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 MusicSparks @ HMV Picture House, 21 October
For their 2 Hands 1 Mouth tour, Sparks have kept their overheads low: the voice of Russell, the key-playing hands of Ron, and nothing else. It’s bold, ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsOgre – 194
Ogre, also known as Monster! Monster! has established a reputation as an unmissable live performer, sharing the bill with bass music legends such as Caspa, P... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Prince Rama – Top 10 Hits of the End of the World
At first glance it would be rather easy to lump Prince Rama (aka sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson) in with the plethora of pseudo-mystical culture vultures ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament – The Violence
For the concluding instalment of his ‘Essex trilogy’, Darren Hayman rewinds the clock a few hundred years. The first two parts surveyed the songw... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Monokle – Saints
St. Petersburg-based producer Monokle's fifth album, his first for Ki, a boutique label set up in 2009, is a glorious trek through glitch, IDM and experiment... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
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My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
Best known for pioneering modern British doom alongside bands like Anathema and Katatonia in the 90s, My Dying Bride have softened their approach in recent r... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012
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Opinion
Hero Worship: Alice Cooper
Before a Halloween Night of Fear descends on Auld Reekie, Duff McKagan explains why Alice Cooper's influence on rock'n'roll cannot be overstated Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
Opinion
On the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Three)
Our intrepid explorers navigate the streets of Barcelona and fire themselves up for showtime with a little Chas & Dave... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Andrzej Korzynski – Secret Enigma
Having already released two of his soundtrack recordings this year, Finders Keepers make good on their ongoing commitment to bring more of this eclectic Po... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Jo Mango – Murmuration
It’s been six years since Jo Mango last released a full album. The Glasgow-based songwriter has been far from idle in that time, collaborating with art... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Trapped Mice – Winter Sun
Winter Sun starts with An Ending: a two-minute instrumental in which plaintive accordion wheezes over traffic noise and sirens, conjuring an enticing ai... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Reso – Tangram
Reso's full-length debut album starts out promisingly, with a muted arpeggiated synth-line running atop a wash of ambient noise. Within a few minutes we're b... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsS-Type – Billboard EP
Bobby Perman, aka S-Type's first release in 2005 was a hip-hop themed EP for Surface Pressure. Since 2010's Medusa EP on Phuturelabs, he's turned his attenti... Read more »| 23 Oct 2012 -
Festivals
CMJ 2012, Days Three and Four: Death Grips, Color Film, and Sub Pop Records' showcase
Detour Scotland's Ally McCrae checks in after days three and four of the New York new music showcase Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
OpinionOn the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Deux)
Despite escalating toll fees elsewhere in Western Europe, The Hazey Janes' expedition with American indie rock giants Wilco finds its stride through Italy Read more »| 22 Oct 2012