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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FestivalsLiverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp and Furnace, 27-28 September
As one of the most anticipated dates in Liverpool’s gigging calendar, this year the onus on Psych Fest was to open the weekender to a bigger audience t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
InterviewsA Different Animal: Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd reveals In Deep Owl
As HBS, Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd sneaks under the wire with a diverse collection of haunting folk ballads and kaleidoscopic psych rock. He explains why he kept us waiting Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsDaedelus – Drown Out
He has released 12 albums in as many years, but Daedelus shows no signs of tiring on his debut album for Anticon. Inspired by the turbulent emotions that fol... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
InterviewsNicolas Jaar explores his DARKSIDE
Genre-defying prodigy Nicolas Jaar has teamed up with guitarist Dave Harrington for an ambitious project that throws elements of rock's outer limits into Jaar's potent mix of jazz, house and ambient. We discuss their venture into the DARKSIDE Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Scottish labels and promoters unite for The Pleasance Sessions
This month sees the unveiling of The Pleasance Sessions, a multidisciplinary festival which unites independent Scottish labels and promoters for a fortnight of music, comedy and spoken word on Edinburgh University's campus. We speak to some of the players Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
The Spook School – Dress Up
If quotes from the band weren’t on hand to guide you toward it, it’d be easy to miss indie-pop quartet The Spook School’s pronounced intere... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013
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Reviews
Black Hearted Brother – Stars Are Our Home
While Black Hearted Brother can’t quite be called a supergroup, the trio’s personnel nonetheless possess an impressive pedigree between them: Slo... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Monoganon – F A M I L Y
The second album from the Glasgow-based four piece shows as little regard for compartmentalisation as their 2011 debut, Songs To Swim To. A disorientat... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Young Aviators – Self Help
Born in Northern Ireland but embraced by their adopted home of Glasgow to the tune of a place on the Electric Honey roster, Young Aviators offer strong intro... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – October 2013
Ah, October. Trees are getting bare, nights are drawing in and strange children are preparing to turn up at your door with outrageous demands for free sweets. Not to worry, there’s plenty more on offer, like Bonobo! And Willis Earl Beal! And... M People Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Jon Hopkins @ Gorilla, Manchester, 24 September
A screen lowers, and a single synth-drone reverberates around the room before buzzing into Abandon Window from Jon Hopkins' latest album, Immunity. The twice... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Down at the Mill: Islington Mill's autumn season
Reasons to visit Salford's premier home of the weird and wonderful this, er, fall. Yes, fall Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Misty Conditions – D'Zzzz
Fans of extreme electronic music will be pleased to hear of Henry Collins aka DJ Shitmat's return, a sonic terrorist who explored the realms of jungle, drum ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsBasia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow
Canadian singer's third album is a radio-friendly blend of folk and pop Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Live Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – October 2013
October's gig highlights in Scotland, with the return of The Vaselines at Eastern Promise, Oneohtrix Point Never, King Krule, Rick Redbeard, Russian Circles, Warpaint, No Age, plus a very special (and strange) tribute to Nick Cave Read more »| 30 Sep 2013