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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ReviewsMaria Taylor – Something About Knowing
Maria Taylor’s fifth album, Something About Knowing, is quintessential Saddle Creek: production from label founder Mike Mogis; a musical style that gen... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Connan Mockasin – Caramel
It’s been a busy period for Erol Alkan’s London-based Phantasy Sound label, with this second LP from New Zealander Connan Mockasin following the ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsTalulah Gosh – Was It Just a Dream?
Superseding the increasingly hard-to-find Backwash compilation, Was It Just a Dream? is the complete Talulah Gosh: 29 tracks encompassing every EP, single, r... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Vista Chino's John Garcia
As his new band Vista Chino (formerly Kyuss Lives) roll into the UK, the desert rock daddy meditates on five albums that made him want to pick up a microphone in the first place Read more »| 23 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Public Image Ltd @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 18 October
John Lydon is not a man known for ducking a challenge. The former Johnny Rotten was widely mocked in some quarters for agreeing to front a series of televisi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Live MusicThese New Puritans / East India Youth @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 17 October
Earlier this month, These New Puritans’ Jack Barnett apparently called time on his band’s future touring prospects. “By my calculations thi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013
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Live MusicSpook School / Martha / Plastic Animals @ Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, 11 October
Rather aptly, Edinburgh oddities the Spook School have returned to the scene of their first ever gig – the tiny sweat-pit that is H... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Islet / Ubre Blanca / Leafwrist @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, Glasgow, 15 October
Leafwrist's approach to his live set has matured in the few short months since his support slot with Umberto, adding thick slabs of minimal electro beat... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Machinedrum @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 16 October
Wednesday night club events are usually the sole reserve of students and die-hard fans. As such, it's no surprise to find the Oxford Road corridor’s pr... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Los Campesinos! – No Blues
What are we going to do about Los Campesinos!? 2011's Hello Sadness gave notice of a shift from the ragged polemic of their early work, Gareth David opting l... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Videos
Casual Sex release new video for Nothing on Earth
Watch the new video for Nothing on Earth by Casual Sex. Produced & Directed by Joseph Andrew Mclean.Cinematography & Editing by Martin Heron. The B... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Live Music
Ghostpoet @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 19 October
If nothing else, you have to give Ghostpoet – real name Obaro Ejimiwe -– his due for not swaying in the face of popular pressure. His lyrical con... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Crystal Antlers – Nothing Is Real
Tricky things, influences. You can reference all the Dinosaur Jr licks or Fugazi rhythms you want, but no-one ever fell in love with tasteful record collecto... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 18 October
In your weekly Bulletin: Superman turns 75; Ben Wheatley to direct Doctor Who; new music from Prince, Atoms For Peace, James Blake, Snoop Dogg and Eminem; Nigel Godrich and David Byrne slam Spotify; and CHVRCHES play The Boiler Room Read more »| 18 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Melvins – Tres Cabrones
Despite growling their way into middle age, the Melvins never really seemed the sort of band who’d bother to grow up. The snickering nastiness of their... Read more »| 17 Oct 2013