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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ReviewsHoly Oysters – Holy Oysters EP
You might feel like all bands this year are psychedelic, but Parisian hipsters Holy Oysters tread a nice line between Phoenix-lite synthpop and slightly more... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsThe Radio Dept. – Running Out Of Love
Swedish dream pop band The Radio Dept’s fourth album Running Out Of Love sees the band looking to make up for lost time. After a six-year absence enfor... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsChristian Löffler – Mare
The German artist's second album is a lovingly sculpted and likeable collection of electro moodworks. Recorded in a log cabin on the Darss peninsula in the n... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsOozing Wound – Whatever Forever
These Chicagoan metallers have been referred to as ‘the Nirvana of thrash’, but if that means ‘mainstream breakout certainties&rs... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
TeenCanteen / BooHooHoo @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 Sep
Sneaky Pete's is extremely sold-out. It's TeenCanteen's party – and an album launch party, at that – so it's only right that they ... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Back to Basics' new venue Church opens in Leeds
In their 25th year, Leeds' longest-running club night Back to Basics unveil their very own venue, Church. Read more »| 07 Oct 2016
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Live Music
Mitski / Trust Fund @ The Deaf Institute, 5 Oct
Such is Ellis Jones’ prolific approach to songwriting, Trust Fund scarcely revisit a city without bringing a handful of new songs with them. This time,... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Mura Masa @ The Art School, 4 October
We’re in a new paradigm of music dissemination. Artists begin in bedrooms, upload demos to platforms like Soundcloud, trade loops with collaborators ov... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
Alsarah & The Nubatones - Manara
East African retro pop scores a thrilling showcase here on Alsarah & The Nubatones' second album. The young Sudanese singer and her Brooklyn-based troupe... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
NxWorries [Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge] - Yes Lawd!
Historians may judge 2016 as an annus horribilis, but you won’t find a trace of misery on the ever-smiling face of Anderson .Paak. Enjoying a long-awai... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 6-11 Oct
Post-rock heroes? Blues singers turned ambient electronic legends? Returning 90s girl bands with a point to prove? Liverpool's got it all this week Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Interviews
She Don't Give A: NAO Interviewed
East London soul singer NAO tells The Skinny about stepping out from the shadows and creating a world that's all her own Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
American Football - American Football (LP2)
‘We’ve been here before,’ Mike Kinsella sings on Where Are We Now, the first track on American Football’s long-awaited second album &... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
Luke Roberts - Sunlit Cross
How about a batch of rough-hewn Americana songs to soundtrack our inglorious descent into US election season? Luke Roberts' third album ticks all the boxes o... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 5-11 Oct
The inaugural Neighbourhood Festival takes over the likes of Albert Hall, Gorilla and Sound Control, while Ladyfest Live does the same with The Castle and Gullivers – and that's just your Saturday sorted... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016