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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PlaylistsA Muso’s Top 10: Dälek
Having produced four albums of thought-provoking rhymes and challenging beats over the last decade (number five lands this month), Will Brooks (aka MC Dälek) gives up his 'recently played' list and proves that even the most socially conscious emcee knows when to get their smooth on... Read more »| 07 Jan 2009 -
ReviewsScott Weiland – “Happy” in Galoshes
Although known more for his excesses than his music for too long now, it seems Scott Weiland had a weighty pop rock album in him all along. With guest appear... Read more »| 07 Jan 2009 -
InterviewsVivian Girls: Surf's Up, And There's Reverb In The Waves
To say that Vivian Girls are an overnight sensation is to do them a disservice: an over-year sensation, if you have to. Lauren Mayberry sits down with the ladies to find out how they did it, and what not to mix with your milkshake. Read more »| 07 Jan 2009 -
Playlists
I Hear a New Year World - January, 2009
Ish Marquez - Pipe Dream Memories I can't imagine a better track to kick off 2009 with. The New York musician is an unbelievable guitarist who totally blew ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2009 -
Live MusicBuy Tickets Now: Deerhunter @ Stereo, Glasgow, *20 May
Bradford Cox, Deerhunter’s undisputed creative epicentre, had a mixed 2008. The unscrupulous leaking of Microcastle, its bonus disc Weird Era Cont., an... Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
Live Music
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ ABC2, 30 Dec
The band are sharp, confident and McKnight is inescapably enigmatic Read more »| 06 Jan 2009
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Reviews
Dualist - We Are You
Ostensibly, the title of Dualist’s debut album - We Are You - is the type of rote everyman declaration frequently uttered by new kids on the bl... Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
Opinion
It's All About Dre, Rae and Yea (sayer): 2009's Most Anticipated Albums
While titans prepare their long-delayed returns and the hip-hop world readies itself to fall back on that Hollywood phenomenon they call the sequel, the indie rock pantheon will have its work cut out if it's going to shine in 2009. Will it take a leap of faith to invest in new records by Dr Dre and My Bloody Valentine? Can Yeasayer and The Twilight Sad surpass their respective debuts? The Music team previews some of the most anticipated releases of the year. Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
Live Music
Sky Larkin @ King Tut's, 26 Jan
If you are of the belief that rock and twee can never coincide harmoniously, then Sky Larkin will give you a kick up the arse and a pat on the head. They con... Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
Live Music
The Twilight Sad @ King Tut's, 23 Dec
An ethereal performance that simulutneously crushes and lulls a capacity crowd Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
Live Music
Idlewild @ King Tut's, 18 Dec
All the best aspects of Idlewild are distilled into one potent spirit and the audience drink deep Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
Reviews
The Bronx - The Bronx (III)
A solid, if acutely predictable, rock album Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
Reviews
Women - Women
It's a bit tragic when something with such an awesome cover turns out to be so disappointing Read more »| 02 Jan 2009 -
Interviews
The Next Guid Thing in 2009
With the festive season all but a fuzzy memory, The Skinny whips out its crystal ball to predict a batch of acts upon whom to put your house on in 2009... Read more »| 02 Jan 2009 -
Reviews
The Qemists feat. Wiley - Dem Na Like Me
The Qemists are a Brighton-based production gang who dispense the sort of noisy, thrashy d’n’b popularised by Pendulum. Their last single, Lost W... Read more »| 02 Jan 2009