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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ReviewsNew Albums This Week: Baauer, Iggy Pop + more
The best new music this week, including the debut from LuckyMe's Baauer and the return of rock royalty as Iggy Pop teams up with Queens of the Stone Age's Jo... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsICHI – Maru
You might *think* you make eclectic music, but until you record an album based on field samples of your gurgling baby, the rustling of turning pages, Big Ben... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
Cosmosis Festival @ Victoria Warehouse, 12 Mar
Manchester's annual Cosmosis Festival returns beefed up and slicked up. Last year's sell-out event took over Rusholme's Antwerp Mansions with a savvy sourcin... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Reviews
Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
The punk icon delivers a forward-thinking rumination on death and legacy with Josh Homme riding shotgun Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
SxSW Music Diary: WOMPS, Hinds & Iggy Pop
Glasgow's WOMPS win American fans early in the day, heavily hyped Hinds charm the patrons of a packed barbecue house, and Iggy Pop brings a hailstorm of expletives and dark prophecy to an unforgettable set at The Moody Theater on Wednesday night at SxSW. Read more »| 17 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Dot to Dot festival announces Augustines and more
The second wave of acts for Dot to Dot festival 2016 has been revealed, with Augustines joining Mystery Jets as co-headliners, and more than 30 other acts on the bill. Read more »| 17 Mar 2016
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Live Music
SxSW Music Diary: Big Boi, Gymshorts, Yonatan Gat
It's 3:42 pm on a Tuesday in Austin, Texas. Pumped out of The Lodge at 411 6th St. – a bar beloved by UT Austin undergrads – is a ... Read more »| 16 Mar 2016 -
NewsGhostface Killah joins Restless Natives line-up
Legendary Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah has joined the bill for the inaugural Restless Natives multi-arts festival in Glasgow this May. Read more »| 16 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
Grimes @ Glasgow ABC, 13 Mar
"If you're looking for your dream girl / I'll never be your dream girl," Claire Boucher sings, beaming, on mid-set track Butterfly. There's no mistaking her ... Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
VideosCGIV – Repetition: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Repetition by Edinburgh psych-popster CGIV, aka Clean George IV Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Adam Buxton to present a BUG David Bowie special
The music video output of David Bowie will be celebrated at a special edition of Adam Buxton's BUG in April. Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Clint Mansell
From Coventry to California, Clint Mansell has steadily emerged from the ashes of Pop Will Eat Itself to become one of the most widely acclaimed film composers of his generation. Here, he offers an insight into 10 of the most pivotal records in his stack Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Liverpool Psych Fest announces 2016 line-up
The Super Furry Animals will headline Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2016, with the initial line up for this year's Psych Fest unveiled toda... Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
Wolf Alice @ Manchester Academy, 9 Mar
Sometimes the good guys win. Not as often as good sense and good taste demands, but in this cruel and crackpot world you pick your battles. As Wolf Alice ret... Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Caribou, Underworld for new Jodrell Bank festival
A new festival at Jodrell Bank, bluedot, has announced Caribou, Underworld and Jean-Michel Jarre as headliners, as well as an appearance from Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince with The Infinite Monkey Cage. Read more »| 14 Mar 2016