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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Live MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – March 2014
After the ordeal of January and February, were you planning on putting away dollar for that summer trip you planned? With Dean Blunt landing in Manchester and François & the Atlas Mountains dropping into Liverpool for a visit, you might wanna think twice Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Live MusicClaudio Simonetti's Goblin, Gorilla, Manchester, 26 February
“And on keyboards… Claudio Simonetti!” Not many musicians would finish their band introductions by then introducing themselves, but then, ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Festivals
Notes from the Field: Festival Season in Europe and the USA
Warpaint, Daniel Avery and St. Vincent look forward to spending the summer in a field; we preview the best international events, and speak to the top booker at Primavera Sound about legacy bands, rising stars, and the future of the festival in Europe Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
ReviewsThe War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream may eventually turn out to be the point where The War on Drugs escape references to former member and slacker poster-boy Kurt Vile. While h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Turn Up The Mermaid Tail: Introducing BDY_PRTS
Jenny Reeve and Jill O'Sullivan are no strangers to the stage or studio in Glasgow, but it took a Perthshire snow storm to bring them together as BDY_PRTS Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014
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Reviews
Appletop – Brave Mountains
Hailing from the town of Hyères in the sunny Côte d’Azur, Appletop are French on their passports but emphatically American in their musica... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
PlaylistsCloud Sounds #7: with Fat Goth, Kate Tempest, Factory Floor, Cloud Nothings and more
The latest installment of our Music team's regular playlist also features OFF!, J. Spaceman of Spiritualized, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, Matthew Dear as Audion, and much more Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Live MusicEagulls @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 27 Feb
It's over too quickly. That's the general consensus in the Shipping Forecast tonight, as a raucous set slaloms to a sudden end. But that's Eagulls for you. T... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
There are times, as on the Motown-fuelled Holy City, a breathless, ribald devotional (“Yeah, I’m ready to get up on your wailing wall!”), w... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
News
Liverpool's Get Into This Award: Shortlist announced, featuring Evian Christ, Ninetails and more
The shortlist for this year's GIT (GetIntoThis) Award has been announced, and it included a few Skinny favourites from Liverpool and beyond, like Evian Crist, Forest Swords, Ninetails, Dan Croll and Tea Street Band Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
King Midas – Rosso
King Midas have some reacquainting to do. Rosso is the Norwegian cult act's first album in six years, but it's also their international debut. An odd blend o... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything
“Was the universe in rehearsal?” wonders Guy Garvey on opener The World is Blue. Clocking at nearly eight minutes and ghosting to a string-driven... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
The Stars And Psychs: Sudden Death of Stars Interviewed
French revivalists Sudden Death of Stars are quietly yet assuredly leading the way in bringing the psych back into pop. Or should that be the other way round? We went all the way to Rennes to investigate Read more »| 01 Mar 2014 -
Videos
Ten Rapid: The best new music videos from EMA, Prince, Dum Dum Girls, The Faint and more
This week's selection of the best new music videos, featuring The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr., HAIM, and the return of The Faint, plus Cut Copy, Dum Dum Girls, a classic live track from Prince, and much more Read more »| 28 Feb 2014