The Skinny - Reviews and Cultural Commentary
Independent, in-the-know, on the edge - journalism with panache and velocity. The Skinny is a monthly culture mag serving Scotland and Northern England, covering the music and arts scenes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Aberdeen, and Dundee. I started contributing in June - you can find all my articles and reviews for The Skinny here.
Interviews and Features
Living Abroad in Edinburgh: An Ex-Pat GuideWOMPSC DuncanLydia Kavina (theremin virtuosa)
Live Reviews
SxSW 2016The Edinburgh Festivals - August 2015 (The Black Sorrows, James Brown Is Annie, Japan Marvelous Drummers, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Antonio Forcione and Adriano Adewale, The Waterboys)Positivus (Latvia) 17-19 July 2015 (featuring Placebo, Kasabian, St. Vincent, Warpaint, Jungle, Basement Jaxxx, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters)T in the Park ,10-12 July 2015
Friday, featuring: The Cribs, Jessie Ware, Hozier, Model Aeroplanes, Kasabian
Saturday, featuring: The LaFontaines, Stillhound, Charli XCX, Enter Shikari, Vukovi, St. Vincent
Sunday, featuring: Admiral Fallow, Idlewild, Alabama Shakes, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) - Glasgow School of Art, 16 June 2015Earl Sweatshirt - Glasgow O2 ABC, 8 June 2015
Album Reviews
From 2019:
Cage The Elephant - Social Cues
From 2018:
Gorillaz - The Now Now
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Yonatan Gat - Universalists
Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart - Black Coffee
From 2017:
Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly
Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
BadBadNotGood - Late Night Tales
Beach Fossils - Somersault
Gorillaz - Humanz
From 2016:
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Dream Synopsis EP
Warpaint - Heads Up
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
WOMPS - Our Fertile Forever
The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything That You've Come To Expect
Lake Street Dive - Side Pony
From August 2015:
Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
From July 2015:
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Momentary Masters
Ghostface Killah - Adrian Younge presents: Twelve Reasons to Die II
Gunship - Gunship
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— The Skinny (@theskinnymag) July 23, 2015
C Duncan - Architect
Admiral Fallow - Tiny Rewards