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 MusicThe Lemon Twigs @ Gorilla, Manchester, 28 Mar
It’s a bold move starting your show with your most recent single when you only have one album to showcase. And herein lies the confidence of New York&r... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicBlack Honey @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 28 Mar
Black Honey know just how good they are. Ever since the Tarantino-indebted Spinning Wheel rightfully put the band on the lips of every Rough-Trade-tote-bag-s... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Posable Action Figures – Hummingbird (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single, Hummingbird, by Posable Action Figures Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicRun The Jewels @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 31 Mar
It’s an audacious move, walking on stage to Queen’s We Are The Champions, but once Run The Jewels get started, that triumphalism seems justi... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsThe New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
With no less than five songwriters among their number (including Destroyer’s Dan Bejar and the formidable talents of Neko Case), it’s understanda... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Everything Sacred was one of last year’s most pleasant surprises. The debut collaboration between James Yorkston of the East Neuk of Fife, New Delhi&rs... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017
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Reviews
Diet Cig – Swear I'm Good At This
New York pop-punk pair Diet Cig’s debut album Swear I’m Good At This lives up to the hype. With the duo having attracted a cultish show of attent... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Our April album of the month, Josh Tillman's latest as Father John Misty takes a deep, dark and farcical look at 21st-century culture Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Austra / Pixx @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Mar
There’s a definite whiff of excitement in the air tonight as we arrive for Austra’s biggest Edinburgh headline show yet. Friends are gathered in ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Great Apes: Part Chimp interview
Explosively loud sludge merchants Part Chimp return this spring with their first album in eight years – here frontman Tim Cedar tells us about Japanese slug myths and the importance of events like Salford's Fat Out Fest Read more »| 31 Mar 2017 -
News
Forest Swords announces album, tour and video
Watch the video for new track Arms Out Read more »| 31 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Safe as Milk festival cancelled
Ticket sales insufficient, say event organisers Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
New Music
Sprinters – Figure It Out (Track Premiere)
Listen to a brand new track from the Manchester quartet's forthcoming debut album Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
NewsGlastonbury announces 2017 line-up
The line-up for this year's Glastonbury festival has been revealed this morning, with acts ranging from Run The Jewels to The Jacksons to Katy Perry Read more »| 30 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
The State Broadcasters – A Different Past
Glasgow outfit The State Broadcasters' long awaited third album sees them making a marginal break with the folk-tinged melancholia of their past releases to ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017