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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ReviewsNina Persson – Animal Heart
With A Camp having last borne fruit in 2009 and The Cardigans’ recording hiatus ongoing, Nina Persson’s debut solo record qualifies as something ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsTemples – Sun Structures
Psychedelic. There, it’s been said. This record is so unmistakably of the genre and of an era that you can’t avoid the word, but Temples’ h... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsKristian Harting – Float
Kristian Harting may be well-versed in noise rock and thrash metal, but the Danish singer-songwriter puts the past aside, favouring personal acoustic music o... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Live MusicEast India Youth @ Korova, Liverpool, 1 February
When East India Youth’s William Doyle leans nonchalantly against a stack of speakers at Korova, the indifference with which he endures wave after wave ... Read more »| 05 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Katy B – Little Red
A whopping 17 tracks on this, the second album from the Brit School graduate, offers value but, as is increasingly the case with major label releases, puts q... Read more »| 05 Feb 2014 -
NewsDownload a free EP by LAW
Edinburgh-based singer and Young Fathers affiliate Lauren Holt, aka LAW, has been on our radar for some time. This week, she has made her stunning EP Haters & Gangsters available for free download Read more »| 04 Feb 2014
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Live Music
O2 Love Music Column – February 2014
Roving indie folk collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes pitch their prairie wagons in Glasgow this month (O2 ABC, 6 Feb) as part of a whistle-stop... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers
Garage rock, psych and lo-fi stoner rock aesthetics collide on the new album by Mexican husband and wife duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, and it's difficult t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
News
Prefuse 73 offers stems of a new track for remix
Attention beatmakers! LA-based hip-hop producer Prefuse 73 has returned with a new track, Thursday Ringing, and now he is offering up the stems to aspiring remixers Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – February 2014
It might be a cliche, but there is actually genuinely something for everyone this month, as Pharoahe Monch and Warpaint beguile Liverpool, and Manchester hosts Dead Prez and of Montreal Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
News
Public Image Limited call-out for fan footage
John Lydon's Public Image Limited are planning a new documentary to celebrate their three decades-long career, and they're asking for help from their fans in putting together a dfeinitive archive of live footage Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Festivals
Celtic Connections: Mogwai / RM Hubbert @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 28 January
As much a charismatic banter machine as he is an emotionally charged singer-songwriter, RM Hubbert has the vast hall completely captivated and respectfully s... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #3: Withered Hand, Wild Beasts, Call To Mind, Thee Silver Mt. Zion and more
In this week's Cloud Sounds playlist from The Skinny, we take a look at breaking tracks from some Skinny favourites, including in-demand Scottish synth-pop stars CHVRCHES, who offer up their cover of the classic Bauhaus track, Bela Lugosi's Dead Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Various Artists – Acid Arab Collections
Inspired by the proliferation of Arab music and culture in their native Paris, Acid Arab put together a collection of experimental tracks drawing infectious ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Outlands – Love Is As Cold As Death
Informed by the more ponderous end of the 90s UK beat scene – Lamb, in particular, are clearly an influence - and the colder synth sounds of 80s a... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014