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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ReviewsDinosaur Jr – Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not
New tricks? Whatever, man. Dinosaur Jr’s eleventh album continues on the trajectory they’ve ridden since reforming in 2005: all the chugging... Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
ReviewsTobacco – Sweatbox Dynasty
Experimentalist and analogue fanatic Tobacco is back with a total melter: Sweatbox Dynasty is a beast to be feared. Electronic bruises recorded via case... Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Things To DoLive music in Manchester this week: 27 Jul - 3 Aug
Manchester Jazz Festival comes to a close with Too Many Zooz, Anna Meredith leads an evening for Science in the City, plus gigs from Mammal Hands, Puppet Rebellion and others, and tip-offs for what to book ahead of a busy autumn. Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Reviews
Wild Beasts – Boy King
Wearing hearts, lungs and other vulnerable organs on their sleeves, Cumbrian artisans Wild Beasts turn their gaze to the male ego on their newest record. Ex... Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
ReviewsHieroglyphic Being – The Disco's Of Imhotep
Think of Hieroglyphic Being's productions as hieroglyphs themselves, and you'll get the idea. The alias of American sound artist and experimental c... Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Interviews
Edinburgh Festivals 2016: A Map of the Music
The Skinny ploughs through the Fringe programme so you don't have to. Our guide to August's musical happenings, with commentary from some of the players Read more »| 26 Jul 2016
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Reviews
Corbu – Crayon Soul
It’s not all that often that your ears encounter a debut as stylistically ambitious and texturally nuanced as Crayon Soul, with New York duo Corbu poss... Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Reviews
Russian Circles – Guidance
Ok, let’s just get it out of the way: ‘post-rock’ is a dead concept in 2016. Despite implying a level of innovation or deviation from ... Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Interviews
Timeless Melody: Blossoms on their debut album
Stockport's Blossoms are a guitar band in the classic British mould, with a hard-touring work ethic that's won them the adoration of millennials and Britpop survivors alike. Frontman Tom Ogden tells us more ahead of their debut album Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
DJ Shadow @ O2 ABC Glasgow, 20 July
The rumble of floor-quaking bass announces Joshua Paul Davis, aka DJ Shadow, to the gloom of the O2 ABC. Barely visible on the dimly lit stage, our maes... Read more »| 25 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Ette @ The Old Hairdressers, 21 July
As parties go, this one gets off to a quiet start. Folk-popsters Randolph’s Leap usually appear as a 16-legged beast, but with the rhythm sec... Read more »| 25 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Sun Kil Moon @ RNCM, Manchester, 20 July
Mark Kozelek delivers an occasionally spellbinding, but ultimately bloated, set in Manchester Read more »| 25 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Lola Colt / ILL @ Soup Kitchen 14 July
"Theresa May, Theresa May / She’s not your friend if you are gay / Theresa May, Theresa May / Giving the best jobs to... FUCKING IDIOTS!” Should ... Read more »| 21 Jul 2016 -
Playlists
Guest Selector: Ade Blackburn of Clinic
With LIMF 2016 just around the corner, the Clinic frontman weighs up his favourite slabs of vinyl ahead of a very special show at The Arts Club... Read more »| 21 Jul 2016 -
Festivals
Le Guess Who? announces guest-curated programme
The likes of Tortoise, BEAK>, Laurel Halo and Tim Hecker lead a colossal artist-picked bill for the tenth edition of the esteemed Dutch festival Offering... Read more »| 20 Jul 2016