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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Festivals
Winter's Love Mini Festival, SPK Polish Club, Falkirk, 14 Dec
The inaugural Winter's Love Mini-Festival could be your last chance to spend a few quid wisely in 2007. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Interviews
Malcolm Middleton takes on X-Factor
PQ: ""It's as good a time as any to think about mortality"" Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
Wild Beasts - Assembly
Get over your issues, and the band's eccentricity might become quite intriguing. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
O Fracas - Factfinding / And So a Scratch Runs Down a Wall
A solid effort overall, hinting at the possibility of mainstream appeal to come. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
Madam - Calling For Love
Rumbles along, threatening to explode, though it never does. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
Hadouken! - Not Here To Please You EP
The sheer power and exhilarating energy of the band's music cannot be denied. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Reviews
Finniston - Week Days Off
Trite melodies, uninspiring lyrics and a by-the-numbers structure Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Live Music
Chris de Burgh @ Clyde Auditorium
A frustrating enigma. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
Various Artists - Worship the Riff
Potentially good artists dragging the dead weight of a few real stinkers. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
UK States - Psychogeography
Flips expectations of folk rock with lean guitar and synth. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
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 -
Reviews
Hologram - Hologram+
It's as if your computer read Stephen Hawking's blog and wants to discuss Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Reviews
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 -
Reviews
Feu Therese - Ca Va Cogner
A 38-minute robotic postcard full of beautiful observation and compelling melancholy. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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