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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VideosDirector 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 -
NewsRun 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 -
FestivalsUnderworld, 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 -
NewsNorthwest 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 -
Reviews
Portico – Living Fields
Before you ask, Portico are not Portico Quartet. Yeah, you might recognise three members of the original four-piece, but Living Fields is – as far as t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015
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Reviews
White Hills – Walks for Motorists
The eighth studio album from an underground psych-rock band doesn’t sound like the most approachable prospect on paper, but Walks for Motorists surpris... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Lapalux – Lustmore
Inspired by hypnagogia – the hallucination-prone state of semi-consciousness between sleep and wakefulness – Lustmore finds Stuart Howa... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Wire – Wire
Their 40th anniversary might be fast approaching but the post-punk paragons show little sign of slowing down. And, on this evidence, the artistic well i... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
The Tamborines – Sea Of Murmur
There’s very little to actively dislike about C86-styled indiepop types The Tamborines,. Sugar-sweet melodies, neat hooks, a thoroughly enjoyable&... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
K-X-P – III (Part One)
Falling somewhere between krautrock and techno, while also incorporating elements of free jazz and psychedelic rock, the beguiling output of Finland’s ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
It takes considerable talent to pull off sincere, confessional songwriting as favorably as Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield. Pairing raw anecdotes with ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Jane Weaver @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 21 March
To mark a celebratory evening at The Deaf Institute, Jane Weaver is dressed to impress. "Has anyone else got a Lorax onesie on tonight?" she jokes, showing o... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
worriedaboutsatan @ Gullivers, Manchester, 19 March
As worriedaboutsatan, Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale found their feet as one of the most productive and enduring partnerships in Manchester’s musical co... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Kelburn Garden Party announces 2015 line-up
Nightmares on Wax tops the initial announcements for this year’s Kelburn Garden Party, taking place at Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire this July. The Warp ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015