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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ReviewsSucioperro – The Heart Strings & How to Pull Them
Ayrshire’s Sucioperro have released their latest on Xtra Mile Recordings, home of Reuben and Far, which is probably fortunate as it leaves the same bit... Read more »| 06 Mar 2011 -
Interviews
Horrors frontman Faris Badwan unveils Cat's Eyes
The Horrors' Faris Badwan and classical musician Rachel Zeffira on their collaborative effort Cat's Eyes, and how they got the Pope's blessing Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
InterviewsGreg Dulli: “We tried to make a record without Lanegan. In the end I just could not do it"
Chief Twilight Singer Greg Dulli tells of breaking old habits, freestyling in the studio, and what price for an Afghan Whigs reunion Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
Interviews
The Proposition: Cull the Middlemen
When did getting a tune from a musician to their audience become such a labyrinthine process? Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsBad For Lazarus – 25 EP
On paper Bad For Lazarus should be one of the most exciting new bands in the country. Congenial front man Rich Fownes has served time in Nine Inch Nails and ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
InterviewsRM Hubbert: Punk As Folk
Glaswegian guitarist RM Hubbert talks early influences, new horizons and playing gigs in swimming pools Read more »| 03 Mar 2011
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InterviewsJ Mascis: "I don't have that harmony mind"
Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis talks about his first solo studio album and the notion of a harmony mind Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
Interviews
Elbow: Rocket Men
Before Elbow debut the sequel to their 2008 Mercury winner in Glasgow this month, Richard Jupp explains their mandate: to build a rocket. Nae pressure, boys... Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
All the lucky people who managed to get hold of a Home Game ticket this year: here's something to get you in the mood for three days in Anstruther. Having sp... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
Bibio – Mind Bokeh
Bibio's second album for Warp plays out very much as as a companion piece to 2009's impressively diverse Ambivalence Avenue, with evocative instrumental loop... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
The Kills – Blood Pressures
Brooding for so long in the shadowy realm, The Kills' latest record is the soil splattered coffin in which we can lay to rest the limp body of The White Stri... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Midlake
The concept behind a Late Night Tales release is simple enough: a featured artist presents us with a mix of songs that sound good – you guessed it &nda... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
Conny Ochs – Raw Love Songs
From both the album title and the overtly pandering cover art, it would be all too easy to dismiss Raw Love Songs as cheeseball balladry with nary a second t... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Live Music
James Blake @ Nice n' Sleazy, 27 Feb
It’s difficult to believe that James Blake has only been touring his eponymous full-length debut for just a matter of weeks, so startlingly assured is ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen – Mogwai Takeover
Welcome to Mogwai’s take on The Dirty Dozen, where even the single of the month can get a bit of a drubbing. Step forward Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011