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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Reviews
Various Artists - Worship the Riff
Potentially good artists dragging the dead weight of a few real stinkers. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsUK States - Psychogeography
Flips expectations of folk rock with lean guitar and synth. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Samantha Marais - The Peppermint Conspiracy
it's difficult to pigeonhole such an eclectic piece of work, so let's just call it 'brilliant' Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsHologram - Hologram+
It's as if your computer read Stephen Hawking's blog and wants to discuss Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Graham Day & The Gaolers - Soundtrack to the Daily Grind
Makes no attempt to pass itself off as anything other than distinctly retro. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsFeu Therese - Ca Va Cogner
A 38-minute robotic postcard full of beautiful observation and compelling melancholy. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Live Music
Pelican @ Oran Mor
They may have traded stonewash for camouflage, lost the masturbatory solos and developed a more expansive sound, but when sneaker hits distortion pedal, it's still metal Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Live Music
Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Barrowlands
One of the most inspiring and brilliant young bands anywhere in the world right now. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Live Music
Múm @ Oran Mor
Don't expect some skinny dudes weeping into a laptop. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Live Music
Bloc Party @ SECC
Their domination has spread to the dance floor Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Live Music
Hot Hot Heat @ Oran Mor
It used to be easy to write Hot Hot Heat off as a one trick pony. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Interviews
Chutes
We've been part of the Edinburgh music scene for 10 years, and there's never been a better time than now. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Ween - La Cucaracha
We must hope these wacky boys are winking. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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The [Future] King of Scotland - I'm Not Angry, It's Just You Broke My Heart
Unsettling but oddly majestic, this marks the birth of a strange new talent Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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The Winchester Club - Britannia Triumphant
Not a bad post-rock album in the slightest, nor is it anything that Mogwai or Oceansize haven't already made a much better job of Read more »| 07 Dec 2007