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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Live MusicViet 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 -
VideosSeven 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 -
ReviewsBADBADNOTGOOD & 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 -
NewsFaith No More to release new album ‘Sol Invictus’ in May
Mike Patton and Faith No More have announced that their first new album in 18 years, entitled Sol Invictus, is due out later this year. The follow-up to 199... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Seven Days Of Idlewild: A Film For The Future - Exclusive live session
The Skinny recently sat in on an acoustic rehearsal with the resurgent Idlewild, who gave us reinterpreted renditions of moments from across their catalogue ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
Many wondered where Public Service Broadcasting could go from their debut; could such a unique concept ever be more than just clips from the British Film Ins... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015
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Reviews
Dutch Uncles – O Shudder
O Shudder, the fourth album from art-pop five-piece Dutch Uncles is a bit frustrating, and the difference in the first two singles Decided Knowledge and In N... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
InterviewsA Distant History: Idlewild mark their return with Everything Ever Written
On the eve of their 20th anniversary, Idlewild return from a five year break with new album Everything Ever Written. Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones tell us about the old days, new band members and where to draw the line with back catalogue embarrassment Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
The Unthanks – Mount the Air
The much extolled olde-worlde storytelling of The Unthanks has won them an impressive array of famous admirers, everyone from Ryan Adams to Dawn French &ndas... Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Father John Misty – I Love You Honeybear
The working relationship between Josh Tillman and his stage alias Father John Misty is far from straightforward. The sardonic, navelgazing narrative of ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
News
Rock 'n' Roll Summer School For Girls to launch in Glasgow
The Art School in Glasgow will host a week long music programme aimed at girls aged between 8-16 this summer. The inaugural Rock’n’Roll Sum... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Interviews
"This fire started burning" – Ibeyi interviewed
As they team up with Richard Russell for their transcontinental debut, the French-Cuban prodigies trace the entwined paths that led them here Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
California X – Nights in the Dark
“Please be kind,” begs Lemmy Gurtowsky, but there’s really no need. See, California X trade in the simple art of riffs’n’hooks,... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
No Pausing for Breath: FutureEverything's 20th Anniversary
This year marks the 20th anniversary of FutureEverything and a chance for its organisers to take stock — but not to stand still. They tell us what's next for this pioneering festival that explores the nexus of technology, society and culture Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Duke Garwood – Heavy Love
Album number six from the Brit soul man resolves a backstory nigh on three decades in the making. After working solo and collaboratively – his contacts... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015