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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ReviewsWoodenbox – Foreign Organ
Occupying similar nouveau folk territory to the likes of Aberfeldy or Admiral Fallow, Woodenbox’s third full-length sees Ali Downer's men in contemplat... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
Hudson Mohawke – Lantern
Six years separate Ross Birchard's effervescent debut Butter and his thirstily-awaited follow-up Lantern. His 808-obsessed work in the meantime with TNGHT an... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
PlaylistsListen: Flamingods' Supersonic podcast
As a prelude to this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham (running 11-14 June), we present this cosmic podcast carefully crafted by Flamingods. The... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Live MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – June 2015
Three idiosyncratic songwriters (Waxahatchee, Natalie Prass and Jenny Hval), two outsiders (Ariel Pink and Dan Deacon), a fond farewell (Cyril Snear) and a one-off homecoming (Outfit). That's your month's gig highlights Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
PlaylistsListen: Woodenbox premiere new album Foreign Organ
Ahead of its release on 8 June via Glasgow's Olive Grove Records, Americana imbued sextet Woodenbox share an early listen of their latest LP Foreign Organ, e... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool Sound City 2015, 22-24 May
This year, Liverpool Sound City has moved away from the heart of the city down to the cramped Bramley-Moore Dock, where the ambiance is more forklift trucks and swinging cranes than cultural hub. Read more »| 01 Jun 2015
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Live Music
Mew @ The Ritz, Manchester, 19 May
If anything's to brighten this sticky city night, Mew should manage it. Marking 20 years since they got together at school, the recent release of their sixth... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – June 2015
June arrives and with it comes the promise of a marginal amount of sun, the official beginning of festival season and a helluva lot of potentially outstandin... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Reviews
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes
By the end of The Possum, the first track on Sun Kil Moon’s follow-up to last year’s ultra-acclaimed Benji, the universal themes that mainman Mar... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
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Major Lazer – Peace Is The Mission
Self-professed ‘culture mash-up’ and dancehall-dork Diplo side-project Major Lazer broadcast their third LP Peace Is The Mission, a now-trademark... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Festivals
T Break line-up for T in the Park 2015 announced
The sixteen bands set to play the T Break unsigned bands’ stage at this year's T in the Park festival at Strathallan Castle have been confirmed. ... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Reviews
Northern American – Modern Phenomena
A band with the audacity to call itself Northern American either has something vital to say or nothing at all, and there should be little dispute about which... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Reviews
Leftfield – Alternative Light Source
Ah, the 1990s. One long Danny Boyle soundtrack of a decade. And while legitimate classics such as Leftism and Rhythm and Stealth helped to document our comin... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
News
Scottish Album of the Year 2015 shortlist announced
The ten-strong shortlist for the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year – aka the SAY Award – has been announced. This year's shortlist is an eclectic ... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Reviews
Outblinker – Pink / Blue
It's hardly surprising that Outblinker's membership – the brothers Graham and Jason of Young Philadelphia, local producer Luigi Pasquini of noise ... Read more »| 28 May 2015