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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ReviewsFrancis Harold & The Holograms – Who Said These Were Happy Times?
Warning: this album may cause irritability, fatigue, and clinical depression. You know that scene in Total Recall when Arnold Schwarzenegger’s eyes sta... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsVarious Artists – Kode9 DJ Kicks
The prospect of Kode9 curating a compilation of all he deems buzz-worthy in the UK bass scene is an exciting prospect in itself, and the wealth of ta... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Chus & Ceballos – Back On Tracks (Nervous)
If there’s an album that demonstrates the homogenising effect of globalisation, it’s this soul-destroying collection of bland house track... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsMy Luminaries – Order From the Chaos
My Luminaries’ debut has been a long time coming. Together since 2004 - and with major label interest piqued from the get-go - the six-year build-up ha... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsHoly State – Holy State EP
From the throaty vocals to the stripped rock bite, it’s tempting to suggest the specific Holy State these lads from Leeds are striving towards is Nirva... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
UNKLE – Where Did the Night Fall
Time was when James Lavelle’s credit was so healthy he could lure in the aristocracy of leftfield musical talent to lend a hand with his UNKLE project:... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010
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Festivals
Sonar 2010: 17 June
Sonar festival and the sheer volume of offshoot parties that surround it can make Sonarweek almost impossible to navigate. Best to just keep your ear to the ground and keep an open mind Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2010
Ever since its inception in 2001, Scotland’s Wickerman festival has drawn parallels with festival Godfather, Glastonbury, both for its free-flowing, re... Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
Live Music
Commercial Alternative @ Mono, Glasgow, 4 July
The Mono bar and Monorail record store in Glasgow’s King’s Court has long been one of the hippest hangouts the city has to offer, selling reams o... Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsKele – The Boxer
Bloc Party frontman struggles for consistency on debut solo set Read more »| 17 Jun 2010 -
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Symmetry & Ryan Lewis – Symmetry & Ryan Lewis
In a unique and experimental variation on the white rapper schtick, Symmetry and Ryan Lewis present a crossover album with ideas lifted from hip-hop,... Read more »| 17 Jun 2010 -
News
!!! Bring Strange Weather to The Arches
"We were last in Scotland, when? I can't quite remember," admits !!! (Chk Chk Chk) frontman Nic Offer. "But since then Shannon replaced John. We just worked ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2010 -
Live Music
Freebass @ King Tut's, 3 Jun
Excitement fills the air of a crammed King Tut's as the audience patiently waits for much hyped ‘super-group’ Freebass to take the stage. The b... Read more »| 15 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
Herbaliser - Herbal Tonic
Herbal Tonic, without being too obvious about it, is a "best of" album, collecting some of the finest tracks legendary Londoners Jake Wherry and Olly Teeba A... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Interviews
The Sound of Silver
The Skinny meets Silver Columns – the folk troubadours who've gone and done a Dylan Read more »| 14 Jun 2010