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 MusicWolf Alice @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 25 September
Ellie Rowsell, when she spoke to The Skinny back in March, was about to step on stage at the O2 Arena, but her greater concern was not that Alt-J support slo... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsJoanna Newsom – Divers
Joanna Newsom’s last album, Have One On Me was a three-disc, 18-track, two-hour odyssey. Album number four is perhaps more modest in scale – ... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsEL VY – Return to the Moon
Members of the National and Menomena combine on a record that strikes a happy medium between the two Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsVASA – Colours
Post-rock, apparently, although we can probably lose the ‘post’ part – Colours rawks wholeheartedly, if not life-changingly, construct... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Interviews
Low's Alan Sparhawk on Ones and Sixes
It's been a mere two years since we last heard from Low, but their swift return presents a more intense sound and a cerebral, mysterious theme. Alan Sparhawk examines the figures that make up Ones and Sixes Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
John Carpenter – Lost Themes Remixed
A glorious paean to the science fiction soundtracks of our youth, legendary sci-fi and horror director John Carpenter’s Lost Themes, released earlier t... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015
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Reviews
Rival Consoles – Howl
Titles can be deceptive; there’s little to imply angst or anguish in Ryan Lee West’s cerebral, ambidextrous electronica. Instead, the third full-... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
Here We Go Magic – Be Small
Here We Go Magic’s line-up may have undergone a significant reshuffle since the release of 2012’s acclaimed A Different Ship, but despite this tr... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
Dinosaur Pile-Up – Eleven Eleven
You needn’t be a paleontologist to suss Dinosaur Pile-Up’s sonic ancestry. Their third outing – another solid offering of crisp power-... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
Dave Heumann – Here in the Deep
Autumn. And as if to mark the occasion, the debut solo LP from the Arbouretum frontman arrives shaded in earthy, feuille-morte introspection, like a WB Yeats... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsLarry Gus – I Need New Eyes
If anyone’s got a handle on life, you’d think it’d be musicians – right? Not if they’re Larry Gus, apparently. Convinced o... Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
Sleaford Mods, The Ex join Stewart Lee ATP bill
The first wave of acts for next April’s All Tomorrow’s Parties weekender, curated by comedian Stewart Lee, have been unveiled. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
The Twilight Sad – Òran Mór Session
Comprising reworked tracks, B-sides and a cover of Arthur Russell’s I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face, this session highlights the incredible intricacies and melodies behind the Kilsyth trio's acclaimed Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Music Videos
In Session: Outblinker – 'Orange'
Ahead of their appearance at the Pleasance Sessions next weekend (Saturday, 9 October) alongside Blanck Mass, BDY_PRTS and RM Hubbert, we joined Outblinker i... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
Reviews
Jeff Mills – Exhibitionist 2
11 years on from the pioneering original, Jeff Mills releases his long-awaited sequel Exhibitionist 2. This latest release provides a detailed look into Mills’ techno artistry via: DJ mixes, studio jamming, and 909 workouts Read more »| 02 Oct 2015