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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ReviewsHole - Nobody's Daughter
Okay, let's just get this out of the way: Nobody's Daughter is not the self-immolating abomination many hoped for and more probably expected. As potentially ... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
ReviewsDamien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
There’s a familiar lilt in the voice of Damien Jurado. The Seattle-born songsmith may not resonate on the radar of all-knowing indie aficionados, but h... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Live Music
LCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, 28 April
At times, LCD Soundsystem live feels like the greatest show on earth. The highlights of tonight's Barrowlands set are mesmerising: the raucous second-half cl... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
ReviewsBand of Horses - Infinite Arms
Band of Horses’ second LP – Cease to Begin – was largely billed as a response to their changing circumstances; the band had left Seattle to... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
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Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Teenage Fanclub are a reliable bunch, in the sense that even if the overall quality varies from album to album – though even here they’ve... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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Born Ruffians - Say It
With their 2008 debut album Red, Yellow and Blue, Canadian trio Born Ruffians eschewed derivative CYHSY comparisons by injecting some Monks-style silliness i... Read more »| 05 May 2010
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Playlists
Track-by-Track: Band of Horses' Infinite Arms
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell offers an exclusive insight into the heart of their forthcoming third album Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Interviews
The Mason Manifesto
Ahead of polling day on 6 May, Steve Mason offers a (strictly non-) political party broadcast Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Interviews
Steve Mason: The End of the Beta Biscuit Affair
Steve Mason explains why he's ditched the myriad pseudonyms to step out of the shadows as, well, himself Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen - May 2010: Bronto Skylift Takeover
They're loud, they're fierce and with that we'd have guessed very opinionated. Paul Mitchell hauls May's singles to Bronto Skylift's Glasgow rehearsal room to find the duo endlessly fascinated by the dark art of the press release Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Reviews
Jim Kroft - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Jim Kroft is likely to be a new name to most readers. That's because the Highland native fled our shores at the first opportunity to be a kind of artist-in-r... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Holy Fuck - Latin
Given the rampaging style favoured by electro-noise quartet, Holy Fuck, it’s perhaps unsurprising that their first two albums – whilst tinged wit... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Meursault - All Creatures Will Make Merry
Meursault’s brilliant debut Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues surprised us all by striding into the spotlight in 2008. Inevitably, follow-up L... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Reviews
Swimmer One - Dead Orchestras
Shirking expectations multiple times, Swimmer One are as difficult to pin down as a greased-up eel with a mysterious past. What starts in a vaguely disco-Edi... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Gayngs - Relayted
Gayngs’ roots lie in, of all places, 10cc. Producer Ryan Olson started the project – which features members of Megafaun, Bon Iver, Doomtree, and ... Read more »| 03 May 2010