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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FestivalsGet to Know: Catholic Action
We talk to Catholic Action frontman Chris McCrory ahead of the band's set at Stay Fresh festival in Manchester Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsGet to Know: Kyotoya
Kyotoya only played their debut gig back in April, but the Manchester post-punks have impressed with their debut recordings, and they'll join some of th... Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
StudentsNorthern Exposure: Getting Started in Music
We ask some industry regulars from Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester for their tips on getting started in music Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Live Music
Pinegrove @ The Hug & Pint, 7 Sep
It’s heaving in The Hug & Pint tonight. Perhaps it’s the incremental hype built up by Pinegrove’s burgeoning reputation as fine tunesmi... Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsGet to Know: Ethan & The Reformation
We get to know the frontman of psychedelic riff monsters Ethan & The Reformation, ahead of their appearance at a brand new Manchester festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave takes his deepest journey yet on Skeleton Tree, a solemn fugue on death, grief, yearning and both sides of mortality’s coin. Read more »| 12 Sep 2016
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Reviews
How To Dress Well – Care
Tom Krell has long been preoccupied with matters of the heart. As How To Dress Well, his first three albums traversed seriously rocky emotional terrain;... Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
Students
Doing Music Yourself: Tips from Scotland's Experts
Always fancied fronting a punk band? Accidentally bought a CDJ on Ebay? You'll be needing The Skinny's guide to Scotland's ever-fertile music scene. Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
Live Music
Frankie Cosmos @ Stereo, Sep 5
"I'm - we're - Frankie Cosmos," announces Greta Kline, as her three band members settle themselves behind their instruments; a visual reminder that everythin... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Live MusicLeeds DIY scene newsletter: September 2016
Plenty to check out this month, with Leeds Zine Fair providing a superb opening affair ahead of a busy few weeks of unmissable gigs, starring Unwave, Thee MVP's, Syslack and more... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Festival No.6 2016: Review
In the trippy 1960s TV show The Prisoner, a mysterious giant white balloon called Rover was employed to ensure Patrick McGoohan’s titular character (No... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Playlists
Guest Selector: Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr
As Dinosaur Jr prepare to play Liverpool Music Week and Beacons Metro alongside a host of local talent, we ask the band's Lou Barlow to tell us about his own hometown heroes Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Interviews
Revert to Hype: Words with Pink Kink
Liverpool band Pink Kink explain the importance of fantastical, glittery stage personas and tease details of their mysterious debut Read more »| 08 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Deap Vally – Femejism
LA rockers and crochet enthusiasts Deap Vally return with loud, sludgy, stadium-filling rock’n’roll on Femejism, but not much new ground is ... Read more »| 08 Sep 2016 -
Videos
Video Premiere: EMILIE - Eyes For You
Watch Edinburgh-based EMILIE's new video for single Eyes For You, ahead of her debut EP later this month Emily Atkinson's unabashedly creepy video documents... Read more »| 08 Sep 2016