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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ReviewsFeature – Banishing Ritual
There’ll come a point during Feature’s debut album where you’ll pause for breath and realise what an amazing time you’re having. Mayb... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicJens Lekman @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 1 Apr
The hushed, melancholic tones of The Dove & The Wolf, along with the sparse decoration of the refurbished church, make for an interesting mood between se... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicCHUMP @ The Safari Lounge, Edinburgh, 30 Mar
Opening the night among the potted plants and fairy lights of Edinburgh's Safari Lounge, Tongue Trap provide a shot of pop-punk as the cosy basement room beg... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
Cabbage headline Leeds' Gold Sounds 2017
The Coathangers, Kagoule and Her's also feature at the Brudenell Social Club weekender Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicJesca Hoop @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 28 Mar
If there’s one thing you can count on with a Jesca Hoop record, it’s to expect the unexpected. A songwriter who clearly loves to bend the 'rules'... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
The Lemon Twigs @ Gorilla, Manchester, 28 Mar
It’s a bold move starting your show with your most recent single when you only have one album to showcase. And herein lies the confidence of New York&r... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017
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Live Music
Black Honey @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 28 Mar
Black Honey know just how good they are. Ever since the Tarantino-indebted Spinning Wheel rightfully put the band on the lips of every Rough-Trade-tote-bag-s... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
New MusicPosable Action Figures – Hummingbird (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single, Hummingbird, by Posable Action Figures Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Run The Jewels @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 31 Mar
It’s an audacious move, walking on stage to Queen’s We Are The Champions, but once Run The Jewels get started, that triumphalism seems justi... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
With no less than five songwriters among their number (including Destroyer’s Dan Bejar and the formidable talents of Neko Case), it’s understanda... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
Everything Sacred was one of last year’s most pleasant surprises. The debut collaboration between James Yorkston of the East Neuk of Fife, New Delhi&rs... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Diet Cig – Swear I'm Good At This
New York pop-punk pair Diet Cig’s debut album Swear I’m Good At This lives up to the hype. With the duo having attracted a cultish show of attent... Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Our April album of the month, Josh Tillman's latest as Father John Misty takes a deep, dark and farcical look at 21st-century culture Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Austra / Pixx @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Mar
There’s a definite whiff of excitement in the air tonight as we arrive for Austra’s biggest Edinburgh headline show yet. Friends are gathered in ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Great Apes: Part Chimp interview
Explosively loud sludge merchants Part Chimp return this spring with their first album in eight years – here frontman Tim Cedar tells us about Japanese slug myths and the importance of events like Salford's Fat Out Fest Read more »| 31 Mar 2017