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 MusicRadiohead @ Glasgow Green Review 27 Jun
Once Radiohead begin playing, even being soaked to the skin ceases to be of importance Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
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The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me
A two-and-a-half minute long track of finely crafted retro pop, but there are certain flourishes present that allude to new territories Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Live MusicMelt-Banana @ Oran Mor, 18 Jun
Simply put: a force to behold Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsVictoria Berg and the Blindfolded Man - I'll Meet You at the Chicken Lodge
Harmless, lo-fi, electro-pop of little note Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
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Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Equally workable as party album and hangover soundtrack Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
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Chris Bradley - Voices
Bradley’s predominantly country-folk thing ultimately proves less dusky ode, more simple, straw-in-mouth knees-up Read more »| 30 Jun 2008
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Albert Hammond Jr - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
It's sometimes difficult to get too excited about side-projects, no matter the sincerity invested in them Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Live Music Highlights - July, 2008
Edinburgh Isosceles couldn’t sound more Glasweigian if they tried, so if you dig on choppy riffs, hip-shaking rhythm sections and an oh-so-insouicant ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
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James Blunt - I Really Want You
The use of ‘really’ in song lyrics is almost always redundant. Ray Davies pulled it off in You Really Got Me, because the next line is ‘you... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
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Izzie Voodoo – The Push (Basilica Music)
Music for the internet generation. This really should be circulated on teenage MySpaces, where I'd never have to listen to it. To be fair the industro-rock i... Read more »| 28 Jun 2008 -
InterviewsDananananaykroyd Canananananyfail
They may claim to produce 'Idiot Rock Music', but when Billy Hamilton catches up with Dananananaykroyd's Calum Gunn he finds an ambition to conquer Eurovision lurking beneath their ear-piercing sounds Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Live MusicAtmosphere @ Voodoo Rooms, 17 Jun
Atmosphere may never own a private jet, but they'll never want for a place to crash Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
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Trentemöller - Live in Concert EP (Poker Flat)
Taken from last year’s Roskilde festival performance, this 4-track EP captures perfectly the energy of the band’s live performances. Take Me Into... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
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Ironik - Stay With Me
Stay With Me magically sounds as though it was thrown together in a matter of seconds. This translates as a sense of spontaneity and imbues the vocals with a... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
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Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd
Kidz In The Hall’s sophomore effort, The In Crowd, combines a broad palette of sounds that will please even the pickiest headz out there. Thirteen out ... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008