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
Brakes - All Night Disco Party
This is the sound of a summer where everyone puts the Brakes on. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Reviews
Boy Kill Boy - Suzie
Instead of setting the indie world alight Boy Kill Boy only manages to singe the end of its immaculately straightened hair Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Common Redstarts @ Bannermans
A show to suggest Edinburgh's own Common Redstarts could be worth keeping an eye on... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Spectrum II @ Queen's Hall
Has everyone on the floor, from the youngest nippers to the older, slightly less agile Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Ok Go @ The Art School
Do you wanna eat dark chocolate and read 'The Da Vinci Code'? No. I wanna watch OkGo, dance and drink fizzy soda Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Live Music Direct Showcase Event @ Liquid Lounge
A fine platform for up and coming bands Read more »| 16 May 2006
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Live MusicThe Secret Machines @ The Liquid Room, 28 Mar
Electrifying and energizing; I left the venue with the same post-gig tinnitus one experiences after any show worth its sand. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash @ Cabaret Voltaire
The banality of an inner-city barn dance mimicking a spaghetti-western. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Festivals
Big Big Country
Passionate about Americana and interested in exploring the past, present, and future of this music genre? Look no further than Glasgow then, and book your ti... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
PlaylistsMuso's Top 10: G.Love & Special Sauce
G.Love & Special Sauce let The Skinny in to take a peak at what's on their very own easy gramophone... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Bonnie Prince Billy @ Queens Hall,12 April
Oldham demonstrated just why he remains one of America's most important songwriters Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Live Music
Live Music Roundup for April
Peculiar, indefinable, and utterly wonderful; American six-piece The Spinto Band play the Barfly on April 22 Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Interviews
The Flaming Lips
I Like To Masturbate and Think Of Outer Space Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Interviews
John Martyn
Drake and Martyn are the two pivotal figures in British folk, visionaries with a singular conception of the possibilities of folk music and beyond. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Live Music
Go Team @ ABC
Go! Go! Go team! Read more »| 16 Apr 2006