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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FestivalsRadiohead, LCD Soundsystem headline Primavera 2016
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros top the bill for this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Read more »| 21 Jan 2016 -
Live MusicThe Maccabees @ Barrowland, 15 Jan
In the same week that the world lost modern music’s most original icon, playing Bowie’s greatest hits as your pre-show intro music is a guarantee... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
FestivalsHot Snakes join Drive Like Jehu ATP
Hot Snakes are among the new bands added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Prestatyn, North Wales in April. Also featuring Drive Like Je... Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
FestivalsThreshold festival adds Barberos and more to bill
Threshold festival, Liverpool's annual festival of grassroots music and arts, has announced the second wave of acts to appear at the event in April. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
The Road to Reykjavik: Tuff Love on Tour
After a whirlwind eighteen months since their arrival on the scene, Glasgow fuzz pop duo Tuff Love continue to thrive and flourish ahead of January's debut LP. We join them on the road to Iceland Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
BBC 6 Music announces line-up for 2016 festival
The line-up for the 2016 edition of BBC Radio 6 Music's annual festival has been announced, with over 50 acts performing at venues across Bristol next month. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016
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News
Låpsley unveils debut album Long Way Home
Northwest singer/producer Låpsley has announced the release of her debut album Long Way Home, along with new track Love Is Blind and details of a ... Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
New Albums This Week (15 Jan): Daughter & more
The best new music this week, featuring albums from returning 4AD stalwarts Daughter, Manchester-based producer Howes, homespun folkie Songs For Walter and more Read more »| 15 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
Let's Start Over: Howes interviewed
His EP of summer 2013 got Manchester chattering, but young talent Howes has spent the last two years heading in a new direction. He tells The Skinny about his debut full-length LP, making connections through music and the wily ways of the modular synth Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Live Music
Diet Cig / Bruising @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 10 Jan
If guitar-based pop music is so simple, then how come so many people make such a hash of it? The crucial ingredient that separates the wheat from the&nb... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
InterviewsSlow & Steady: Tortoise unveil The Catastrophist
Chicago's long-standing instrumental heroes Tortoise return with The Catastrophist, their first record in seven years – John McEntire tells us about getting lost in a world of their own making. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
Return of a Firebrand: Saul Williams on MartyrLoserKing
Rapper, poet, actor and agitator Saul Williams talks about the fire and music that inspired his first record in four years Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
President Sweetheart – I Play My Shadow
Lost and found and looking back; the first outing for President Sweetheart, the latest vehicle for (Neil Halstead collaborator) Nick Holton and friend/foil T... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
News
Mogwai announce new album Atomic
Glasgow post-rock quartet Mogwai have announced details of new album Atomic, their first studio project following the departure of guitarist John Cummin... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Interviews
Darkness Visible: Daughter on Not to Disappear
Second album Not to Disappear is a vivid re-scoping of Daughter's artful melancholy. Elena Tonra tells us why the search for truth remains at the heart of her lyrical design. Read more »| 12 Jan 2016