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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Live MusicLiverpool Sound City @ various venues, 1-3 May
Sound City, you’ve got a lot to answer for. As The Skinny emerges bleary-eyed from yet another instalment of Liverpool’s biggest ‘showcase ... Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
NewsRick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow and friends join lineup for Duke Street Expo
The Duke Street Expo, taking place in Glasgow on 31 May as part of the East End Social, have just announced a brace of new names for their all-day extravaganza, including Rick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow, and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #16: with Shabazz Palaces, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and Thurston Moore, Jon Hopkins and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also showcases new tracks from Liars, Brainfeeder signing Taylor McFerrin, Anticon songbird Baths, Mogwai remixing Yann Tiersen, Guided By Voices, Trans Am, Earl Sweatshirt and more Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
Playlists
Listen: Old Dope, a new mixtape from Yoni Wolf of Why?
Veteran rapper, producer and songwriter Yoni Wolf is a mainstay of Oakland's Anticon label. This week he has released a new mixtape, showcasing some classic rap tracks from his back catalogue, featuring a track by cLOUDDEAD and a Boards of Canada remix Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
ReviewsRoyal Trux – Radio Video EP (Reissue)
The knockout punch of 1998’s Accelerator saw Royal Trux combine skronked-out groove with their rootsier instincts, only for follow-up Veterans Of Disor... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Live Music
Childhood / MayHeGo @ Sneaky Pete's, 24 April
It doesn’t take much to make Sneaky Pete’s feel busy. When Edinburgh trio MayHeGo kick their set into gear (yes, that’s a play on... Read more »| 07 May 2014
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VideosMusic Video Premiere: Prehistoric Friends – Bermuda Triangle
We are proud to present the official video for Bermuda Triangle, the debut single from Prehistoric Friends.Prehistoric Friends is the project of multi-instru... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Festivals
Summer at the Festivals: A Field in Scotland (or England)
We take a look at the wealth of experiences on offer on the UK festival circuit, focusing on the thriving and growing number boutique outdoors festivals, and the big-top extravaganzas of T in the Park, Glastonbury, and Reading and Leeds Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Reviews
Bird – My Fear and Me
Bird fashion mood so deftly, securing their soundscapes to their own distinct and fascinating rhythm: bass and drums (toms trump snare) propel the songs. Ade... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Reviews
Mr. Scruff – Friendly Bacteria
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Videos
SxSW 2014: Prides live session – Cold Blooded
Following up on our recent session with Scottish synth-pop trio Prides at SxSW, we present another session track recorded on a porch in Austin, this time a live version of their track Cold Blooded Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Videos
Music Video Premiere: We Cut Corners - Blue
Dublin indie rock duo We Cut Corners present the new live action-meets-animation video for their single Blue, taken from forthcoming second album, Think Nothing Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Reviews
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Spoken word artist Kate Tempest's debut is undoubtedly impressive. The storytelling of Marshall Law and Lonely Daze – gritty, intimate and co... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Interviews
Came Back Vaunted: An Interview with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor
As the reconfigured Nine Inch Nails prepare for their biggest indoor tour of the UK, Trent Reznor says he can’t afford a nostalgia trip Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
ReviewsMatt Berry – Music for Insomniacs
On screen, Matt Berry is all about that voice: a sonorous, knee-trembling baritone that garlands every utterance in comic grandiloquence. Across hi... Read more »| 06 May 2014