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 New Pornographers @ Òran Mór, 7 Sep
For Freelance Whales, Postal Service is a name that will surely haunt any review. The whirring keyboard is there, and the unashamedly North American, adolesc... Read more »| 10 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsSoundgarden – Telephantasm
Serving as something of a commercial first, this career retrospective from Seattle's ageing quartet will be bundled with the next Guitar Hero games package. ... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
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Fops – Yeth, Yeth, Yeth
Fops are a pop superduo of sorts, comprising Thee More Shallows' vocalist Dee Kesler and Ral Partha Vogalbacher lyricist Chadwick Donald Bidwell. Their debut... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Fever Ray @ O2 ABC, 6 Sep
Wisconsin based Nika Roza Danilova – known tonight as Zola Jesus – takes to the stage for her third Scottish show in only 48 hours, yet the trans... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsThe Antikaroshi – Per/Son/Alien
Recorded in 4 days, Per/Son/Alien offers up an immediate slab of accomplished rock deeply rooted in post-rock and indebted to the legacy of Dischord and Touc... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Mogwai @ Stereo, 29 Aug
There are things in life that you really need to have been there to appreciate; tonight’s low-key Mogwai show is undoubtedly one of those occasions. Op... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010
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Live MusicJónsi @ O2 Academy, 5 Sep
Tonight’s backdrop animations – woodland creatures; a wolf prowling the forest – make compelling viewing, affirming what television produce... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsTakka Takka – Migration
Danger! Afro-pop alert! If you refer to the dos and don’ts in the Modern Musicians Guide to Alternative Rock, then venturing into world music territory... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Minus the Bear @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
The Bear is slow to emerge from hibernation this Tuesday night, but the high octane combo of My Time/Secret Country from the Seattle group's latest collectio... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Live Music
Doves @ Òran Mór, 2 Sep
Back in April, off-hand comments from Jimi Goodwin suggested Doves’ then impending Greatest Hits tour would be their last. Though apparently misquoted,... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter is no fan of the sudden, bloody kill. There’s no adrenalin-soaked chase across the hillsides with this bunch of self-proclaimed ‘ambie... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
Playlists
Divorce Recommends Three Very Good Split Records
Divorce and Comanechi follow a great tradition of quality punk bands who climbed into bed to make sexy split magic... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Hidden Orchestra – Night Walks
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop inflected brethren The Cinematic Orchestra, the similarly named, similarly styled Hidden Orchestra have set an Olympian... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Chapter – III (A Collection of Monsters)
A Collection of Monsters is a compelling record that excites and frustrates in equal measure. The songs - fusing elements of folk, electronica and chamber-po... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Comanechi / Divorce Split 10"
Road bound co-conspirators, Comanechi and Divorce have seen their working relationship blossom over the past year or so, returning here with a string of UK d... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010