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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ReviewsV/A - Ziggy Marley in Jamaica
Ziggy Marley was born in Trenchtown, Jamaica in 1968, the same year Toots & The Maytals released the seminal single Do The Reggay. It might seem like sta... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsGlasvegas - Glasvegas
A debut that ultimately proves to be determinedly heavyweight Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
InterviewsJoan As Police Woman - Nothing If Not Arresting
Having spent the early years of her career in such esteemed company as Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and Antony Hegarty, Joan Wasser tells Paul Mitchell why it was necessary to step into the light on her own. Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Michael Franti and Spearhead @ The Liquid Room, 20 Aug
As is becoming the norm each summer, the inimitable Franti takes The Liquid Room on a genre rollercoaster Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Thomas Tantrum / Juno @ The Mill, Oran Mor, 20 Aug
If Juno grow up fast, they have the makings of a decent pop act Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Dizzee Rascal @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
Dizzee leaves The Liquid Room a sweat bath of satisfaction in relative awe of a rushed performance Read more »| 25 Aug 2008
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Live Music
Meshuggah at The Garage Review
Glasgow, on your knees Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
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King Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of...
A must for rock revivalists Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Wire @ The Arches, 11 Sep
135 compulsory reasons to go and see Wire: (1) They are Wire (2) They are still playing music after 30 odd (odd being the operative word here) years (3) They... Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Interviews
We Were Promised Chit-Chat
The chiselled cheekbones of the new Indie™ order might be the nightmare of any discerning music hack, but when Billy Hamilton caught up with the lads from We Were Promised Jetpacks he found their infectious patter a breath of fresh air… Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsBallboy – I Worked On The Ships
Album number five, I Worked On The Shops looks set to continue Ballboy’s trend of garnering chin-stroking acclamation Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
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Tom Real & The Rogue Element - Disco of Doom
A musical attack from the internet radio stars Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
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The Foundling Wheel - The Foundling Wheel
A one man wail of screeching banshee sonics, San Francisco-born Ted Koterwas’ debut LP fucks and sucks its way into the skull’s decomposing grey matter Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
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Karine Polwart - This Earthly Spell
Taking inspiration from her historical, rural surroundings, borders lass Karine Polwart has produced a thought provokingly poetic, bittersweet album Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Live Music
Santogold @ The Liquid Room, 19 Aug
Is the former A&R rep anything more than a carefully marketed, cross-genre musical magpie? Read more »| 22 Aug 2008