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 MusicThe 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 MusicManic 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 MusicCamera 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 -
InterviewsNew 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 -
ReviewsThe 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 -
Festivals
Cold War Kids @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Formed in California in 2004, Cold War Kids released their debut album Robbers and Cowards in 2006. Heavily inspired by Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, Nat... Read more »| 01 May 2009
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Reviews
Andrew Bird – Fitz and the Dizzyspells EP
Chicagoan prodigy Andrew Bird is still riding the wave of acclaim that followed the release of Noble Beast earlier this year, to the extent that he now retur... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Ex Wives - Stave/Diktat
You'll play it 'til it breaks Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
Opening with a Nick Drake homage and proceeding in a folky vein, The Spinning Top finds Coxon having abandoned the pop-punk modes of his previous two solo al... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - May, 2009
As the first hints of summer drive many of society's margin-walkers further underground, fortunately the world of loud music attempts to offer some consolation. Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
Live Music
PJ Harvey & John Parish @ Queen's Hall, 26 Apr
Tom Brosseau (**) is no frills, defined. White tucked-in-shirt, straight jeans, side-parted silver hair, guitar, man. Brosseau keeps it so minimal, he barely... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Inaugural Hinterland Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
As previously announced, Glasgow is to be hit by a musical maelstrom of the cream of today’s indie/rock/electro finest. Hinterland Festival takes place... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Interviews
New Blood: Elks
Despite only being together a couple of years - though friends for many more - Elks, have already released their debut album and toured with the likes of Youthmovies, Metronomy and The Twilight Sad, often selling out shows across Europe. In the midst of this steady progress, Ryan Drever catches up with vocalist/guitarist, Rob Herian before taking to the stage with Jeffrey Lewis at this year's Hinterland festival. Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
Hey!Tonal - Hey!Tonal
The pedigree of this collective is unquestionable. Members and ex-members of Storm & Stress, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Maps & Atlases and Joan of Arc, am... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Reviews
John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
San Franciscan John Vanderslice releases his third albumm, and debut for Dead Oceans Records, Romanian Names Read more »| 29 Apr 2009