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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ReviewsAlias – Pitch Black Prism
Heralding a switch from his MPC-based productions to the more synthetic sounds of the Native Instruments Machine, there is a certain linearity to the drum pr... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
ReviewsWatter – This World
We never really knew Slint. New documentary Breadcrumb Trail goes some way to giving greater context to their brief history, suggesting that drummer Britt Wa... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Live MusicThe Sonics @ The Arches, Glasgow, 9 May
Tonight is The Sonics’ first ever visit to Scotland, a mere 50 years after the release of debut single The Witch. Granted, they’ve spent most of ... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
VideosMusic Video Premiere: Friends In America – The More I Have, The Less I Own
The official video for The More I Have, The Less I Own (The More I Learn, The Less I Know), the new single from Friends In America. The video is aptly compri... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
Reviews
Battery Face – what's what stuff
It's remarkable that the long player concept remains pretty much the same in 2014 as it was in 1964. While almost every other pillar of the music industry ha... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
Festivals
Stag and Dagger 2014 @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 4 May
Recent BBC reality show The Street painted a picture of Sauchiehall Street as a booze and piss-soaked wasteland peopled by confrontational buskers, refo... Read more »| 12 May 2014
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Festivals
Neu! Reekie! in New York City
Literary troublemakers Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson of Neu! Reekie! took a trip to New York City, with King Creosote, Withered Hand and friends in tow. Here's Pedersen's account of the whisky-soaked trip... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
News
Listen: United Fruit showcase new direction on How Long (Change You Into Something Better)
Glaswegian post-hardcore outfit United Fruit showcase a new, more melodic direction on new song How Long (Change You Into Something Better), taken from their forthcoming second album Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Liverpool Sound City 2014
Liverpool Sound City 2014 For three days over 1-3 May, Liverpool didn't get a wink of shuteye as the now mammoth Sound City festival brought an embarrassmen... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Interviews
Behind the Scenes: Tuff Love vs Josie Long
Glasgow three piece Tuff Love have been making waves and breaking hearts with their grunge influenced pop nuggets. The band recently journeyed to London to make their first official video starring comedian Josie Long. We sat in on the proceedings Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Videos
Ten Rapid: Latest videos from Savages, Courtney Love, Honeyblood and more
The soundtrack to your weekend from The Skinny, also featuring new tracks from Death In Vegas main man Richard Fearless, Garbage featuring Brody Dalle, grunge-era veterans The Afghan Whigs, spoken word sensation Kate Tempest and more Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Live Music
Liverpool Sound City @ various venues, 1-3 May
Sound City, you’ve got a lot to answer for. As The Skinny emerges bleary-eyed from yet another instalment of Liverpool’s biggest ‘showcase ... Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
News
Rick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow and friends join lineup for Duke Street Expo
The Duke Street Expo, taking place in Glasgow on 31 May as part of the East End Social, have just announced a brace of new names for their all-day extravaganza, including Rick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow, and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #16: with Shabazz Palaces, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and Thurston Moore, Jon Hopkins and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also showcases new tracks from Liars, Brainfeeder signing Taylor McFerrin, Anticon songbird Baths, Mogwai remixing Yann Tiersen, Guided By Voices, Trans Am, Earl Sweatshirt and more Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
Playlists
Listen: Old Dope, a new mixtape from Yoni Wolf of Why?
Veteran rapper, producer and songwriter Yoni Wolf is a mainstay of Oakland's Anticon label. This week he has released a new mixtape, showcasing some classic rap tracks from his back catalogue, featuring a track by cLOUDDEAD and a Boards of Canada remix Read more »| 08 May 2014