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 MusicIn Pictures: The Skinny 100th Issue Party
In Pictures: The Skinny 100th Issue Party On Friday 17 January 2014, we celebrated our 100th issue with a massive party in Edinburgh's Mash House. Thanks mu... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
NewsAidan Moffat announces Where You're Meant To Be: A Scottish musical road trip
Aidan Moffat's new project will see him collaborating with filmmaker Paul Fegan, the man behind award-winning short documentary Pouters. In April and May, Fe... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
Forest Swords + Gnod @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8 February
Wirralite producer and occasional graphic designer Forest Swords – Matthew Barnes to his mum – hasn't fitted in a home city gig for this tour, wh... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
Tera Melos @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 3 Feb
11.30pm: we are exhausted. And it’s not just due to the lateness of the hour – Tera Melos’ synapse-tangling assault is both brutal and comp... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
Videos
Neneh Cherry performs 'Blank Project' from her new Four Tet-produced album
UK soul veteran Neneh Cherry performs the title track from her new Four Tet-produced album Blank Project, alongside Rocketnumbernine, showing exactly why her step from behind the scenes into the limelight is both timely, and a cause for celebration Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
NewsCHVRCHES top 'Albums of 2013' poll by Scottish Blogs and Music Sites (BAMS)
The Bones of What You Believe, the debut album by Scottish synth-pop trio CHVRCHES, has topped the official BAMS (Scottish Blogs and Music Sites) 2013 poll Read more »| 11 Feb 2014
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ReviewsEchaskech – Origin
With Origin, Hackney's Echaskech return to the more beat-driven, stargazing material of their first two albums, incorporating a wealth of new analogue studio... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
The Notwist – Close to the Glass
The Notwist return with an excellent addition to their critically-acclaimed oeuvre Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Wild Beasts' fourth album finds the Kendal quartet comfortable in their own skin, yet choosing to funnel that confidence into a development of their sound, r... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
Anyone tempted to write off Neneh Cherry as a mainstream pop artist needs to check their history. In many ways, this understated, stripped return to the fray, produced by Four Tet, is long overdue Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
Young Fathers / LAW @ Glasgow Stereo, 1 February
Hordes of disappointed faces can be seen streaming from Renfield Lane. They are the dozens who arrived at Stereo hoping that tickets would still be available... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Festivals
Celtic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
East India Youth @ King Tut's, 31 January
William Doyle, aka East India Youth, enters dressed in a foppish jacket, hair in his eyes, and straps on a bass guitar. From the minute his fingers touch the... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
The Wave Pictures / Eugene Tombs / The Yawns @ Mono, 30 January
For reasons unknown, The Yawns have a battle on their hands eliciting a response from Mono’s mostly seated denizens tonight, with even polite applause ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Videos
Kid Canaveral look behind the mask in new video for 'Who Would Want To Be Loved?'
Fife / Edinburgh indie-folk gang Kid Canaveral unveiled their new video late last week for Who Would Want To Be Loved?, taken from their 2013 album Now That You Are a Dancer Read more »| 10 Feb 2014