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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NewsGlasgow venue BLOC+ relaunches with DIY compilation series
BLOC+ celebrates its relaunch with the first of a four-part compilation series, featuring the diverse likes of Adam Stafford, Vasa, Deathcats and Cutty's Gym. Long-serving manager/curator Chris Cusack explains BLOC+MUSIC's altruistic manifesto Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Live MusicThrowing Muses / Tanya Donelly @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 17 September
On the eve of the independence referendum, the denizens of Òran Mór take a break from contemplating their future to enjoy reflecting on th... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Live Music
SOHN / FYFE / Atom Tree @ Stereo, 16 September
The feud between analogue instrumentalists and electronic innovators might never end; the former argue for gritty traditionalism over safe pre-programming, t... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Interviews"We're a rock band. We're happy with that" – The Vaselines interviewed
A full 25 years since their debut, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee return with a third album as The Vaselines. The duo talk about yoga, still getting a kick out of music and why they're most definitely not a twee band from Bellshill Read more »| 16 Sep 2014 -
Live Music
Bronto Skylift / Felix Champion / Sharptooh @ Nice N Sleazy, 12 September
Sharptooth are the kind of band that your elderly relatives would find too loud if they played your wedding; more gothic fuzz pop than the schizophrenic nois... Read more »| 15 Sep 2014 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Nick Oliveri
Currently touring with Californian punk veterans BL'AST! while readying a raw new solo LP for release this month, The Uncontrollable retraces the soundtrack to his adolescence Read more »| 12 Sep 2014
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VideosMusic Video Premiere: Skinny Dipper – Landing
Exclusive to The Skinny, Scottish indie folk ensemble Skinny Dipper share the official video for Landing, taken from their debut EP Masks. You can catch the ... Read more »| 12 Sep 2014 -
Live MusicGruff Rhys @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 September
There’s no support tonight, just the unusual sight of the ABC being filled with rows of plastic seating and a school-sized projector screen standing on... Read more »| 12 Sep 2014 -
Interviews
STANDFORSOMETHING
Celebrating rebellious individuals, we asked four rising UK bands of various persuasions: what do you stand for? Read more »| 11 Sep 2014 -
Live Music
The Acid / Samaris @ The Deaf Institute, 8 September
London label One Little Indian has always had an ear for Icelandic talent. From Björk and Sigur Rós to Ásgeir, there’s been a consis... Read more »| 11 Sep 2014 -
Reviews
Dorian Concept – Joined Ends
It's been a five year wait for a new full-length album by gifted Austrian producer Dorian Concept. He's released some club-oriented, delightfully skewed beat... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
Reviews
Cowbell – Skeleton Soul
Seems every generation gets its own set of legislated-nostalgics who wish rock’n’roll would just get back to basics. Dutifully, they head back to... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
Reviews
Martin Carr – The Breaks
Two decades since the UK alt scene was trampled by the bovver boots of Britpop, fondness for the era grows apace. Thankfully, nostalgia appears to have kept ... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
Reviews
Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Promises that Portishead’s Adrian Utley has helped Mike Hadreas turn his sound on its head for his third record may be a little exaggerated – but... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
A Psych for Sore Eyes: Liverpool Psych Fest 2014
As Liverpool Psych Fest stakes its claim to be Europe's premier site of sonic worship, The Skinny questions the festival's visual experts on the aesthetics of psych, plus their plans – and the music – for this year's event Read more »| 09 Sep 2014