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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ReviewsA Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards to the Wall
Ostensibly a chance to flex their chops with new bassist Dion Lunadon, the stripped-down attack of this self-produced EP offers a predictably visceral listen... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
ReviewsMatthew Bourne – Montauk Variations
There’s much to admire about Matthew Bourne – the good grace with which he takes being regularly confused with the ballet choreographer of the sa... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Reviews
The Law – Trigger
You can see why much of The Law’s reputation has come from their live shows: I’d hazard their music sounds best when you’re a few jars down... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Live MusicLive Music Highlights – February 2012
Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern da... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Mike Watt
Virtuosic six-stringer RM Hubbert explains why a musical inspiration from his teens keeps him focused even now Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
ReviewsFat Janitor – Lurk EP
Featuring members of underground luminaries Vcheka and Sunsmasher, the pressure was always on for Fat Janitor to produce something special. In Lurk's six tra... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012
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Live Music
The Metal Column – February 2012
When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Interviews
First Listen: Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas
At the playback of his first album in eight years, Leonard Cohen proves that as the decades advance, he's still got plenty left to offer Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Interviews
Django Django: Away with the Pharaohs
Drummer and producer Dave Maclean explains the influence of history and sci-fi on Django Django's long-incubating debut Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Reviews
ANGO – Another City Now EP
How's this for a geography headfuck: Andrew Gordon Macpherson - who's from Nova Scotia, Canada (with a name like that?) - releases a 7 track EP of bold US R&... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Festivals
Wee Dub Festival @ Various Venues, Edinburgh, 3-5 February
Dub takes over Edinburgh for a second year and, like any good sequel, everything just got a whole lot bigger – to the extent that the ‘Wee’... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Playlists
Track-By-Track: Errors' Have Some Faith In Magic
Errors' Steev Livingstone exclusively presents his guide to the synth wizards' third LP Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
Reviews
Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Combining the beefy riffs of Tad Kubler, (erstwhile member) Franz Nicolay’s organ whirs and one-man sideshows and the pissed-up paeans of Craig Finn, T... Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
Reviews
Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Lanegan’s first solo album in eight years; such is the profile of the Seattle scene survivor who has assur... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
ReviewsDjango Django – Django Django
Recorded entirely in drummer/producer David Maclean’s bedroom with nothing but rickety gear, Django Django, a London-based group of former Edinburgh Co... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012