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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InterviewsCult Classics: Start to End interview
We talk to the Start To End team about the inspiration behind their covers project and their plans for the future Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Drive-By Truckers @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 1 Mar
Eleven albums in and touring what many believe to be their best record (2016’s American Band), Drive-By Truckers remain an absolute force to be reckone... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
ReviewsCameron Avery – Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
Back story first: Cameron Avery is probably best known for his involvement with Tame Impala, who he’s played with since 2011, but he’s also a fou... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Desperate Journalist @ Gullivers, Manchester, 25 Feb
"No talking between songs," whispers Jo Bevan. "I demand silence." She allows herself a wry smile while catching her breath. For once, Manchester (so often c... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Hurray for the Riff Raff is arguably the most overtly political act on the folk-rock scene right now, and given everything that’s going on in the world... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
VideosAll The Best Tapes – Calle de la Cruces: Video Premiere
The Stoke math-rockers return with a new double A-side single – watch the video below Read more »| 06 Mar 2017
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Reviews
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Laura Marling has remained remarkably consistent throughout her ten year career. She hasn't reinvented the wheel, nor has she needed to. There will always be... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
News
Music venues 'threatened by tax hikes'
Edinburgh University embarks on a nationwide census of UK gig venues in the same week that an overhaul of commercial property rates in the Chancellor's budget spells trouble for the UK's independent music scene Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
FestivalsJohn Grant on North Atlantic Flux festival in Hull
From one port city to another, John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux: Sounds from Smoky Bay festival celebrates Hull’s relationship with sister city Reykjavík via innovative electronica and haunting soundscapes – with an extra surprise, too Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Pulled Apart By Horses on new album The Haze
Robert Lee explains how Pulled Apart By Horses rediscovered their youthful spark for new album The Haze Pulled Apart By Horses have always been something of... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains – Solide Mirage
There are a few tracks on Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains fifth album that saunter past the five minute mark, but even the shorter ones seem... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
New Music
TEEFF – Sun Sets East: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Sun Sets East from nu-soul vocalist and producer TEEFF The new project from Elizabeth Gandolfo, formerly of Brighton dream poppers&... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
The Handsome Family @ RNCM, Manchester, 22 Feb
The Albuquerque alt-country couple run through their extensive back catalogue in ramshackle fashion at the RNCM Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Sleigh Bells @ Gorilla, Manchester, 21 Feb
The Brooklyn noiseniks bring their game-changing Jessica Rabbit LP to Manchester Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Former Bullies on new album Stranger
Dreamy new album Stranger is another fine addition to the Former Bullies canon – here singer Nick Ainsworth talks longevity, Evan Dando and the univers... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017