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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InterviewsWithered Hand: Beginning to flourish
It may take a village to raise a child, but the capital city's community is raising a whole new class of urban folk musicians. Jason Morton sits down with Withered Hand to hear the benefits of keeping your peers close Read more »| 03 Mar 2009 -
Live MusicYo! Majesty @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Mar
Yo! Majesty bring their sexualised rap party to Edinburgh's Cabaret Voltaire. Read more »| 03 Mar 2009 -
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Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of British music's most fascinating characters - but you'd never guess why from Years of Refusal Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
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The Bronx - Young Bloods
With the first single from their third album, L.A quintet The Bronx display more of the aggressive punk rock that started a bidding war between labels for th... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Live MusicVersus @ Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 7 Mar
Forget the stale old concept of just one band on stage and prepare yourself for Versus. Emerging from the Edinburgh collective Bear Scotland comes a unique n... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
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Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss
In West Philadelphia, born and raised, well a basement is where they spent most of their days. Leaving out vox and guitaring old-school, Oxes go metal and pr... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009
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Captain Wilberforce - Everyone Loves a Villain
Straight outta Leeds, Captain Wilberforce makes pop that Radio 2 could comfortably slot into their Saturday afternoon playlist without much of an outcry. His... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Super Adventure Club @ The Mill
They thrilled us silly with their debut album Chalk Horror! last year, and now - ahead of their debut set at The Mill - Finbarr Bermingham has a word with Super Adventure Club to find out what lies ahead Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights - March, 2009
Y'all is Fantasy Island are well placed to make 2009 their bitch, and they ain't slouchin' Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
Live Music
Joe Gideon And The Shark @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23 Mar
They may have an irritating tendency to talk about themselves in the third person, The Shark is also known as Viva, and they used to be in Bikini Atoll, but ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
Live Music
Metal Up Your Ass - March, 2009
Fittingly enough for a month named after the Roman god of war, March this year has a bit of fight about it. The 13th Note in particular seems intent on havi... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
ReviewsWounded Knee - Shimmering New Vistas
Before sampling, before microphones and Pro-Tools, before guitars, and before musical instruments, there was the human voice. A capella vocal delivery draws ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
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Blk Jks - Mystery EP
The hype is building around Blk Jks, and with good reason. Imagine the zeitgeist creativity of Brooklyn transposed to the raw, head-to-head soundclash of Sou... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
Live Music
Woodpigeon @ Captain's Rest, 22 Feb
There’s silence when The Miserable Rich (***) ask if anyone owns a hotel that could put them up after the show, but if anyone were to offer, they could... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
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U2 - No Line on the Horizon
The band will argue vehemently that this is a departure from their previous work but the reality is there’s no way that No Line on the Horizon will ali... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009