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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ReviewsJonnie Common – Trapped in Amber
With subtle wit and charming self-deprecation, former De-Fence records regular Jonnie Common gently pushes himself off into his second solo album by offering... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
NewsDeerhoof release video for 'Exit Only' starring Michael Shannon(s)
San Franciscan punk rock chameleons Deerhoof have shared the official video for 'Exit Only', starring Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon. The video is... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
VideosJon Hopkins, Atoms For Peace videos among UK Music Video Awards winners
Watch some of the winners from this year's UK Music Video Awards 2014, including work to represent Fka Twigs, Peace and Queens of the Stone Age Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Q&A: Thurston Moore on Sonic Youth's beginnings and the impact of Nirvana
From stealing copies of Melody Maker off the newsstands of New York to early rehearsals in Michael Gira's studio, Thurston Moore offers an insight into Sonic Youth's formative years and beyond Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Dreamweavers: Ballet School's Rosie Blair on Berlin and Bella Union
Ballet School vocalist Rosie Blair discusses the ambient pop trio's roots, how they found their spiritual home on Simon Raymonde's label and why they'll always be a work in progress Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Reviews
September Girls – Veneer EP
Eleven months after debut album Cursing the Sea established a September Girls-sound hewn from heavy reverb, fuzzy melodies and a moody noir complexion, Venee... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014
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Live Music
Sleaford Mods / Saint Max and the Fanatics @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 5 November
The Broadcast crowd don’t quite know what to make of Saint Max and The Fanatics. There’s a predictably enthusiastic response for a song called Gl... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Gut Feelings: An Interview with MJ from Hookworms
With second album The Hum on the horizon, Hookworms' MJ explains why he’ll never listen to it again Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Videos
CGIV (Clean George IV) unveils new track ‘Autumn’
Genre-hopping Edinburgh musician George McFall has shared ‘Autumn’, his second single to be released under new pseudonym CGIV. McFall, previousl... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
News
Manic Street Preachers announce full details of The Holy Bible reissue
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are set to re-release classic LP The Holy Bible in time for its 20th anniversary, making the album available on vinyl fo... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
NewsTrack premiere: Mogwai remix Metronomy – ‘The Upsetter’
Listen to an exclusive premiere of Mogwai guitarist John Cummings’ remix of ‘The Upsetter’, the new single from Metronomy. ‘The Upse... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on relocating to London, solo ambitions and never saying die
After three decades of pushing boundaries with the NYC art-rock revolutionaries, Thurston Moore sets about finding his groove with a new band and explains why he still craves more than consistency Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
News
Death From Above 1979 announce February 2015 gigs
Toronto disco-metal duo Death From Above 1979 are set for a speedy return to the UK after their much-anticipated reunion, with a series of gigs announced for... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Reviews
The Orchids – Beatitude #9
The indie pop classicists return with their fifth album in an on-off, quarter century career. As with much of the smarter Scottish guitar pop that emerged in... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
ReviewsGala Drop – II
Recommended for those whose love of dance extends beyond its various inner boundaries, the Portuguese collective regroup for their first full-length out... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014