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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FestivalsAngel Olsen, Stewart Lee, Tortoise for ATP Iceland
Blanck Mass, Sleep, Tortoise and Angel Olsen have all joined the line-up for ATP Iceland 2016. Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
News
Washington Irving – Moscow Rules: Track premiere
Listen to Moscow Rules, the B-side to Washington Irving's new single We Are All Going To Die. Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
ArtChristmas in Manchester: Enlighten Festival line-up
Enlighten Festival of Light and Sound Art promises to provide a haven away from the bustling Manchester Christmas Markets, with a celebration of light, sound and... Philip Pullman! Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicMETZ / Protomartyr @ Stereo, Glasgow, 5 Nov
Sweat droplets are saturating the heavy air, eyes are rolling wildly, and limbs are snapping about like a rabid pair of jaws. That’s not tonight’... Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicKilling Joke @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke stands before us, his eyeliner seeping into the pores of his former years as he prances across the stage of the ABC. He haunts ou... Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
New Albums This Week (6 Nov): Floating Points & more
Our weekly round-up of the best new albums released this Friday, including new records from Floating Points, USA Nails, Found and !!! (Chk Chk Chk). Read more »| 07 Nov 2015
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News
Rustie releases new LP EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE
Glasgow producer Rustie has released his third album EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE online, after dropping a pair of tracks from the new record earlier this we... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle on Beat the Champ
As The Mountain Goats return to UK shores to promote wrestling-themed concept album Beat The Champ, John Darnielle tells us about morality and inspiration Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Live Music
East India Youth / PIXX @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 28 Oct
Hannah Rodgers, recent 4AD signing operating as PIXX, opens our Wednesday escape with her dreamy, folksy psychedelia. Backed by a guitarist and another singe... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Live Music
Josh T Pearson @ Liverpool Music Week, 28 Oct
Four years on from his own second coming, Josh T Pearson is launching another resurrection in the unlikely but strangely apt surroundings of Liverpool’s Scandinavian Seamen’s Church. Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicJoanna Newsom @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 31 Oct
At first glance, the Albert Hall’s stage is looking awfully bare tonight. The harp sitting dead centre is enough to remind us who’s in town, but there’s no backdrop – just the wood-paneled wall of the old chapel’s altar. Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Mogwai set for Edinburgh International Festival 2016
Mogwai will perform their score for Mark Cousins' documentary Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise at next year's Edinburgh International Festival, ... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Maserati – Rehumanizer
If there’s one thing Maserati’s latest record can do it’s guarantee you a speeding fine. The six tracks that make up Rehumanizer are the ki... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
A Tribe Called Quest revisit People's Instinctive Travels
Ahead of the re-release of People's Instinctive Travels, A Tribe Called Quest's founding quarter discuss resolving beats, rhymes and strife Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) interview: Trust your Gut
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) frontman Nic Offer details the self-scrutiny, silliness and tally charts which went into making rambunctious sixth album As If Read more »| 03 Nov 2015