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 MusicRatatat @ Cabaret Voltaire, 1 Aug
A tightly crammed Cab Vol crowd is soon nodding as one in appreciation of the thumping drum loops and outlandish guitar solos Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsThe Grouch - Show You The World
They say that fatherhood is a life-changing experience, and from this album, it’s clear that the birth of his daughter has deeply affected Living Legen... Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
FestivalsTartan Heart Festival @ Belladrum, Invernesshire, 8-9 Aug
Despite recent heavy headline casualties (including The Long Blondes and The Holloways) Belladrum has proven its thus far short-lived but prolific festival p... Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsVarious Artists - I'm Starting To Feel OK Vol. 3
How much house can you handle? If a four-to-the-floor kick drum is not your thing, stop reading now. Otherwise, I’m Starting To Fell OK Vol. 3 may be j... Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
Interviews
Michael Franti - Spearheading A Rebellion?
“It’s a difficult situation for everyone involved. I’m not on the side of anyone in particular, I’m on the side of the peacemakers.” Speaking recently to Paul Mitchell, Michael Franti, Spearhead frontman and political campigner, is unbashed when discussing the nature of the issues in the Middle East. Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
News
Michael Jackson to release new album
Gotcha. It’s not a new album per se, but a greatest hits package that the British public will decide the track listing for. A bit of overzealous sensationalism in a headline never hurt anybody though eh? I’m looking at you NME.com Read more »| 05 Aug 2008
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Reviews
Minotaur Shock - Amateur Dramatics
With a suggested price of £6.39 for the whole album, Minotaur Shock might just be underselling themselves Read more »| 05 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Get Well Soon - If This Hat Is Missing, I've Gone Hunting
If Nick Cave met The Ronnettes in Transylvania, this is what would happen Read more »| 05 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
The Pack A.D - Funeral Mixtape
It's no secret that everyone in life - fathers, daughters, prime ministers and priests - get the blues. But it's a fact of music that it's mainly the boys s... Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Panama Kings - Young Blood
Young Blood and the Panama Kings’ material as displayed on this expanded single, come across as being very informed of the Sub Pop sounds of today &nda... Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Lonely Ghosts - Don't Get Lost or Hurt
Like Bloc Party filtered through an episode of Skins Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
Rivulets - You Are My Home
Earnest, simplistic, but nevertheless stirring Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Interviews
Kidz In The Hall: Head of the Class
Whilst whizzing through a series of phone interviews from Chi-Town, Kidz In The Hall were able to cut past the sonic distortion of the Atlantic ocean to chat with The Skinny about their new release, The In Crowd Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Sneakin' in After Hours
After dispelling the pocketful of flyers for ‘the next big thing’ or something ‘you MUST see’ during the festival, spare a thought for the tremendous selection of club nights. Not part of the festival per se, but late licences and a bustling city attract the very best of the electronic world so grab a slice of the action Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
Playlists
The Pictish Trail Music Playlist: Guest Selector
For your listening and reading pleasure, a mixtape track listing and a diary update from Fence Records' co-gaffer Johnny Lynch AKA The Pictish Trail Read more »| 01 Aug 2008