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 MusicLadytron @ ABC, 26 Nov
Ladytron’s last Scottish show saw the band battling not only the elements and a crowd subdued by drizzle at the Hydro Connect festival, but also a mid-... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Live MusicJenny Lewis @ QMU, 18 Oct
Her diminutive form weaves awkwardly among her band like a newborn deer, but Jenny Lewis’s solo efforts away from Rilo Kiley have a bluesy, brassy solidity t... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Night Marchers @ Captain's Rest, 18 Oct
John “Speedo” Reis' golden touch doesn't appear to have deserted him yet. Along with fellow ex-Hot Snakes Gar Wood and Jason Kournikos, he again ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
InterviewsThings Get A Little Fucked Up
As Fucked Up's second full-length LP begins to ooze out of speakers across the land, Jorge Marticorena has a nice little chat with frontman Pink Eyes about punk rock, self-induced injuries, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and working out Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsThe Sontaran Experiment
A work of competent belligerence Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Bombay Bicycle Club @ Barfly, 23 Oct
In an effort to equate cutting-edge music with, um, jeans, Levi’s has been picking up-and-coming bands to hit the road on their Ones to Watch tour. The... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008
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Reviews
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
As the days shorten and thoughts turn to best of year lists, Los Campesinos! pose a problem by releasing We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed mere months after the... Read more »| 20 Oct 2008 -
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Mt Wilson Repeater - Mt Wilson Repeater
Debut solo album from Radar Bros' Jim Putnam Read more »| 20 Oct 2008 -
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We Rock Like Girls Don't - Violence
Full of attitude and ready to make a point that perhaps isn’t particularly relevant anymore Read more »| 20 Oct 2008 -
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Rise Against - Appeal To Reason
Adrenaline-charged fifth offering from Chicago punks Read more »| 20 Oct 2008 -
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Youthmovies – Polyp EP
The music runs the gamut from trumpet-led math rock to slick electro Read more »| 17 Oct 2008 -
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Deadmau5 – Random Album Title
Festival-goers may have been a little freaked out this summer when faced with what appeared to be a deranged Mickey Mouse spinning tracks behind the decks. T... Read more »| 17 Oct 2008 -
Live Music
Shellac: No Free Lunch, Still
Given their unpredictable touring habits, Shellac's upcoming show Glasgow gig is kind of a big deal. Jorge Marticorena catches up with recording engineer and musician Bob Weston for a talk about his life in and out of the minimalist rock trio Read more »| 16 Oct 2008 -
Reviews
Lords - Everyone Is People
Nine very happening slices of blues-rock ingenuity Read more »| 16 Oct 2008 -
Interviews
The Everlasting Gaze
Alongside Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, Erik "Everlast" Schrody once upon a time rocked crowds as part of New York hip-hop combo House of Pain before they were dr... Read more »| 16 Oct 2008