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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ReviewsPharrell - In My Mind
He's a talented producer and has a good ear for a commercial tune, as evidenced in album opener and first single Can I Have it Like That. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsThom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
regardless of drum loops it makes for a compelling listen Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Reviews
The Sound Team - Work EP
It's raw and catchy and first track The Fastest Man Alive has definite radio appeal. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Opinion
XFM Column - Do Scenes Exist Anywhere Anymore?
Klaxons are undoubtedly one of the most exciting live bands in the UK right now, but do we have to pretend they're part of something bigger to make them even more exciting? Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
The Ronelles @ Barrowland 2
The Ronelles are a band that seem to have skipped the nineties, the eighties and maybe even the Seventies Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
The Needles @ Barfly
full of energy, verve and insanely catchy tunes Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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Reviews
The Black Keys - Magic Potion
The solid, catchy guitar licks and crashing drums hold each sparse number together, with the lyrics having that familiar rough edge. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsAlexisonfire - Crisis
the recipe is complete for a total disaster that makes me want to lock myself up and listen to Napalm Death for a month straight while mumbeling ""it was better back in the day"" Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Reviews
Less Than Jake - The Rest Of My Life / Don't Fall Asleep On The Subway
Doesn't matter if you call it sell-out, musical growth or 'The All American Rejects-syndrome', it does the works Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Reviews
Mastodon - 'Blood Mountain'
these twelve tracks are a Frankenstein of doom gloom, trash licks and death-metal hysteria that is flawless and will provide you with hours and hours of listening Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
New Found Sound @ Subway Cowgate
Newsflash: The Subway's aural quagmire claims more victims... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
Data Panik @ QMU
One of the most engaging elements is the speed with which songs ingrain themselves in the memory Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
The Fratellis @ The Liquid Room
The Fratellis have tapped a bankable niche of youthful rebellion, but it's impossible to ignore the fact that their limited three-piece formula will only have a limited shelf-life. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Live Music
Slow Motion Replay @ The Ubiquitous Kings of Rhythm & The Unexplainable
An awesome energetic debut performance from Slow Motion Replay Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsBen Kweller - Ben Kweller
No boundaries being broken here then, just a whole heap of refreshingly non-punk, sun-drenched fun and singalong melodies Read more »| 13 Sep 2006