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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ReviewsSun Glitters – Scattered Into Light
Sun Glitters is the alias of Luxembourg's Victor Ferreira, who has carved out a niche for himself in the post-dubstep and chillwave micro-genres with light-f... Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
ReviewsKarl Smith – Kites
Since winding up Sodastream in 2006, Karl Smith has formed Lee Memorial with members of Sleater-Kinney, the Nation Blue and Paradise Motel, but Kites marks h... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Is this the end for Efterklang?
Three-piece Danish experimentalists Efterklang have hinted at a possibly imminent break-up - in a post on their website, the trio have announced their 'last concert' - described as "one show to end them all" Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
InterviewsIn the Studio: Honeyblood
Stina Tweeddale and Shona McVicar caused a stir in 2013 with their determined brand of noise pop. The Skinny met the Glasgow girls to talk about studio freak-outs and how domestic life in Connecticut helped shape their debut Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
VideosNight Music: Baths – Miasma Sky
A special treat for fans of Anticon Records and LA producer Baths - here he is performing the track Miasma Sky, from his stunning 2013 album Obsidian, filmed exclusively for The Skinny at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
News
Experimental compilation in the works from Tim Burgess' O Genesis label
Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has been using his O Genesis label to release experimental, lo-fi and punk records. Celebrating three years of the label, Burgess this week announced a new compilation showcasing the best the label has to offer Read more »| 14 Jan 2014
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News
Evian Christ teases new EP, Waterfall
In-demand producer Evian Christ this week dropped a teaser for his new EP Waterfall, the follow-up to 2011's Kings and Them, on Tri-Angle Records Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Hospitality – Trouble
There are infuriatingly-fleeting flashes of brilliance on Hospitality’s second album, Trouble. The subtle, gorgeous key change on the two-line chorus o... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Peggy Sue – Choir of Echoes
Poise, harmony, dexterity: three connotations of Choir of Echoes’ kaleidoscopic Busby Berkeley-quoting artwork that are equally applicable to the songs... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
Diversifying her tried-and-tested sound with mixed results, Dee Dee’s third Dum Dum Girls album updates the project’s key reference points by a c... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Guardian Alien – Spiritual Emergency
The third album from Greg Fox’s Guardian Alien project sees the New York avant-rock drummer joined by Alexandra Drewchin on vocals and electronics, Ber... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Actress – Ghettoville
Billed as the sequel to Hazyville – which may inadvertently suggest that 2012's R.I.P., Darren Cunningham's most whole and open work to date, was, on t... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
News
Last chance to enter Liverpool's GIT Award
For the third year in a row, the GIT Award will be given to an emerging band from the Liverpool and Merseyside area in recognition of their achievements and potential Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
News
Stream Shackleton's Freezing Opening Thawing EP
Long regarded as one of the most inventive and talented producers to emerge from the nascent dubstep scene, Shackleton returns next week with a new EP, Freezing Opening Thawing, on his own Woe to the Septic Heart label Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
VideosChrome Hoof's disco-powered new video for 'Knopheria'
Chrome Hoof, the 11-piece 'experimental orchestra' known for their outlandish stage shows and dazzling costumes, have unveiled their new disco-influenced track, complete with a heady psychedelic video, and featuring Shingai Shoniwa of The Noisettes Read more »| 13 Jan 2014