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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InterviewsEdwyn Collins: Postcard from the Edge
The legendary Edwyn Collins talks new music, bright horizons, and his battle back from the brink Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Reviews
The Flowers of Hell – O
The Flowers of Hell aren’t a band in the typical sense, their assemblage more akin to that of an orchestra. Greg Jarvis assembles a revolving line-up o... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsBe A Familiar – To The Lighthouse
Employing a seven member line-up, with keys and brass included, Glasgow seven-piece Be a Familiar’s aesthetics hint at the multifarious instrumentation... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Someone's Watching Me! Geoff Barrow on They Live!
Geoff Barrow recommends a score and a film from Carpenter's vault (spoiler alert: there's no horror!) Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
OpinionThe Thing About John: Geoff Barrow on Carpenter
As John Carpenter prepares The Ward – his first feature-length film in almost a decade, Geoff Barrow explains his hold over Portishead Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Live MusicLive Music Highlights – November 2010
The outrageously talented Meursault take November by the scruff of the neck with a trio of dates at Dundee Dexters on 4 Nov, Aberdeen Beach Ballroom on 5 Nov... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010
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Interviews
Zombie Zombie Pledge Allegiance to the Church of Carpenter
Zombie Zombie's Cosmic Neman explains the Parisian synth duo's fascination with the daddy of psychological thrillers, and why they were crushed by the corporate might of a toy giant for their dedication Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
ReviewsFormer Ghosts – New Love
Have you ever seen a caffeinated spider spin a web? Imagine the same effect when giving Emeralds crack – a rumbling beat you'd associate with Tearist (... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
Elliott Smith – An Introduction to...
Following on from A Basement On The Hill and New Moon, this is Smith’s third outing from beyond the grave, and terming this lucky-dip cluster of songs ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – November 2010
Kicking off what is perhaps Scotland’s single greatest metal month of the year, Finnish Cello quartet Apocalyptica, like off-cuts from Lucifer's Orches... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
Charles Douglas – The Lives of Charles Douglas
When Charles Douglas first sang the lyric “Made a record without even trying/ No one could find it so they thought we were lying,” it’s unl... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
Modern Superstitions – All The Things We’ve Been Told
Toronto’s Modern Superstitions aren’t afraid to walk under the jaunty ladder of indie pop. Debut album (EP really...) All The Things We’ve ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
The Bug – Infected EP
Twenty years on, and Ninja Tune’s fire still burns bright. Hot on the heels of its retrospective mix comes this four-tracker that neatly sums up the la... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
Errors – Celebrity Come Down With Me
The title of this record may conjure up the possibility of an intriguing new x-rated game show, but the reality is actually a lot more fun; all your favourit... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Reviews
Haight-Ashbury – Here in the Golden Rays
With accents that sound distinctly more Pacific than Scottish West Coast, and a misnomer borrowed from San Francisco’s historic, hippy-harbouring subur... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010