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 Music
The Crimea @ Pleasance Courtyard
Part Rain Man, part Bright Eyes, but good enough to rival the very best. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: The Hedrons @ Cabaret Voltaire
These are girls who know how to play, and more importantly, scream like they've been set alight. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: Simple Minds @ Princes St Gardens
a good place to finish a tour; in front of a large partisan crowd under a dusk-seared Edinburgh castle. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
T on the Fringe: Dirty Pretty Things @ Corn Exchange
...an almost identical set as their last Edinburgh appearance leaves us asking whether it was worth the wait... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
Radiohead and Beck @ Meadowbank Stadium
Reiterating the notion that Radiohead are possibly the greatest band, live or studio, of the last decade.
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Live Music
Max Romeo @ Studio 24
One of the sharpest Jamaican songwriters in full effect Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Reviews
Colin Kerr - The Perilous Final Passage of the Romantic Weights
there's only so much binary cello one can take Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live MusicThis is Music @ Henry's Cellar Bar, 27 Sep
This night belonged to one band alone Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
PlaylistsA Muso's Top 10: Eagles of Death Metal
"You can't speak to the devil wearing pants!" Jesse Hughes forewarned us before he coughed up ten of the tunes presently rocking his own personal jukebox. He... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
InterviewsNick Oliveri: Mondo Uncontrollable
Presently roaming the UK with his latest incarnation of Mondo Generator and making the odd appearance with Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia as The Uncontrollable, Nick Oliveri tells The Skinny about his new record. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Interviews
Raconteurs - Steady As They Go
The Skinny finds the Racs not taking themselves too seriously, and joins in the fun Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Interviews
New Blood: Sikth
...an air-drummer's fevered nightmare Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Live Music
Pipettes @ The Garage Review
capture the excitement that many hip bands seek and lack.
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Reviews
Sandi Thom - What If I 'm Right
A perfect fit of function and form, sadly, the function is wall-paper Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
ReviewsBadly Drawn Boy - Nothings Going to Change Your Mind
Badly Drawn Boy has lost interest. I think I have too Read more »| 13 Oct 2006