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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FestivalsC Duncan, WHITE join Eurosonic Noorderslag line-up
The Eurosonic festival in Groningen, Netherlands has added more than 100 new acts from across Europe to its 2016 line-up. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicIbeyi @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 10 November
There’s a strange, special warmth to the Ibeyi twins. It's in their spine-shivering harmonies, and in their sparse, precise percussion. More than anyth... Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
News
John Cummings leaves Mogwai
Guitarist John Cummings has left Mogwai after nearly 20 years with the band. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
InterviewsZyna Hel interview: Constellation Woman
Zyna Hel – aka visual artist Elisabeth Oswell – is intent on creating a world of her own with her dark electro pop. Taking inspiration from the likes of Britney, Kate Bush and Goldfrapp, she explains how a French childhood first lit her creative flames. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Live At Leeds announces first bands for 2016
Live at Leeds have announced the first wave of acts for next year's festival, which will feature a digital programme for the first time. Next year's Live at... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
Live Music
Best Coast @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 30 Oct
Coming of age can be a difficult task when you’ve created the perfect teenage soundtrack but that’s the tricky conundrum facing LA fuzz rockers B... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015
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Reviews
New Albums This Week (13 Nov) - Oneohtrix Point Never & more
Our weekly round-up of the best new albums released this week, including the new records from Warp's Oneohtrix Point Never, Lanterns on the Lake, Holy Sons, and The Drink. Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicEx Hex @ Stereo, Glasgow, 6 Nov
On first listen, Ex Hex seem perfectly straightforward – a dash of Cheap Trick, a smidgen of The Nerves, a whole lotta Joan Jett. So winsome,... Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Angel 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 Music
METZ / 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 Music
Killing 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 -
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