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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FestivalsAfrica Oyé unveils first acts for 2017
The UK's largest festival of African music and culture returns for its 25th outing Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
New MusicForeignfox - Lights Off, Carry Me Home (Premiere)
Listen to the new Foreignfox track Lights Off, Carry Me Home Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Interviews
Shake It Off: The Little Kicks interview
We catch up with The Little Kicks' frontman Steven Milne to chat about their brand new album Shake Off Your Troubles and their ambitions for the future Sinc... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Nightvision add more names to Terminal V
Nightvision have added a host of new names to the line-up for their Terminal V all dayer in April New Jersey house hero Kerri Chandler, local ace Telfort, B... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
InterviewsBlanck Mass on new album World Eater
Benjamin John Power aims to "confuse and baffle" with his solo electronic project, Blanck Mass. As he prepares to release an anger-tinged third album, the producer tells The Skinny why he'll try anything once when it comes to making music Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Start to End: Daft Punk's Discovery @ The Hug & Pint, 15 Feb
Daft Punk's Discovery done live from start to finish? If it sounds like an ambitious undertaking, it is, especially if The Hug & Pint's tiny stage set-up... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017
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FestivalsLoop, Songhoy Blues play Liverpool Psych Fest 2017
The annual gathering of sonic adventurers unveils a hefty first wave of acts for 2017, including The Black Angels and Laetitia Sadier Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
ReviewsWHY? – Moh Lhean
Somehow, we are approaching a decade since WHY?'s 2008 masterpiece Alopecia and since then time has not been kind to them. They rushed the popular-yet-f... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Grandaddy – Last Place
Eleven years ago, Jason Lytle pulled the plug on Grandaddy after four albums of intriguing and often wonderful indie rock music. They fused the archetypal 90... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Interviews
Ibibio Sound Machine's Eno Williams on Uyai
With the release of West African highlife powerhouse Ibibio Sound Machine's new album Uyai due this month, we speak to the band's dynamic frontwoman Eno Williams about her diverse creative influences Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Lost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Interviews
Introducing the Glaswegian Record Fair
With the Glaswegian Record Fair All-Dayer coming to city-centre venue The Old Hairdresser’s on 4 March, we sat down with organizer Elina Lin to find out exactly what the inaugural event has in store Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
As British society sails into increasingly perilous waters, Sleaford Mods have somehow positioned themselves in the last few years as music’s most cutt... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
Eminem to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals
Guess who's back? Back again... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Blanck Mass – World Eater
The third album from Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power is as dark and brilliant as we've come to expect. In an interview with The Skinny last year, ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017