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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ReviewsBadBadNotGood – IV
BadBadNotGood have made some savvy choices. Saxophonist Leland Whitty has joined the band as a permanent member, and they build on Sour Soul (last ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsShura – Nothing's Real
If proof is needed of the buzz surrounding London singer/songwriter Shura, the latest face to emerge from the post CHVRCHES synth-gen, then no look... Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
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Less Win – TRUST
Does any act in possession of penises, leather jackets, scuffed-up Telecasters and an audience in double figures have the vaguest clue right now? Every now a... Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsOmni – Deluxe
Sprightly lo-fi pop of indeterminable vintage – Deluxe could have been recorded in 1981 just as much as 2016 – there’s little that’s ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Tenement Trail unveils first bands for 2016
The initial line-up for this year's Tenement Trail in Glasgow has been announced ahead of this year's festival in October. Reformed Sheffield indie rockers ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week (22-29 Jun)
There are plenty of great gigs in Manchester over the next seven days, from the raw rock of Ty Segall to the Congolese rhythms of Mbongwana Star, via cosmic duo Happy Meals, the tear-stained pop of M83 and a great local all-dayer. Read more »| 22 Jun 2016
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Martha – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart
Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart will be total marmite for many: chronically uncool, hearts are stitched to sleeves with glittery thread and although it's ost... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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Flowdan – Disaster Piece
East London's Marc Veira – aka Flowdan – has impeccable timing. A founding member of Wiley's Roll Deep crew, he's served as one of grim... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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Strange Collective – Super Touchy EP
Psych-rockers Strange Collective start the party for their debut EP and, like every great host, they're confident, well-prepared and a little bit tipsy. Rauc... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsStephen Steinbrink – Anagrams
Anagrams is an unashamedly breezy collection: unfussy arrangements, an infectiously upbeat folk-pop vibe and a bag full of melodies. There’s more going... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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Big Business – Command Your Weather
If this is the first time you've encountered Big Business, you're in for a treat. They're about the riffs, above all: songs rumble mightily atop ominous... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsElectric Fields announces more bands for 2016
A clutch of new bands have joined the line-up for this year's Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle. Glasgow duo Honeyblood join the main stage bill... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
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The Julie Ruin – Hit Reset
'I stand in the crowd with my hand in my coat at every single show / I just love girl bands... it’s a turn-on – you don’t need to know... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
Live Music
Parquet Courts @ La Belle Angele, 16 June
A near sell-out La Belle Angele crowd is struggling to make up its mind about Housewives. The London group are flexing their muscles and dealing out some ind... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
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Various Artists – Song, By Toad Split 12" (Vol 4)
More homespun gold from the DIY label that puts the labour into love. With Matthew Young having now moved to Leith, leaving behind the house that was key to ... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016