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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ReviewsPhoenix – Bankrupt!
Phoenix's first LP in four years promises more experimentation than on their breakthrough, 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and sure, there's a few chan... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Letherette – Letherette
Fitting nicely into the genre of smooth, immaculately realised, emotionally-driven electronic music from which so many strong albums have emerged in recent m... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
InterviewsInterview: Casual Sex on the benefits of winging it
With a new single out on Moshi Moshi and an album on the horizon, we sit down with Casual Sex to discuss the Glasgow band's past, present and why winging it can yield the best results Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsDepeche Mode – Delta Machine
There's nothing worse than a band who plough on for too long. Witness Paul Morley's critical mauling of the Rolling Stones over their Glastonbury booking for... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Umberto / Hausfrau / Leaf Wrist @ Kinning Park Complex, 30 March
Opening proceedings, Leaf Wrist plays a hypnotic performance of experimental electronics, running the gamut from dusted, dub-influenced loops to something ap... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Lapalux @ Broadcast, 28 March
After a DJ set from Mirrors and a live set from Edward Organ, covering bases from garage and house to electro, Stuart Howard aka Lapalux&... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013
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News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 2 April
In today's Bulletin: Queens of the Stone Age debut new track, Paul Morley vs. Baby Boomers, new music from Tyler, the Creator, Hey Colossus, S-Type, Hawk Eyes, Life Coach and Ed Harcourt, plus: Game of Thrones Profanity Bingo! Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsTyler, the Creator – Wolf
First things first – at least six of the sixteen tracks on Wolf are easily up there with the best of this year's hip-hop crop so fa... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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PYYRAMIDS – Brightest Darkest Day
PYYRAMIDS (the capitalisation and extra Y are non-negotiable, alas) are Tim Nordwind and Drea Smith – the former moonlighting from professional choreog... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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The Haxan Cloak – Excavation
The Haxan Cloak's self-titled 2011 album on Aurora Borealis brought Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak, to the attention of the ultra-hip and experimental Tri ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Aidan Baker – Already Drowning
Those coming to Already Drowning via an interest in Aidan Baker’s work with ambient drone duo Nadja be warned: here be an altogether gentler ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – April 2013
A roundup of the most unmissable gigs in the Central Belt, with the return of the Outskirts Festival and live appearances from James Blake, Echo & The Bunnymen, Trail of Dead, Malcolm Middleton, plus the brutal sonic assault of Death Grips Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
The OK Social Club – Nothing In Common
Possibly not since The View’s debut has a Scottish band mined youthful, boozy nostalgia quite as doggedly as Edinburgh’s The OK Social Club. &ldq... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
O2 Love Music Column – April 2013
As one half of London-based hip hop collective Task Force's sibling leadership, Chester P has already carved a niche following with his g... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
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Wild Honey – Big Flash
The second LP from Madrid’s Wild Honey – essentially the work of multi-instrumentalist Guillermo Farré – is an unashamedly kitschy, ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013