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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ReviewsTim Presley’s White Fence – I Have to Feed Larry’s Hawk
Tim Presley's White Fence project takes on a new, more ambient and impressionistic – though not wholly unfamiliar – direction, spurred on by a move back to San Francisco and the spectre of addiction Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicFucked Up @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 20 Jan
Off the back of releasing Dose Your Dreams last year, Fucked Up deliver one of the most diverse sets of their career tonight as they move beyond the blueprint of bruising hardcore punk Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicAdrianne Lenker @ YES, Manchester, 17 Jan
Big Thief's frontwoman makes a compelling case for the position of her generation's most exciting songwriter in Manchester Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsBetter Oblivion Community Center – Better Oblivion Community Center
Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst's surprise album as Better Oblivion Community Center showcases the complementary talents of two of America's most talented songwriters Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsDream Nails – Take Up Space (Unplugged)
Unplugged, Dream Nails fly the flag for female rhetoric and unearth a steadfast sisterhood at the heart of their punk rock ferocity Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
New MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Mariner's Hymn (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Mariner's Hymn taken from Andrew Wasylyk's upcoming new album, The Paralian Read more »| 23 Jan 2019
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FestivalsThe National, Patti Smith, Bloc Party to play outdoor Glasgow gigs
Teenage Fanclub and Father John Misty are among the other big names set to play Summer Nights this year Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 22-28 Jan
Massive Attack, Pictish Trail, Roddy Woomble, Makeness, Rachel Sermanni and Lost Under Heaven are just some of our highlights across the central belt this week Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
NewsFlight of the Conchords to release new live album
New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo return with a live album featuring seven brand new songs Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
NewsKnockengorroch: 2019 line-up announced
Benjamin Zephaniah, Talisk, Elephant Sessions and Solareye are among the names set to appear at this year's Knockengorroch Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsSneaks – Highway Hypnosis
The third album from Eva Moolchan, aka Sneaks, whips by at breakneck speed with its slightly more urgent, label-defying moments ameliorating its sluggish centre Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
NewsSAMAs unveil full Paisley Takeover programme
C Duncan, Kathryn Joseph, CRYSTAL, Pleasure Heads and Megan Airlie are among the artists set to perform at the Paisley festival Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
FestivalsBluedot announces 2019 line-up
New Order, Hot Chip and Jon Hopkins join Kraftwerk for the 2019 instalment of Bluedot as the first full wave of acts are revealed Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsTOY – Happy in the Hollow
On their first self-produced effort, and first on new label Tough Love Records, TOY continue to put their own unique spin on psychedelia but play it a bit safe Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
Interviews
Blood Red Shoes on reuniting for new album Get Tragic
We speak to Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes about friendship, confidence and reconciliation ahead of the release of their fifth studio album, Get Tragic Read more »| 21 Jan 2019