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 MusicEmmy The Great @ Cabaret Voltaire, 16 Feb
Emmy seems to have an odd way of dealing with her emotions. Gentle songs like brightly coloured blogs, bicycles and ice cream brush over mild heartaches, exu... Read more »| 19 Feb 2009 -
ReviewsThe Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
‘If you’re so special, why aren’t you dead?’ - World's On Fire Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
ReviewsThursday - Common Existence
Impressively energetic and well-honed fifth effort from New Jersey troupe Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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Eugene McGuinness - Fonz
A puerile pleasure. Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Sky Larkin's debut album, The Golden Spike, sounds like it has been carved from the earth, its rough-hewn guitar lines rising and swelling with an elemental ... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
Live Music
Asobi Seksu @ ABC2, 14 Feb
Tonight gets off to a shaky start with piercing feedback interrupting Asobi Seksu’s early songs. Luckily the sound-gremlins soon retire and leave the b... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009
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Live Music
Ida Maria @ The Garage, 13 Feb
While she barely hits a note, she throws her heart and soul into every single moment. Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Soft Toy Emergency - I Kno U Want It
The electro-levies have broke, and now comes the deluge. If 2009 is to be the year kids swap Fender for Casio en masse, then Soft Toy Emergency typify the sh... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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KateGoes - All We Wanna Do Is OH!
“Cute-core” Brummies KateGoes are a love-it-or-hate-it kind of band whose new single will test the resolve of the former camp and swell the ranks... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
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N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
Picture the scene: two well-connected but unsung DJs meet at a Hollywood Hills party and find they share an ideological vision of, like, peace and love for a... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
Live MusicUnited Fruit @ Captain's Rest, 10 Feb
Solid evidence that good noise is alive and well in Glasgow Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
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Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
Bryce and Aaron Dessner have succeeded in curating probably the best mixtape you'll ever hear; just as the medium seemed to be in its dying throes, the pair have revived it Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
Live Music
Broken Records: Stretching the Imagination
If you've spoken to any follower of Scottish music recently about bands to look out for, the chances are Broken Records won't have been too far from their lips. The Skinny tipped them for greatness as far back as 2007, and through a series of positive single and live reviews have tracked their progress ever since. 2009 promises to be a huge year for the band, and they kick it off by playing a headline slot at The Mill. Finbarr Bermingham caught up with Jamie Sutherland and Ian Turnball to hear what pursuits have kept Scottish music's hottest properties busy. Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
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War Child - Heroes Volume One
Charity War Child, who raise money to help children across the world afflicted by war, release fundraiser “Heroes”, released on Parlophone on February 16th. Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
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Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
We all like to be happy, but it’s not very rock ‘n’ roll is it? Smiling is frowned upon. Looking glum is where it’s at. No doubt Broo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009