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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VideosDan Tombs' new video for Sky Larkin is "a memento from the age of tactile text"
Dan Tombs' new video for Leeds indie band Sky Larkin channels the history of the printed word Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
NewsNas announces Illmatic XX
20 years on, Illmatic by Nas is still regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Now, Nas prepares to celebrate its anniversary with a special edition reissue, and a new documentary Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
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The Haxan Cloak teams up with Portland doom metallers The Body
Portland doom metal duo The Body have a new record coming, and it's a collaboration with Tri-Angle's The Haxan Cloak Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
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The Arches cancels club nights following tragic death of customer
The Arches reschedules club nights featuring Crookers, Moderat and others following the tragic death of a customer Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
VideosCocteau Twin and Bella Union boss Simon Raymonde returns with Snowbird
Simon Raymonde, the boss of much-admired indie label Bella Union and one of the former members of Cocteau Twins, announced the forthcoming debut from his new... Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Four songs into her exquisite second LP, Angel Olsen’s deeply expressive voice alights upon the album’s title. "If you’ve still got some li... Read more »| 07 Feb 2014
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Interviews
Indy Rock: Mogwai talk zombies, Thatcher and the coming referendum
With new LP Rave Tapes out now on the band's own Rock Action label, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns explain why, democratically speaking, five is a magic number Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Katy B
From Lauryn Hill to the Lady of Rage, dancehall queen Katy B steers us through ten records by her favourite female rappers Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
News
bis return with new collection of Data Panik sessions
Bursting onto the rather trad and conservative Britpop scene in 1995 with the Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP, a dayglo blast of drum machine-powered, ultr... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
OpinionHero Worship: Chino Moreno salutes Mogwai
No stranger to their tinnitus inducing might, Chino Moreno of Deftones, ††† and Palms tips his bunnet to our February cover stars and claims they have unfinished business Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Robbie Lesiuk – Nobody's Listening
Falkirk artist Robbie Lesiuk is best known as a former member of Y'all Is Fantasy Island, and for his ongoing collaborations with friend and former bandmate ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Playlists
Listen: Download two free compilations, featuring S-Type and Miaoux Miaoux
Download two free compilations featuring leading lights of the Glasgow electronic music scene, LuckyMe's S-Type, and Miaoux Miaoux Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Tomorrow We Sail – For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight
Gizeh Records is a paragon of consistency, not only in terms of the quality of its output but in the overlaps and similarities between those on its roster. W... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
A.R.C. Soundtracks – Archive: Volume One
Following in the footsteps of electronic artists like The Haxan Cloak and Raime, and the magisterial post-rock of Godspeed You! Black Emperor as closely as A... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Poemss – Poemss
Showing a different side of Planet Mu mainstay Aaron Funk, better known as Venetian Snares, this collaboration with Toronto producer and vocalist Joanne Poll... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014