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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NewsGIT Award 2015 shortlist announced
The twelve-strong shortlist for this year’s Get Into This (GIT) Award for Liverpool’s emerging bands and artists has been unveiled. It's an ecle... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
VideosSeven Days Of Idlewild: Every Little Means Trust - Exclusive live session
Seven Days Of Idlewild, our week-long acoustic takeover with the Edinburgh-formed outfit, concludes with a brand new track from their seventh LP Everyth... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Seven Days Of Idlewild: Take Me Back To The Islands - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild acoustic series, charting the band's past and present ahead of their new album release, continues with Take Me Back to the Islands... Read more »| 15 Feb 2015 -
Live Music
Prides / Flyte @ The Liquid Room, 7 February
Glasgow continues to prove an unexpected incubator for radio-friendly synth and although Prides might be the most bearded of the crop they’re no less p... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
News
Neu! Reekie! announce #UntitledLive line-up
Spoken word, music and poetry night Neu! Reekie! has announced details of one of its biggest shows to date, featuring Fini Tribe, Andrew Weatherall, and SAY ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
VideosSeven Days Of Idlewild: Too Long Awake - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues with Too Long Awake, taken from the band's 2005 full-length release Warnings/Promises, recorded at the ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015
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ReviewsIdlewild – Everything Ever Written
For context’s sake, let’s just clear one thing up: Idlewild’s days as oblique-angled indie-punkas (“A flight of stairs falling down a... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Caribou, Wu-Tang Clan, FKA Twigs lead Parklife 2015 lineup
Caribou, The Roots, Metronomy and the Wu-Tang Clan are among a host of big names announced for the Parklife weekender in Manchester on 6 and 7 June. Dan Sna... Read more »| 12 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Seven Days Of Idlewild: You held The World In Your Arms - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues today, as this expanded iteration of the group reworks You Held The World In Your Arms, the majestic lead single ... Read more »| 12 Feb 2015 -
Art
Scottish Album of the Year and CCA team up for art awards
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) have joined forces to present two awards for both establish... Read more »| 12 Feb 2015 -
News
Northwest Music News — 11 Feb | Ten Mouth Electron Video Premiere, New Music from Outfit side project + more
The latest missive on new musical goings on in the Northwest, featuring Ten Mouth Electron, Dialect and more... Read more »| 11 Feb 2015 -
News
Wayne Coyne heads up keynote speakers at Liverpool Sound City
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year's Liverpool Sound City Conference. Taking 'The Unsing Hero' as its th... Read more »| 11 Feb 2015 -
Live Music
Viet Cong @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 5 February
Viet Cong's live presence is a startling remove from the unremitting, blunt force of their debut album. That eponymous opening shot, a hard-boiled and unswee... Read more »| 11 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Seven Days Of Idlewild: Roseability - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues with a radically reworked acoustic rendition of Roseability from their 2000 breakthrough 100 Broken Windows, whic... Read more »| 11 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul
BADBADNOTGOOD’s vision has always been broad, but with Pretty Toney in tow this time it’s blinding. The Toronto jazz trio might have found wider ... Read more »| 11 Feb 2015