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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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 -
InterviewsBruising 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 -
ReviewsIrma 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
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NewsThe 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 -
Reviews
ZOOEY – The Drifters
While it didn’t make the shortlist for the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, “self-care” had to be a contender – af... Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
ReviewsRun The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
Equal parts red-hot fire and cold hard reality, Killer Mike and El-P’s third album as Run The Jewels is a muscular call to arms Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
Live Music
Cate Le Bon @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 21 Dec
'Life-affirming' is a tired platitude, but it’s nothing short of a truism when talking about Cate Le Bon’s recent live performances. Even more sp... Read more »| 03 Jan 2017