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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NewsJohn Grant to play at North Atlantic Flux festival
The singer-songwriter has announced he will perform at the event, which he has curated to celebrate Hull's Nordic connections Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Live MusicPet Shop Boys @ Manchester Arena, 19 Feb
Not being superstitious, last year the Pet Shop Boys named their 13th studio album Super. After more than three decades making electro-pop hits, its title de... Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
News
Optimo reveal Optimo 20 festival at SWG3
The Glasgow clubbing institution announces details of an all-dayer at SWG3 this August Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 21-27 Feb
Live Music in Edinburgh 47 Soul @ Studio 24, Fri 24 Feb 47SOUL is an electro Arabic dabke band who formed in Amman, Jordan in 2013. They’ve created t... Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
FestivalsBBC 6 Music Festival coming to Glasgow in 2017
The multi-venue music festival hits Glasgow this March, following previous editions in Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
FestivalsThe Cribs added to Sound City 2017
The Amazons and Vant have also been added to the bill for the festival's tenth anniversary edition Read more »| 20 Feb 2017
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Live Music
Nadia Reid @ Broadcast, 12 Feb
The Sunday night dreads seeped into the Broadcast basement tonight. Nadia Reid greets the undeservedly sparse audience with an acapella rendition, before lau... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live MusicShield Patterns @ The Castle, Manchester, 9 Feb
Forget what you know about Shield Patterns: this time round, it doesn’t apply. All that industrial hiss, that processed disorienting fug, that cinemati... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Tegan and Sara @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 17 Feb
There are two things to pay attention to at a Tegan and Sara gig. One is the band themselves, the other is the audience you’ve surrounded you... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Modern Baseball @ SWG3, Glasgow, 16 Feb
American emo crew Modern Baseball know how to play a crowd. Guitarist Jake Ewald assures us within minutes of their set starting that Glasgow is “alway... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors' latest offering lands them firmly inside 2017, coming in the wake of, although not directly inspired by, frontman David Longstret... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Sacred Paws @ Summerhall, 10 Feb
“Sorry for being such a downer on a Friday evening..." remarks The Doozer halfway through his performance. We have to be honest and say he is a bit of ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Kid Canaveral's Lumber Party II @ Stereo, 11 Feb
A troupe of nuns adorned with eye patches and smears of lipstick, a raffle, electro and indie-pop, drink-fueled dancing, and a SAY Award winner at a tiny pia... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
New Music
Glass Mountain – Cowboy Song (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for the new track from Bradford four-piece Glass Mountain, as we catch up with vocalist Harry Hanson Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Live Music
Carla dal Forno @ Paradise Palms, Edinburgh, 8 Feb
We arrive in good time for Carla dal Forno’s free gig at Paradise Palms tonight – and just as well, really. It's already heaving – in some ... Read more »| 17 Feb 2017