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 MusicConverge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
There are few more ferocious sights in live music than Jacob Bannon in full-throttle Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsColdplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
By and large, this is very much like any other Coldplay record, though it contains assured traces of a certain daring that has often escaped them in the past Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsAppleblim & Peverelist - Circling
The latest release on Skull Disco sees two of Bristol’s Dubstep kingpins (Apple Pips and Punch Drunk label bosses) deliver one of the deepest, darkest ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsSincere - Once Upon A Time
Reggae / Hip-Hop Summer Anthem? Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
R.E.M. Keep the Car Running
It might have seemed as though they were Out of Time for a minute there, but Mike Mills conveys to Paul Mitchell that the legendary Atlanta group are instead accelerating towards a new dawn Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Interviews
Stapleton - Our Returning Champions
The circumstances of Stapleton’s formation might be textbook, but they’re no less romantic for it: future singer (Al Paxton) meets would-be drumm... Read more »| 24 Jun 2008
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Reviews
V/A - Goodgreef Future Trance
This is how compilations in any genre should sound. Compilers and mixers Adam Sheridan and Tylor Leigh have fashioned, out of the 26 tracks present here, a ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Black Rat Death Squad @ The Halt Bar, 13 Jun
An all day leftfield sonic extravaganza Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Wickerman Festival @ East Kirkcarswell, 25-26 Jul
It is time to keep your appointment with the Wickerman Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Capitol K – Libertania/Go Go Go
Capitol K (Craig Robinson) returns with an upbeat, carefree release, featuring two tracks from his forthcoming fifth studio album Notes from Life on the Wire... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
A Trip Out With British Sea Power @ The Caves, 19 Jun
BSP flex their creative muscle against the backdrop of Man of Aran Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Live Music
Red Sparowes @ Stereo, 10 Jul
As any open-mouthed spectator at one of Red Sparowes' past Glasgow shows would tell you, they are a band that have never willingly consented to the somewhat ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Mark Henning - Jupiter Jive
This one might take a couple listens to get into, even for those who do cream themselves for minimal. Jupiter Jive disappoints by failing to recognise its ow... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
One Little Plane - Until
Soothingly ghostly vocals and mild instrumentation gives the whole album almost the feel of an immediately close field recording Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Sonny J - Handsfree
The first thing that strikes you about this disc is just how compressed the sound is: beats and blasts are fired straight out of the speakers. It gives the r... Read more »| 22 Jun 2008