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 MusicThe Cribs @ Manchester Academy, 12 May
There’s a moment at the end of the recorded version of Be Safe, one of The Cribs’ most powerful and widely-adored songs, when Ryan Jarman describ... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Live MusicDucktails @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10 May
Why exactly are Typhonian Highlife and James Ferraro touring with Ducktails? Despite both being occasionally labelled under the hypnagogic pop umbrella, they... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Interviews
Get to Know: Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation
With Dot to Dot festival fast approaching, we check in with everybody's favourite art-pop sensation Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Live Music
Low Four's 1st birthday with Jane Weaver, Francis Lung and OLA
Manchester's Low Four studio marks its first birthday with a live performance from Jane Weaver, Francis Lung and OLA, also launching its new record label, Low Four Recordings Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
News
She Drew The Gun wins The GIT Award 2017
The sixth GIT Award, an annual celebration of Merseyside’s music scene, took place at the weekend with prizes going to She Drew The Gun, 24 Kitchen Street and Zuzu Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
Opinion
The Great Escape 2017: Shogun Q&A
Ahead of his debut performance at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, we catch up with Paisley artist Shogun Read more »| 17 May 2017
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Live Music
Iron Maiden @ Manchester Arena, 8 May
The queues for the toilets stretch into the distance. Nearly 20,000 metal-heads cram into the Arena and every one of them nurses a pint. Before Iron Maiden t... Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 17-23 May
Gonna be one soggy week in Manchester... Best dive indoors for this week's best gigs, including Metronomy at Albert Hall and Jane Weaver at Band on the Wall Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
News
Flying Lotus remixes the Twin Peaks theme
Ahead of the show’s return to TV, Flying Lotus has come up with his own funky remix of Angelo Badalamenti’s iconic Twin Peaks theme Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 16-22 May
Emma Pollock leads a grand tribute to Kate Bush, and the hotly-tipped Her's and Homeshake hit Scotland in this week's gig round-up Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Reviews
BMX Bandits – BMX Bandits Forever
The Belshill indie favourites are back, and in triumphant mood Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
ReviewsWavves – You're Welcome
You're Welcome is Wavves' first album since their acrimonious split with Warner, and first on Nathan Williams' new label, Ghost Ramp – the feeling of i... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Live Music
The Japanese House @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 10 May
Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, takes to the stage at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room looking like the fourth member of Hanson, with her denim on denim att... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Reviews
Land of Talk – Life After Youth
There’s a certain kind of rock song that seems to envelop you in its own little bubble. For three minutes or so, everything outside slows to a crawl wh... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Reviews
Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Constantly underrated next to their peers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Broken Social Scene, Toronto's Do Make Say Think have always been more than just th... Read more »| 15 May 2017