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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ReviewsThe Dirty Dozen - October, 2009
Ally Brown is gonna let you finish, but Nick Mitchell wrote some of the greatest Dirty Dozen single review columns of all time! Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Live MusicLive Music Highlights - October, 2009
Carpet-bombing Scotland in early October, Cats and Cats and Cats deploy super-inventive post-rock(ets) that explode with punk energy on impact. They aren't a... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsBlackhole - Dead Hearts
Dead Hearts sees eleven chunks of thoroughly respectable hardcore lobbed through The MC5's window. This young Londonian quintet set off from the ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsNephu Huzzband - Elementary
From the off, it's clear that Nephu Huzzband have a distinct set of motivational DIY ideals running through their music and general practice. Punk sensibilit... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
The Metal Column – October, 2009
There must be few better ways to celebrate Hallowe'en than listening the the tongue-in-cheek gore metal of Cannibal Corpse Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Playlists
A Muso's Top 10: WHY?
Since Alopecia came out, we've been on tour for maybe half of those months. We've been all over the US twice, all over Europe four times, Japan once and Isra... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009
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Reviews
Shields Up - Shields Up
This five-piece hardcore troupe, hailing from Edinburgh, have certainly hit the ground running. Formed in the first half of 2009, they recorded t... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsThavius Beck - Dialogue
Big Dada continue their mission to sign every single groundbreaking hip-hop act in the world. Perhaps because Thavius Beck laces his lyrics integrally with h... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Paper Planes - Doris Day
The multinational Paper Planes are three quarters Scottish, one quarter American. One listen to Doris Day and you’ll probably have a hunch as to which ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Ash - True Love 1980
It's a long time since anyone really cared about Ash, so in a valiant attempt to halt their decline, the Northern Irish rockers have promised to releas... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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Massive Attack – Splitting the Atom EP
Having allegedly shelved sessions with Liz Frazer and Mike Patton, the standard for Massive Attack’s new studio output must be through the roof, right?... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Live Music
Oxjam Glasgow Takeover, 24- 25 Oct
Last year Oxjam commandeered Ashton Lane and scored an impressive lineup including Skinny faves Meursault and Eagleowl. For 2009’s Glasgow Takeover the... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Reviews
Wonderswan - Furrrpile
Leeds quartet Wonderswan say on their MySpace that they formed out of "a shared love for scuzzy 90s lo-fi slacker bands." No shit! The reason everyone's gone... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
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First Aid Kit - Hard Believer
With Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective opening the log cabin door for the plaid-shirted flocks of pastoral folk bands, it’s likely First Aid Kit will s... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty were referenced in reviews of last year’s compilation Constant Hitmaker, but on the evidence of this record Kurt Vile i... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009