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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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ReviewsLightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire
Noise rock cognoscenti of a volatile disposition might want to cover their eyes and ears: the unthinkable has happened. Yes, Lightning Bolt – that... Read more »| 09 Mar 2015 -
FestivalsEx-Easter Island Head, Jane Weaver and more for Sounds From The Other City
As reported in our recent Northwest music news column, Salford festival Sounds From The Other City has announced its first batch of artists for 2015. Bright... Read more »| 09 Mar 2015 -
News
Glasgow's Ripcord collective unleash charity punk compilation
Glasgow-based punk collective Ripcord have released a compilation album to raise money for mental health charities. Featuring Scotland's high-speed melodici... Read more »| 09 Mar 2015 -
InterviewsLeader of the Pack: Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell interviewed
As they prepare to release their debut album, Ellie Rowsell tells The Skinny why Wolf Alice have little time for indie pop convention Read more »| 09 Mar 2015 -
Live MusicFutureEverything: LoneLady @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 26 February
FutureEverything sure has a knack for picking the right venues. On the first night of this year’s edition of the city’s premier tech festival, th... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
T Break entries open for 2015
Entries have opened for slots on the T Break unsigned bands’ stage at this year’s T in the Park festival at Strathallan Castle in Perthshire. An... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015
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Festivals
Scottish bands seek to make their mark at SxSW 2015
As thousands of bands descend on SxSW with a quest to prove their mettle under the international music media’s gaze this month, three of Scotland’s brightest look forward to the scrum Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
International Music Festivals 2015: A Beginner's Guide
Still trying to make sense of the vast array of festivals on offer around the globe this year? From punk fests to electro havens, allow The Skinny to guide you through some of our more esoteric favourites Read more »| 05 Mar 2015 -
Interviews
Going the Distance: Sacred Paws on their Rock Action debut
Rock Action signings Sacred Paws got together when former Golden Grrrls Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers wanted an excuse to continue hanging out. Can their occasional meet-ups support a proper band? There's the small matter of geography to overcome first Read more »| 05 Mar 2015 -
Interviews
Trouble and Strife: WIFE interviewed
Under the moniker WIFE, James Kelly released one of last year's most overlooked records. We caught up with the Cork native backstage in France to discuss his background in black metal, the need to keep progressing and his new home in LA Read more »| 05 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Public Enemy, Lightning Bolt and Swans join the ATP Iceland line-up
Hip-hop icons Public Enemy, post-punk experimentalists Swans and Rhode Island noiserock duo Lightning Bolt are among the latest additions to the bill fo... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday
The promise of Noel Gallagher's Amorphous Androgynous collaboration seems like the product of a weird drug-infused dream these days. The combination of a sol... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Festival Watch – March 2015
Behold, the return of our hand-selected guide to festivals both local and terrifyingly imminent Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Liturgy – The Ark Work
Liturgy faced both praise and ridicule back in 2011 with the publicity surrounding Aesthetica, an LP that strengthened the quartet's hyper-intense fusion of ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
She’s a smart one, Courtney Barnett. Like all the best observational lyricists, she can summon – or at least suggest – profundity in t... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015