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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InterviewsBlack Mountain - A Stormy High
Axl Rose might have a fanbase so large that he can afford to shed a few thousand members for every month he postpones the release of the Chinese Democracy, but when today's fickle downloader wants more music from their favourite new band no sooner than they've had their first fix, the two years that Vancouver quintet Black Mountain and their fierce brand of psych rock have spent away from the public eye could have cost them dearly. Now they're back with what could prove to be their career-defining LP, Amber Webber and Matt Camirand tell Dave Kerr what kept them in the game. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live MusicQueens of the Stone Age @ The Academy, 28 Nov
It pains me to type it: but lamenting the Queens of old could become the way of the future Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Interviews
Henry Rollins - The Everyman
With the coming election year in his crosshairs, punk rock legend Henry Rollins tells The Skinny exactly why the present social and cultural order in the US continues to give him ample fodder for his spoken word tours Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live MusicMinus the Bear @ King Tuts, 12 Dec
More energy required, perhaps Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Playlists
The Easy Gramophone - January
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love.
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Interviews
Okkervil River - our life is not a movie
SF: Finbarr Bermingham catches up with Will Sheff to learn that life really does imitate art sometimes, even if the author is in denial
PQ: ""I don't like to put on airs. I'm just a rock singer!"" Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Interviews
Make Model
The New This' or 'The Next Big That'? Whatever, Finbarr Bermingham encounters substance galore in the Glasgow sextet's corner Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Reviews
Neutral Milk Hotel – On Avery Island
On Avery Island is a rare and welcome opportunity to explore their raw brilliance, pre-Anne Frank Neutral Milk Hotel were, and thanks to this series of reis... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Reviews
Jonah Matranga - Not About a Girl or a Place
About love, the scriptures, end of the world... you know the schtick Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Reviews
Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop
Both uplifting and melancholy, surely the embodiment of a Scottish Christmas Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Duty Free @ Cabaret Voltaire
An exciting series of gratis performances to kickstart your year in gigs Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Interviews
Carry on Enon
With a back catalogue as long as your arm and a musical pedigree to make many a more prominent band blush, Enon continue to defy industry standards with their own brand of alternative rock. Neal Parsons catches up with frontman John Schmersal to find out how he does it Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
InterviewsQ without U
"Little did I know that our name would nearly get us sued by the DIY bastions of the free world. Fuck 'em, we're keeping it!" - Tam Killdean Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Interviews
A few good bands: 2008's Ones to Watch
Finbarr Bermingham dusts off the old crystal ball to try and make your search for the 'Next Big Thing' a little less serendipitous... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Live Music
Celtic Connections: Sounds of Scotland @ The Classic Grand
A bill decidedly cheery and light-hearted Read more »| 06 Jan 2008