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: Adam Stafford, K-X-P + more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, featuring the return of former Y'All is Fantasy Island frontman Adam Stafford, Finnish visionaries K-X-P and Derbyshire composer Richard J Birkin Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
Live MusicErrors / Bossy Love @ La Belle Angele, 5 Mar
It’s a brave band that allows Bossy Love to open for them. Pure heat from the very first bar, the Glaswegian trio transform a sparse, early doors crowd... Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: The Cosmic Dead
Hailing from Glasgow's premier psych crusaders, The Cosmic Dead's Julian Dicken meditates on a few inspirational tracks that made him want to play Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
NewsStream Iggy Pop and Josh Homme's 'Post Pop Depression'
The punk progenitor and desert rock godfather release their collaborative LP, which Pop claims may be his last Self-financed and recorded in secrecy with Qu... Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
InterviewsThese Important Years: Bob Mould on Patch the Sky
Having triumphantly ridden the comeback trail in recent years, Bob Mould's personal life suddenly cracked open in 2014. He tells us how a traumatic year informed new album Patch the Sky, and why those pesky Hüsker Dü reunion rumours won't go away. Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Sounds from the Other City festival reveals lineup
Salford's Sounds from the Other City festival has announced its full lineup for 2016, featuring Gwenno, Laura Cannell, Ex-Easter Island Head and many more Read more »| 10 Mar 2016
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Festivals
Electric Fields unveil more bands for 2016
Steve Mason, Factory Floor and Tuff Love are among the latest batch of acts confirmed for this year's two-day event in the grounds of Drumlanrig Castle. For... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
The Coral @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 March
The Coral were so prolific in the 2000s that no one could begrudge them a break when they announced their hiatus. The Hoylake group released six albums and 1... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016 -
Reviews
Public Memory – Wuthering Dream
Discombobulation – that’s the effect ERAAS’ Robert Toher, aka Public Memory is aiming for on his solo debut; a suite of dislocated beats sw... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
News
The Melvins team up with Krist Novoselic on new LP
The Melvins have announced the release of new album Basses Loaded on 3 Jun, which sees them team up with a series of guest bassists including Nirva... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Live Music
Baio @ King Tuts, 23 February
Chris Baio is one rather clever little cookie. On top of a Columbia University degree in Russian and mathematics and comprising one third of Ivy League afro-... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
News
Doune The Rabbit Hole 2016 line-up unveiled
The line-up for this year's Doune The Rabbit Hole has been announced, with Cate le Bon, Blanck Mass and C Duncan all set to feature at the Stirling... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Interviews
Composer-Curator: Emma Welton on A Quiet Night In
As part of new music charity Sound and Music's Composer-Curator programme, Emma Welton is bringing concerts of 'quiet music' to unusual spaces in Exeter and ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Reviews
New Albums This Week: Mugstar, Låpsley & more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, including the Rock Action debut of one of Liverpool's finest psych bands, and the much-anticipated debut from Låpsley. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
FestivalsT in the Park announces Slam Tent line-up
The line-up for the Slam Tent at T in the Park 2016 has been announced, with Seth Troxler, Len Faki and Jeff Mills all on the bill. Detroit techno... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016