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 MusicThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ The Arches, 11 Jun
Last time Wake the President supported Pains of Being Pure at Heart in Glasgow, the former’s debut was only a few months old; two years later, it&rsquo... Read more »| 16 Jun 2011 -
Live MusicSix Organs of Admittance @ Captain's Rest, 8 Jun
There's a sense of hushed anticipation in the Captain's Rest, prior to Ben Chasny's first Six Organs of Admittance show since the release of the critically-a... Read more »| 16 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
White Heath – Take No Thought For Tomorrow
This Edinburgh-based quintet layer dark, sombre ballads with a diverse range of live instrumentation, incorporating strings, guitar, trombone and piano. Acco... Read more »| 16 Jun 2011 -
Live MusicMEN @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 June
Last year, Michael O’Neill discussed MEN’s live aspirations. "We believe a live show should be much more than playing songs on a record," he decl... Read more »| 15 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
Fink – Perfect Darkness
Transitioning from his role as a successful DJ and producer to that of Ninja Tune peddler of folk-inflected acoustica back in 2006, Fin 'Fink' Greenall&rsquo... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
David Comes to Life is one tough nut to crack. A sprawling, 80-minute hardcore punk rock opera, its description alone makes it seem destined for disaster. An... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011
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Live MusicBattles @ The Arches, 7 June
Battles' stock continues to rise, and the Arches is already nearing capacity for openers Thank You. The Baltimore post-rockers take full advantage, presentin... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Live MusicMatthew Dear @ Captain's Rest, 6 Jun
“Is it Monday today? Doesn't feel like Monday,” muses Matthew Dear rhetorically, midway through a triumphant set at a packed-out Captain's Rest. ... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Live Music
Over the Wall @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 3 Jun
It’s day 78 of Over the Wall’s ‘Around the Isles in 80 Days’ tour, and there’s a suitably congratulatory atmosphere building. J... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Live Music
James Blake @ Òran Mór, 2 Jun
Unluck opens tonight’s headline set with such bold, crisp precision it instantly silences the room. The same courtesy wasn’t extended to touring ... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
Tellison – The Wages Of Fear
Now that our, admittedly feeble, Scottish summer is in full bloom it’s only right that shelves begin to fill with bright’n’breezy emotional... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
Dennis Hopper Choppers - Be Ready
There are fundamentally two sides to Ben Nicholls’ latest incarnation of DHC: that of the lonesome wanderer, singing forlorn desert-bleached odes to lo... Read more »| 08 Jun 2011 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Ian Mackaye
Divorce's Andy Brown salutes a musician who refuses to compromise Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
We Are Enfant Terrible – Explicit Pictures
The debut from this French electro-indie trio comes across like a vaguely grumpy, morose version of Bis. Boy-girl vocals, shuffling disco beats, cheesy casio... Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
The Mojo Fins – Shake the Darkness
Quite why the worlds of post-rock and sensitive singer-songwriter balladry don’t meet more often is an enigma, as The Mojo Fins’ documentation of... Read more »| 07 Jun 2011