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 MusicNikaido Kazumi and Shugo Tokumaru with The National Jazz Trio of Scotland @ Classic Grand, 28 Jan
Presided over by the Hitchcockian Bill Wells, Celtic Connections tonight invites its first Japanese contributors to collaborate with The National Jazz Trio o... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
InterviewsRock Action Around the Clock
Your musical education doesn't end at Errors. Here we present three more choice signings from the disparate school of Rock Action for your delectation. Why send the kids anywhere else? Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
ReviewsEfterklang - Magic Chairs
Last year’s Performing Parades captured Efterklang’s enchanting collaboration with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra and effectively encapsul... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
PlaylistsA Muso's Top 10: Queens of the Stone Age
Last issue we got to know Them Crooked Vultures and learned all about their extensive touring plans for the year - very good. But what the hell happened to J... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
Reviews
The Fauns - The Fauns
This debut proves to be a blissed-out re-visit of the true, defining sound of the 90's. Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
Live Music
Homegame @ Various Venues, Anstruther, 12-14 Mar
This spring marks the Fence Collective's 7th annual Homegame, taking place over three days in March (Fri 12th - Sun 14th) across various small halls in the C... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010
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InterviewsSo Far, So Good
After a decade in the wilderness, cult post-hardcore outfit Far return this month with an odd choice of comeback single. As they put the finishing touches to one of the most anticipated new albums of 2010, The Skinny catches up with front man Jonah Matranga to hear the inside word. Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Reviews
Kassidy - The Rubbergum EP
There’s not enough music in Scotland that makes you want to slap your thigh and chew tobacco. Kassidy have managed to produce such sounds - dus... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen - February, 2010
Chris Buckle invites The Vivian Girls back to his deluxe Glasgow mansion for a listen to February’s singles. “We could never be music reviewers!” they gasp. “We’re way too hard to please…” Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
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Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
Perhaps the BJM's most motley selection of songs to date, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? finds Anton Alfred Newcombe embracing both stylistic eclecticism an... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Reviews
Ono Palindromes - The Cum EP
With today's guitar clutching kids variously assimilating the sounds of Vampire Weekend, Klaxons or the Arctic Monkeys, the good ship Punk currently finds it... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
Interviews
Hieroglyphics Deciphered
Easily as prolific as Wu-Tang, Oakland’s Hieroglyphics collective have a staggering back-catalogue. But where to start? Phesto gives us a few ideas… Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
The Metal Column - February 2010
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, four jam-packed weeks of killer gigs ensures that all the bases are covered (with blood, or course). ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights - February, 2010
Detroit Social Club may hail from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but they don't let that stop them from channeling the muscular spirit of US rock into their impressive... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Reviews
Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
To enlist a name like Dave Sitek to produce your solo debut isn't the no-strings guarantee of success you might expect it to be. Because while the TV... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010