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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ReviewsHeather Greene - Five Dollar Dress
She sounds very like Norah Jones but updates her lounge-jazz style with quirkier touches Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Interviews
El Padre: What's In A Name?
With the musical pseudonym falling foul of today’s more typically po-faced standard, Billy Hamilton catches up with El Padre’s Bobby Steve Jacksonson to find out just what’s in a name Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Live MusicConverge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
The triumph of Converge's performance is indisputable Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Live MusicThe Famous Spiegeltent @ George Square, Edinburgh, 25 Jul - 31 Aug
The Spiegeltent in George Square provides an incomparably eclectic entertainment schedule Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
XX Teens are something of a rock chameleon Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
ReviewsPlej - Home Is Where Your Heart Was
Aah, Sweden, the home of many fantastic exports, including meatballs, little red houses and, of course, IKEA. The Swedes have given the world similarly ambiv... Read more »| 25 Jul 2008
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Live MusicNouvelle Vague @ The Liquid Room, 7 Aug
Nouvelle Vague's Bossa Nova, calypso and reggae covers of 1980s New Wave tunes have been featured in several adverts and films Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
The Edge Festival @ Various Edinburgh Venues, 1-31 Aug
The Edge Festival will be supplying Edinburgh's culture-soaked droves with a smorgasbord of tune-churning local and international talent Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Interviews
Burning Bright: Attic Lights
Jason Morton sits down with Scotland's next big indie-rock band, Attic Lights, who've signed a five album deal with Island and already snared a bizarre Gest for the first Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Southern Fried @ Perth Concert Hall/ Perth Theatre, 1 - 3 Aug
On hand to ease your blues this summer Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
The Dylan poetry is obviously not genetic Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Roshi feat. Pars Radio - And stars
Since any cultural conception of Iran is dominated by news of politics and nuclear weapons programs, it's refreshing to hear even the briefest of snapshots f... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Meursault @ Wee Red Bar, 19 Jul
They’re certainly making waves but, tonight, Meursault’s waters were disappointingly still Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Orzelda - The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights
Like a cross between the brooding majesty of Boards of Canada and the fabricated nostalgia of Animal Collective Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Blank + Jones - The Logic Of Pleasure
Not many artists can boast about releasing their ninth studio album, but that’s exactly what Blank + Jones have just achieved. The German duo’s n... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008