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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InterviewsCamera Obscura's Carey Lander on Desire Lines
As Camera Obscura ready the release of fifth album Desire Lines, we distract Carey Lander from band practice to discuss old friendships and new directions Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
Live MusicRyan Francesconi and Mirabai Peart @ Takk, Manchester, 19 May
Joanna Newsom fans will already know Ryan Francesconi – he's splashed all over the credits of her epic triple album Have One on Me, as arranger, conduc... Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
ReviewsSorrow – Dreamstone
Bristol's Sorrow is at the forefront of the post-dubstep movement, taking cues from the more atmospheric, musical end of the Hyperdub spectrum; he is one of ... Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
News
Scottish Album of the Year shortlist announced
RM Hubbert, The Twilight Sad, Human Don't Be Angry and Django Django make the final 10... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
Reviews
Boards of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest
Tomorrow's Harvest finds the Sandison brothers turning their backs on the halcyon warmth of 2005's The Campfire Headphase to deliver an album ... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
Live Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – June 2013
A survey of the land's forthcoming live picks for June, including RockNess and Eden Festival; an epic closing party for the West End Festival featuring The Twilight Sad and Meursault; plus reunions a-go-go, with the return of Jurassic 5 and the Breeders Read more »| 31 May 2013
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Reviews
Master Musicians of Bukkake – Far West
Having completed their Totem cycle of albums, everyone's favourite experimental psych-rock weirdos return with a new LP. It's still a decidedly con... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
Reviews
Emika – DVA
A follow-up to her self-titled 2011 debut, Emika's DVA sees the artist collaborating with Hank Shocklee of The Bomb Squad on production duties, and reco... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
ReviewsGastric Band – Party Feel
As their moniker might imply, Glasgow's Gastric Band are tight. There is barely an ounce of fat on debut album Party Feel: a wild-eyed odyssey enco... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
Live Music
O2 Love Music Column – June 2013
Trying to encapsulate the sprawling career of Todd Rundgren (O2 ABC, 6 Jun) is a particularly difficult task. Perhaps best known for eternal pop hi... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
Reviews
Deafheaven – Sunbather
San Francisco's Deafheaven brought a great crossover record to the table with 2011's Roads to Judah, a dramatic debut which used the passionate aggressi... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
Reviews
Lumerians – The High Frontier
Like Geoff Barrow's BEAK>, Lumerians are naturally gifted musicians whose playing meshes perfectly, with influences that span psychedelia and experimental... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
ReviewsGold Panda – Half Of Where You Live
Gold Panda's second album picks up where Lucky Shiner left off, offering a leftfield, inventive take on various electronic forms. Junk City takes its time to... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
Reviews
CSS – Planta
With former member (and apparent mastermind) Adriano Cintra off in a huff, the CSS señoritas are left to fend for themselves, giving us an LP put... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
Reviews
Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
From Josh Homme’s youth as a prodigious stoner rock visionary in Kyuss to the slick, guitar pop-skewing renaissance man we see at the helm of Queens to... Read more »| 30 May 2013