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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VideosLetting Up Despite Great Faults – Pageantry: Video Premiere
Watch the new video from Mike Lee's dreampop outfit, taken from their new Alexander Devotion EP Welcome back to one of the finest cult acts that the dreampo... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
Live MusicThurston Moore @ Islington Mill, Salford, 3 Mar
Still is an appropriate name for tonight’s opening act. The solo project of Blacklung’s James Moffat, the aptness comes not from his on-stag... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
Live MusicDe La Soul @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 2 Mar
Manchester’s Albert Hall is the perfect venue for De La Soul. Much like the renovated Methodist chapel – complete with stained glass windows and ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
The Shins – Heartworms
'It’s the means to a terrible end,' James Mercer sings about halfway through Name For You, the first track on the new album by The Shins – and he... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
News
Bill Drummond of The KLF set for Neu! Reekie!
Legendary artist, musician and all-round provocateur Bill Drummond is the first name revealed for the latest edition of avant-garde spoken word and multi-art... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
FestivalsSafe as Milk reveal DJ programme
The programme has also been announced for the festival's on-site pub, featuring Richard Dawson, Jeff Mills and karaoke inspired by Mark E Smith and The Fall Read more »| 06 Mar 2017
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Live Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 7-13 March
Live music in Glasgow The Comet is Coming @ O2 ABC, 8 Mar Experimental cosmic funk inspired by everything from Sun Ra and Funkadelic to th... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
ReviewsNathan Fake – Providence
After a two year music-making hiatus, Nathan Fake returns with Providence, an album which sees him take his music in a new, and wholly unanticipated, directi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation @ Soup Kitchen, 1 Mar
Currently touring their second album Mirage, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation are gaining a following on the back of their hypnotic psychedelia, now r... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
sir Was – Digging A Tunnel
Previously a professional jazz saxophonist, sir Was has travelled the world performing in several ensembles, picking up a range of musical influences as he w... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Cult Classics: Start to End interview
We talk to the Start To End team about the inspiration behind their covers project and their plans for the future Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Drive-By Truckers @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 1 Mar
Eleven albums in and touring what many believe to be their best record (2016’s American Band), Drive-By Truckers remain an absolute force to be reckone... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Cameron Avery – Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
Back story first: Cameron Avery is probably best known for his involvement with Tame Impala, who he’s played with since 2011, but he’s also a fou... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Desperate Journalist @ Gullivers, Manchester, 25 Feb
"No talking between songs," whispers Jo Bevan. "I demand silence." She allows herself a wry smile while catching her breath. For once, Manchester (so often c... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Hurray for the Riff Raff is arguably the most overtly political act on the folk-rock scene right now, and given everything that’s going on in the world... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017