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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FestivalsA Carefully Planned Festival 6: Review
Carefully Planned cast a bewitching spell across Manchester's Northern Quarter with its most ambitiously sprawling line-up yet – a DIY festival unlike any other. Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
Live MusicSleaford Mods @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 19 Oct
Sleaford Mods may be the most unlikely stadium act of this or any era. The Nottingham-based duo are not yet at the stage of booking Hampden or Wembley for th... Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
InterviewsStrange Brew: Halloween with The Wytches
We chat to The Wytches drummer Gianni Honey about White Russians, champagne, caviar... and the making of their new LP All Your Happy Life “We’re... Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
Festivals
Celtic Connections 2017: First shows announced
The first acts for the 2017 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow have been announced Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
Live MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 26-31 Oct
Music Week provides the biggest thrills in Liverpool this week, but elsewhere there's psych-pop magnificence and chiptune Halloween bashes on offer Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 26 Oct-2 Nov
High octane stuff from the likes of Cabbage and Fucked Up this week, before Halloween draws closer with a live-scored screening of Psycho and a gig from the master of horror himself, John Carpenter. Read more »| 26 Oct 2016
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Opinion
Dead Rising: Bart Owl on Our Ladies of Sorrow
Ahead of their Our Ladies of Sorrow show to kick off Summerhall's Festival of Death, Bart Owl discusses the inspiration behind the spooky Eagleowl side-project and presents a freaky, creepy Day of the Dead mix Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Music Videos
Anna Meredith shares video for The Vapours
Scottish Album of the Year winner Anna Meredith has released a new video for latest single The Vapours. Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Khruangbin @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 20 Oct
There’s an audible relief in the sweaty basement when the Texan trio’s guitarist tells everyone how to correctly pronounce the band’s name.... Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Porches / Japanese Breakfast @ The Hug & Pint, 21 Oct
The Hug and Pint's basement is packed out; we're standing on benches, perched on chairs and tucked in, shoulder to shoulder, in a bid to see the stage. It's ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Festivals
Omar Souleyman set for debut Safe as Milk festival
Shirley Collins and The Residents also set to feature on the bill in North Wales Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
News
Indigo Velvet – Sunrise: Track Premiere
Listen to Sunrise by Edinburgh tropical pop quartet Indigo Velvet, ahead of a UK tour next month Read more »| 25 Oct 2016 -
News
John Cale announces Velvet Underground & Nico gig in Liverpool
John Cale has announced details of a major open-air gig in Liverpool next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Velvet Underground & Nico. ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2016 -
News
Run The Jewels return with Talk To Me
Killer Mike and El-P have released the first track from their third album as Run The Jewels Talk To Me features typically high-octane verses from El-P and K... Read more »| 24 Oct 2016 -
Opinion
Dundee DIY Newsletter: Venues, Scenes & Spaces
In our latest missive from Dundee's DIY music scene, Derrick Johnston of Make-That-A-Take looks at the changing state of gig venues in the City of Disco... Read more »| 24 Oct 2016