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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InterviewsThe Main Event: Blur vs Mogwai
Seconds Away… Round 1 In 1999, heavyweight cheeky champs Blur were basking in the success of their album 13. Having successfully defined their singl... Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
InterviewsMiss the Occupier: The Beautiful Occupation
Miss The Occupier have begun to turn heads with eye-catching style and glam-punk sound. Gillian Watson talks feminism, far-flung touring and daytime soaps with the Glasgow trio Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
Records borne of personal tragedy are an odd beast: tinged with pain, they’ll often contain heartbreakingly honest song-writing, but can become stiflin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
Live MusicOasis @ Murrayfield Stadium, 17 Jun
With an intimidating police presence, local schools locked down in anticipation of an invasion and a number of convulsing bodies already strewn across the li... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Supersonic Festival 2009
As the organisers of the excellent Supersonic festival, Capsule, are quick to point out, the independent UK music scene has suffered in the last ten years, d... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Live Music
Silversun Pickups @ Òran Mór, 1 July
It's not surprising that Silversun Pickups haven't quite managed to graduate to the mainstream in the UK, despite a repertoire of radio-friendly tunes. Most... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009
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InterviewsThere Will Be Fireworks: Sky's the Limit
Scotland is gaining a reputation for darkly ambitious indie, but Glasgow four-piece There Will Be Fireworks are determined to carve out their own space, Nick Mitchell hears Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
Reverend & The Makers - A French Kiss In The Chaos
Jon McClure is on the ropes, so to speak. The self-proclaimed heavyweight champ of his own ego has taken a fair battering over the last year, ostensibly as s... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
T 2009: The Key Players
T in the Park's 2009 line-up is an embarrassment of riches. But how to sift the gold of talent (Blur, M83 et al) from the silt of mediocrity (Starsailor)? The Skinny's sized up what's on offer, and here we pick out a few promising nuggets sure to be well worth the entry fee. Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Live Music
Lucky Number Nine Showcase @ Captain's Rest, 26 Jun
Glasgow's Peter Parker (****), supergroup by name as well as nature, are picking up rave reviews before their debut 7-inch has even hit the shelves; as they ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
The Stupids - The Kids Don't Like It
Surely the greatest musical proposition ever to hail from Suffolk – not that The Darkness and Tim Westwood present much of a challenge – John Pee... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Interviews
of Montreal: Wild Mood Swings
After several universally lauded LPs, psych-pop outfit of Montreal unleashed the divisive Skeletal Lamping on the public late last year. Jason Morton steps into the expressive world of Kevin Barnes. Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
Django James & The Midnight Squires - Hurricane
Django James fancies himself as a fast-living ingénue, and his band’s debut single, Hurricane (sample lyric: “my eyes are rolling backward... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Interviews
The Shock of The Horrors
Like Radiohead and Blur before them, The Horrors have followed a fault-ridden debut with a superb second album that few saw coming. But frontman Faris Badwan tells us that it wasn't the complete shift that some would have you believe Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
The High Plane Drifters - Sweet Poppy Jean
Whatever else you might think of their gleefully inept garage shtick, you can’t say the High Plane Drifters haven’t swotted up on their rock heri... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009