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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ReviewsSpectrals – Sob Story
Spectrals – the nom de plume of Yorkshire singer-songwriter Louis Jones – introduced his brand of lovelorn guitar pop on 2011’s p... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
Live Music
Bob Mould @ Òran Mór, 18 May
With his compelling autobiography, acclaimed solo albums, and comprehensive Sugar reissues in the last few years, interest in Bob Mould is as high ... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
Live MusicMykki Blanco @ Islington Mill, Salford, 16 May
The DJ's beats instigate little more than gentle foot-tapping among the audience; but there is an undisclosed buzz in the room that hints at electric anticip... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
ReviewsYoung Fathers – Tape Two
Young Fathers' lo-fi take on 90s R&B, classic soul and old-school hip-hop is increasingly experimental, and that's no bad thing. Their recent excursions ... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
Reviews
Quickbeam – Quickbeam
Although Quickbeam is their debut release, this Glasgow-based quartet have been honing their ethereal, meditative folk for three years, and their d... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
For those unfamiliar with the term, ‘desire line’ is the poetic name given to those winding dirt trails that appear when people walk a certain ro... Read more »| 29 May 2013
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ReviewsThese New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Billed as a suite in three instalments of three tracks each, These New Puritans' third LP is a studious affair, as absorbant as it is absorbing (among its ma... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Icky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms
It’s sometimes tough to distinguish between maverick eclecticism and plain old muddlement, with Icky Blossoms' exhibit A. The pedigree of its... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Magic Arm – Images Rolling
Magic Arm is more or less the work of one man, who uses magic hands (plus a heap of helpful gadgets and instruments) to craft impressively full-bodied record... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Pasadena Napalm Division – Pasadena Napalm Division
Pasadena Napalm Division's membership should speak volumes for fans of thrash and hardcore: D.R.I frontman Kurt Brecht joins forces with members of 80s heavy... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
ReviewsMelt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down
The second track on pyretic jazz-punk collective Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous debut is titled Release!, but in truth the whole shebang is one great b... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
Live Music
Suuns @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 17 May
“The old guard don’t talk about rock’n’roll no more,” hisses Ben Shemie through clenched teeth. “Music won’t save y... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
Live Music
Little Boots @ Gorilla, Manchester, 14 May
Doubters wondered whether Victoria Hesketh had been too easily distracted from her to-do list in the four years since debut Hands, but new album Nocturnes sc... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Three Blind Wolves – Sing Hallelujah For the Old Machine
Right back to his solo days as a fixture in Glasgow’s live listings, Ross Clark has been an attention-grabbing performer. Back then, his noticeability ... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Lightning Dust – Fantasy
On the go since 2007, Lightning Dust's boy-girl duo of Amber Webber and Josh Wells (of Black Mountain) – singer and producer respectively – have ... Read more »| 27 May 2013