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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ReviewsOwen – The King of Whys
Mike Kinsella shares the reins of his Owen project for once, and the results are excellent – Bon Iver collaborator S. Carey’s production is ... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
ReviewsDescendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
The godfathers of SoCal pop-punk are back! Ok, their first record in 12 years doesn’t sound much like progress. Karl Alvarez’ loping basslin... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
VideosWeirds – Weird Sun: Video Premiere
Watch the video for the new single by Leeds-based psych explorers Weirds, as they unveil debut EP Weird Sun Leeds psych-rock outfit Weirds today ... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016 -
InterviewsHot Topics: The Julie Ruin's Kathleen Hanna
With her health restored, Kathleen Hanna spoke to us about the return of The Julie Ruin. But with our interview taking place just days after the tragic events in Orlando, and the outcry over the Brock Turner sentencing, music was – for once – sidelined Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
Reviews
MJ Guider – Precious Systems
There’s something deliciously stranded about Melissa Guion’s debut LP. A sense of hinterland; of viewing things from afar, each brooding chord ba... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
Live MusicDirty Three @ Summerhall, 5 July
We’re barely halfway through the second song, and Warren Ellis has already climbed the venue’s speaker stack to scream into the Edinburgh night. ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016
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Reviews
Jherek Bischoff – Cistern
Just your average cinematically orchestral exploration of an empty, subterranean two-million-gallon water tank? Well, composer/multi-instrumentalist Bischoff... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 6 - 12 Jul
Portland surf-pop, harmony heavy psych-folk and a visit from country troubadour Sturgill Simpson all feature in your guide to Manchester music this week Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 8 - 14 July
Funk-tinged electronica from a Prince collaborator? Brass-infused hip-hop? Scottish guitar noise? Here's your gigging schedule for the week... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
News
Premiere: The Notwist – Live at Le Guess Who?
As Utrecht's finest experimental music festival gears up for a banner year, Le Guess Who? bring us three stirring tracks from the shape-shifting veterans' se... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Reviews
MSTRKRFT – Operator
Pity that Operator, the comeback offering from Canadian electronic duo MSTRKRFT, doesn't sound more like its fifth track, the lasciviously titled Playing Wit... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
T Break 2016: Five bands to watch
The T Break tent is the place every up-and-coming band in Scotland wants to be come July. But who are the pick of the acts booked to play Strathallan this month? Let us be your guide Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Strange Collective @ Invisible Wind Factory, 2 July
Liverpool's Strange Collective celebrate the release of their Super Touchy EP with an all-dayer comprising some of the best new bands in the city. We roll up... Read more »| 04 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
Martha @ Soup Kitchen, 1 July
“I feel like we should say something but I’m just in despair,” concedes Nathan Stephens-Griffin from behind his drumkit. ‘I miss E.U,... Read more »| 04 Jul 2016 -
Live Music
M83 @ O2 ABC Glasgow, 27 June
Ahead of tonight’s packed Glasgow show, French electropop-crafters M83 played a decisive Saturday headline set on Glastonbury’s John Peel st... Read more »| 04 Jul 2016