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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FestivalsParklife 2016: The Review
Manchester's flagship celebration of dance, electro, pop and rock returns to Heaton Park for a fourth year in fine form Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
Live MusicBen Folds and yMusic @ Usher Hall, 14 June
“Every year, I make up 12 or 13 new songs,” Ben Folds explains dryly. “That means we’ve got... 11 more to go.” We’re two ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
News
Scottish Album of the Year 2016 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2016 annual Scottish Album of the Year Award was announced at the BBC's Quay Sessions this evening, with fresh faces joining past nomin... Read more »| 16 Jun 2016 -
InterviewsEU & Me: Mogwai, Wolf Alice and more on Brexit
What could the outcome of next week's referendum mean for your favourite bands? Mogwai, Frightened Rabbit, Wolf Alice and Public Service Broadcasting weigh in on the vote that determines your future in the European Union Read more »| 16 Jun 2016 -
Live MusicRoyal Headache / The #1s @ Broadcast, 14 June
Two different shades of punk rock come to Broadcast. Dublin's #1s (or 'Number Ones' if you prefer; they're not fussy) are up first, and they're the ones who ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2016 -
News
Arab Strap announce reunion gigs
Arab Strap, Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton's seminal indie pop project, have announced a second Glasgow show as part of their 20th anniversary reunion. ... Read more »| 15 Jun 2016
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Festivals
Field Day 2016: The Review
Field Day rings in 10 years with celebratory headline turns from James Blake, PJ Harvey and some almighty storm clouds. Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
Michael Tanner – Suite For Psaltery and Dulcimer
Michael Tanner makes remarkably elegant and literate folk music which derives inspiration from an imagined future as much as from a reimagined past. Suite Fo... Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
LIMF launches radio station for 2016
Liverpool International Music Festival Radio will reflect both the past and present of the city's thriving music scene Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
News
Warpaint to open Liverpool Music Week
Warpaint will head the line-up for this year's Liverpool Music Week, as part of a string of UK tour dates this autumn. Warpaint play the Liverpool Music Wee... Read more »| 14 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound 2016: The Review
For British music festival veterans wearily accustomed to watching live music from under the hood of a dripping anorak, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound – a festival effectively located on a Mediterranean beach – is something of a sunny novelty Read more »| 13 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
bluedot festival announces science line-up
bluedot, the new festival at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, has revealed its science programme, which will see luminaries from across the science and art wor... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
Retrophobiacs look away now: Max Kakacek and Julian Ehrlich of the glam-rock cribbing Smith Westerns have returned, except this time they’ve dialed the... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
Deerhoof – The Magic
So you’re one of your generation’s most hyper-creative and hard-to-pin-down acts, riding a hot streak that lasts well over half of your 20-year-p... Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Sound + Vision lineup unveiled for EIFF 2016
Badly Drawn Boy and FOUND top a bill of live music at Summerhall, while Glasgow's Chemikal Underground Records gets the documentary treatment Read more »| 09 Jun 2016