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
ReviewsThe Futureheads - This Is Not The World
It may seem exaggerated to call this a comeback, given that The Futureheads only crashed on to the scene with their self-titled debut some four years ago, bu... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008