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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ReviewsGet 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 -
ReviewsPanama 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 -
ReviewsLonely Ghosts - Don't Get Lost or Hurt
Like Bloc Party filtered through an episode of Skins Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
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Rivulets - You Are My Home
Earnest, simplistic, but nevertheless stirring Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
InterviewsKidz 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
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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 -
Playlists
I Hear a New World - August, 2008
Innovative and unusual music from Scotland and Beyond Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
Reviews
The Dirty Dozen - August, 2008
August proves a lean time for singles, but can anyone emerge gleaming from the garbage? Nick Mitchell gets his ears dirty Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
Interviews
Sub Pop: Going Out of Business Since 1988
The record label that unleashed everybody from Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney to The Shins, CSS and Fleet Foxes on an unsuspecting world just turned 20, Sub Pop's leading lady tells The Skinny why it's in tougher shape than ever. Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Reviews
Märtini Brös – The MB Factor
It’s like Kraftwerk if they took pills instead of lounging around reading about robotics Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
Interviews
Tricky: Real Gone Kid
Having built up a head of steam during his absence from the music scene in the last five years, Tricky returns with a daring new record and talks to Dave Kerr about reclaiming his youth, the real problem behind gang culture, and why he can't work with Bernard Butler Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
PlaylistsTop of the Sub Pops
"Sub what?" you say? Why not come away from the dark side, young pilgrim, you are entreated to delete your Razorlight MP3s and cast an ear over the indelible treasures contained in the bountiful vaults of Sub Pop. Ignore these albums at your peril! Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
Live Music
Xavier Rudd @ The Corn Exchange, 19 Aug
If you've felt a distinct lack of didgeridoo in your life in recent times, Xavier Rudd can help you fill that void. The tranquil Australian has a new album ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2008