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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ReviewsChromeo – Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels is a multi-layered trail through funk's iterations loaded with squealing synth leads, big basslines, and more sass and energy than you can shake a stick at Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Reviews
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Hope Downs is as good a reminder as any that life’s a blast. Head to the beach, you’ve found the soundtrack from Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsMichael Rault – It’s a New Day Tonight
Michael Rault’s dream-weaving folk-rock fuses his friendly grasp of the genre’s past and present stylings seamlessly on It’s a New Day Tonight Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Live Music
Camila Cabello @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Jun
Tonight at the O2 Academy, Camila Cabello is an unapologetic example of what pop can be at its finest Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Live MusicThe Rolling Stones @ Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 9 Jun
Despite The Rolling Stones all being in their 70s, they can still put on one hell of a show and play a set of pure nostalgia tonight Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
All Points East @ Victoria Park, London, 25-27 May
All Points East's first edition is a complete success, with highlights including Young Fathers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and Khruangbin Read more »| 11 Jun 2018
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Rip It Up
Finiflex is the Future
We chat to John Vick and Davie Miller of Finiflex, charting their progression from performing Peel Sessions in 1985 as Fini Tribe to their 2018 album Suilven as Finiflex Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Rip It Up
Introducing the Rip It Up exhibition
As the curator of the National Museum of Scotland's exhibition on Scottish music, Stephen Allan introduces Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Live Music
LCD Soundsystem @ Apollo, Manchester, 6 Jun
James Murphy's monolithic live outfit are new and improved for 2018 as they make a quickfire return to Manchester Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
Live MusicThe Pastels @ Museum of the Moon, Glasgow, 1 Jun
Andrew Wasylyk, Modern Studies and The Pastels make for a perfect night under the moon Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Neighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park, Warrington, 26-27 May
Neighbourhood Weekender offers up a sun-drenched weekend, with stand-out sets from headliners The Courteeners and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Live Music
Superchunk @ Stereo, Glasgow, 27 May
After a 17-year absence, legendary 90s pop-punk rockers Superchunk return to Glasgow with a triumphant show off the back of their most explicitly political album Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Live Music
Courtney Barnett @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 4 Jun
The Australian DIY poster girl brings her scintillating second LP to Manchester in its entirety Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Reviews
Laura Jean – Devotion
Memories of adolescence radiate in the dreamy, synth-pop sunshine on Laura Jean’s latest album, Devotion Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Live Music
LUMP @ The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 2 Jun
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay hand an assured debut to their ambitious new project in the Calder Valley Read more »| 06 Jun 2018