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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ReviewsMatthew E. White – Fresh Blood
With 50 Shades still filling cinemas, “let me sleep in your tent tonight” is far from the most salacious request you might hear this month, but p... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
InterviewsLast Man Standing: Andy Gill on continuing Gang of Four
Through his work with Gang of Four, Andy Gill is a guitar hero who has inspired everyone from St. Vincent to Franz Ferdinand. When vocalist Jon King quit in 2012, most presumed the group was over. Gill explains What Happens Next Read more »| 02 Mar 2015 -
Live MusicDeath from Above 1979 / Turbowolf @ The Ritz, Manchester, 24 February
“Did anybody see us a few months ago, across the road?” Therein lies part of the problem with tonight’s Death from Above 1979 show. Th... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
News
Swans, The Cribs and Peace added to Liverpool Sound City
Reactivated post-punk experimentalists Swans have been announced among the latest additions to the Liverpool Sound City bill. Fellow new announcements ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Live MusicScottish Gig Highlights – March 2015
Dear readers, spring is here! We know this is true because Tesco has started selling puny bunches of half-dead daffs. And with spring comes the start of pre-... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
News
Super Furry Animals confirm first live shows since 2009
Welsh psychedelic rockers Super Furry Animals have announced a string of gigs this May, their first in six years, along with a reissue of fourth album Mwng. ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015
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Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – March 2015
It's a disparate but discerning month, taking in some truly singular women (Tune-Yards, Tinashe); a clutch of comebacks (Sleater-Kinney, Idlewild), and festivals both old and new (Carefully Planned, LadyFest) Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Live MusicD'Angelo @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 18 February
The more you think about it, the more D’Angelo’s decision to effectively opt out of the commercial success his 14-years-in-the-making third LP, B... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
The Cribs – For All My Sisters
They've never shirked from the big, difficult issues in their lyrics but it felt like a real darkness had enveloped the post-Marr Cribs for their dense last ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Heems – Eat, Pray, Thug
Known for his wily mix of social criticism with silly referential humour as part of defunct rap outfit Das Racist, Himanshu Suri manages to crack the odd jok... Read more »| 26 Feb 2015 -
News
Northwest Music News — Sounds From The Other City, Sways Records + more
Sounds From The Other City Reveal First Names... In a month of festival announcements, one of the Northwest's most cherished DIY ventures Sounds From T... Read more »| 26 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
of Montreal – Aureate Gloom
In the past, of Montreal have seen myriad reincarnations but Aureate Gloom isn’t worlds apart from the shambolic, hedonistic disco of 2013’s Lous... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Warpaint share 'No Way Out (Redux)'
Los Angeles dream rock quartet Warpaint have today revealed the recorded version of live favourite 'No Way Out (Redux)'. Although it's not yet known whe... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born to Lose You
Some 18 years after protracted label dramas and a frosty reception to underrated fourth album 99th Dream saw Swervedriver quietly withdraw from the race, I W... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun
Moon Duo take us back to the year 1972, a time where we find Roger Waters pummelling a gong in the ruins of the lost city of Pompeii. And while '72-era Floyd... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015