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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InterviewsLet's Get Lost: Lost Map Records
Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail, raised eyebrows when he left Fence Records in 2013. But his new label, Lost Map, has already established itself as one of the most exciting in Scotland Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Reviews
Coldharbourstores – Wilderness
Of all the turn-of- the-century bands one might reasonably have expected to reform in recent years, surely no one had their money on London’s Cold... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
ReviewsAustra – Future Politics
Draw the curtains, light a candle and polish your crystal ball. It sounds as if Katie Stelmanis’ darkwave electro-pop outfit has been reading plenty of... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
NewsNew David Bowie video released on his birthday
David Bowie EP No Plan, a collection of tracks believed to be star’s final recordings, landed online yesterday, along with an eerie music video Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
Interviews
Bruising on touring, Berlin, and I Don't Mind
Naomi Baguley returns from German exile to breathe new life into her indie pop project Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
Interviews
Mark Eitzel on Hey Mr Ferryman
Longtime solo artist and former American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel on new album, the Bernard Butler-produced Hey Mr Ferryman Read more »| 09 Jan 2017
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Reviews
Irma Vep – No Handshake Blues
In Olivier Assayas's 1996 film-within-a-film Irma Vep, the Hong Kong actor Maggie Cheung inhabits its dream-like narrative as if newly arrived from another p... Read more »| 06 Jan 2017 -
Interviews
SOHN on new album Rennen
We catch up with recent dad and nomadic songmaker SOHN to discuss his sophomore album Rennen, working solo, and how 2016 was a pretty shit year Read more »| 06 Jan 2017 -
Opinion
Northern Stars: 9 Bands to Watch in 2017
Wondering which hot new acts to keep an eye on over the next 12 months? We asked some trusted bands and artists in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester to tell us their Ones to Watch... Read more »| 06 Jan 2017 -
News
The Shins announce new album Heartworms
The Albuquerque veterans also unveil new track Name For You – watch the lyric video below Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Reviews
Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
"I've been called a heartbreaker, for doing justice to my own." On her second album, Byrne expands her palette and enriches her singular methodology. The set... Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Live Music
Radiator Hospital @ Night & Day, Manchester, 3 Jan
Even at 7.30pm the dimly lit Night and Day Café is bristling with sweaty gig-goers, the likes of whom probably all recognise each other's faces f... Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Reviews
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Iris
The third full-length from the ambient duo is their most understated yet - almost to a fault Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Reviews
SOHN – Rennen
Christopher Taylor, aka SOHN, is back with Rennen, the follow-up to his beautiful 2014 debut Tremors. Starting where his previous album left off, t... Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Reviews
Invisible Boy – Invisible Boy
Polica bassist Chris Bierden finally takes centre stage after a decade of solo shows Read more »| 04 Jan 2017