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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ReviewsNadine Shah – Fast Food
Nadine Shah's follow up to 2013's Love Your Dum and Mad (applause for the title alone) confirms a vision that her debut could only hint at. That opening shot... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
ReviewsGarden Of Elks – A Distorted Sigh
‘Thrash-pop,’ they call it, although Scotland’s Garden Of Elks favour something a little more subtle than Kerry King-style shredding. Drawi... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
PINS, Horsebeach, O>L>A join Dot to Dot line-up
All-female four-piece PINS, Mancunian rockers Horsebeach and dream-pop pair O>L>A have been added to the line-up for the Dot to Dot festival in Ma... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
FestivalsHolly Herndon joins Supersonic Festival line-up
Experimental sound manipulator Holly Herndon will bring her challenging new live show to this year’s Supersonic Festival in Birmingham. The Tennessee-r... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights — April 2015
Overdraft, prepare to take another hit, ’cause there’s a shed load of essential gigs coming our way in April, from cover stars Errors to rising star Låpsley, via the thunderous Primitive Man and some swell Record Store Day gigs Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – April 2015
A cursory look at the month ahead confirms one universal truth: punk's not dead, it’s just got multiple synths and a top-knot these days. Get the sprin... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015
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Videos
LuckyMe on Baauer, Hudson Mohawke and bringing Scotland to SxSW
We follow Martyn Flyn and Dominic Flannigan, co-founders of forward-thinking electronic label LuckyMe, as they navigate this year’s South by Southwest ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Warpaint @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 24 March
“It sounds like you’re shouting horrible things, but I’m hoping they’re nice? Is that just the Scottish way?” asks Warpaint&rsq... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
The Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ
Fifteen albums in, and The Mountain Goats have lost none of their hoof. The homemade cassette-in-a-record-shop ethos may be behind him, but John Darnielle st... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Ufomammut – Ecate
Italian psych-sludgemeisters Ufomammut titled their seventh album after an ancient Greek goddess who mediates between both mortal and divine realms; a theme&... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Videos
Director Brett Morgen on Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck
Cobain: Montage of Heck is the first authorised biopic charting the life of Kurt Cobain, based on the Nirvana frontman's vast personal archives. Directo... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
News
Run The Jewels release short film companion to Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
Hip-hop duo Run The Jewels have released an AG Rojas-directed short film based on Zach De La Rocha collaboration Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck). The da... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool International Music Festival announces first events for 2015
A rare UK appearance from hip-hop legend Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, and free outdoor shows from Echo and the Bunnymen and Basement Jaxx lead the line-up for th... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Underworld, Joey Bada$$, Father John Misty join Lowlands line-up
Dance legends Underworld and US folk singer Father John Misty have joined the line-up for this August’s Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands. Underwor... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
News
Northwest Music News — 25 Mar: Groves Video Premiere, new music from Capac and more
The latest music missive from the Northwest featuring a video premiere by Groves, a new album by the returning Capac and much more... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015