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 Elvis Suicide - Sweethearts EP
The themes that Glaswegian quartet The Elvis Suicide deal with are unashamedly rock ‘n’ roll, humorously laid out by singer Chris Devotion in the... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Various Artists - Limbo Live Volume 01
Limbo is a night promoted by the Black Spring DJs at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, and they are releasing the first in a series of live compilations, showcasing the best that their night has to offer. Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
InterviewsIsis: More Brilliant than the Sun
After over a decade of playing monstrously heavy art-metal, a genre which many attribute to having been created by them, Isis release their finest yet - a pseudo-best of. Guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer talks to Ali Maloney about the band's journey. Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
InterviewsRe-Enter The Vaselines
After a twenty-year “tea break”, legendary Scottish indie-pop miscreants The Vaselines are back with a reissue, US tour and new material. Gillian Watson talks to Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee about their legacy, Nirvana and next steps Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Sparrow and the Workshop – Sleight of Hand EP
The current Scottish music scene is healthily diverse, and now Sparrow and the Workshop bring another genre to the mix: country and western. Having only form... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
ReviewsBritish Sea Power - Man of Aran OST
British Sea Power have always courted tangents. In the past they’ve eulogised ice-shelves and greeted immigrants, but their latest effort sees them dig... Read more »| 04 May 2009
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Post War Years - The Greats and the Happenings
Does the world really need another electro-pop outfit from London cluttering up MySpace and being overplayed on Skins? Well, one more can’t hurt. Compa... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Houses of the Unholy
Plenty of artists trade the luxury of a traditional recording studio in favour of something a little more homely, but not all come with the calm, idyllic san... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Interviews
Bat For Lashes: The Path of Khan
With her second album in the can, Bat For Lashes are the talk of indie town. But what's with the hippy-dippy vibe? And where did that Scott Walker duet come from? Natasha Khan explains all to Nick Mitchell Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
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Grizzly Bear: Out Of Hibernation
Flouting conventions, Grizzly Bear’s ‘difficult second album’ is actually their third. But never mind the chronology. Darren Carle gets chatting to singer Daniel Rossen in the here and now as the Brooklyn quartet bare their teeth ahead of the release of Veckatimest. Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Live Music
The Specials @ O2 Academy, 28 April
Too much time has been spent discussing what the Specials aren’t in their 2009 incarnation, and too little on what they are. Sure, they aren’t qu... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Live Music
Manic Street Preachers at Barrowlands
Fourteen years since the end of Richey-era Manics, only the most blinkered, boa-clad 4realist would persist in crying Judas over the band’s continuatio... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Live Music
Camera Obscura @ Barrowlands, 26 April
Whereas past po-faced performances have given Camera Obscura’s Traceyanne a slight dour air, the thrill of headlining their hometown’s most illus... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Interviews
New Blood: Sky Larkin
Leeds trio Sky Larkin are a band with a relentless work ethic, having dedicating their days to showcasing debut album, The Golden Spike, on both sides of the Atlantic. Leading up to the band's imminent return to Glasgow, Ryan Drever catches up with Katie Harkin to talk cassettes, festivals, and the story so far. Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
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The Dirty Dozen - May, 2009
Spoilt little popsters, soft rock poseurs and 12 stone toddlers. Nick Mitchell assesses a strange batch of singles Read more »| 01 May 2009