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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NewsKathryn Joseph tops Scottish music writers' poll
Kathryn Joseph's Bones You Have Thrown Me, And Blood I’ve Spilled has topped the 2015 Scottish Bloggers and Music Sites (BAMS) poll to find the year's best album. Read more »| 25 Jan 2016 -
Live MusicDaughter @ Manchester Albert Hall, 21 Jan
It's oh so quiet… And it really is. Just as Daughter start to test their voice with second album Not to Disappear, tonight they perform an abrupt abou... Read more »| 25 Jan 2016 -
ReviewsBloc Party – Hymns
It's hard to know where to start with the 2015 version of Bloc Party. A far cry from the band that crafted one of this generation's finest debut records in S... Read more »| 25 Jan 2016 -
Live Music
Laura Cannell @ Everyman Bistro, 21 January
With 2014 debut album Quick Sparrows Over The Black Earth, Laura Cannell announced herself as an incredibly unique and startling interpreter of music which n... Read more »| 24 Jan 2016 -
ReviewsNew Albums This Week: De Rosa, Tortoise & more
The week's best new records – De Rosa, Tortoise & more Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
Working For A Nuclear Free City – What Do People Do All Day?
An unwieldy moniker they may have, but Manchester’s WFANFC have always peddled a neat line in intelligent indie pop, not afraid to bounce around a litt... Read more »| 22 Jan 2016
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Interviews
Suspended in a Sunbeam: Introducing A Mote of Dust
With solo project and a new album just launched, The Skinny catches up with former Aereogramme/Unwinding Hours frontman Craig B to talk music, metaphor, and just a little metaphysics. Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
News
Iggy Pop and Josh Homme unveil Post Pop Depression
The Stooges icon and Queens of the Stone Age frontman promise 'to go where neither of us have gone before' Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
Live Music
The Maccabees @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 18 Jan
The London five-piece begin to make amends for their last record's arena rock wrong turn with assured set at the Albert Hall Read more »| 21 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem headline Primavera 2016
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros top the bill for this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Read more »| 21 Jan 2016 -
Live Music
The Maccabees @ Barrowland, 15 Jan
In the same week that the world lost modern music’s most original icon, playing Bowie’s greatest hits as your pre-show intro music is a guarantee... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
Hot Snakes join Drive Like Jehu ATP
Hot Snakes are among the new bands added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Prestatyn, North Wales in April. Also featuring Drive Like Je... Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
Threshold festival adds Barberos and more to bill
Threshold festival, Liverpool's annual festival of grassroots music and arts, has announced the second wave of acts to appear at the event in April. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
The Road to Reykjavik: Tuff Love on Tour
After a whirlwind eighteen months since their arrival on the scene, Glasgow fuzz pop duo Tuff Love continue to thrive and flourish ahead of January's debut LP. We join them on the road to Iceland Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
BBC 6 Music announces line-up for 2016 festival
The line-up for the 2016 edition of BBC Radio 6 Music's annual festival has been announced, with over 50 acts performing at venues across Bristol next month. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016