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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Interviews"Is It Christian? Is It Satanic?" ††† embrace the ambiguous
With their long-awaited debut LP finally due for release this month, Chino Moreno and ex-Far guitarist Shaun Lopez tell us they've found comfort in ††† Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsBruce Springsteen – High Hopes
A shared history of political activism, rather than obvious musical lineage, bonds Tom Morello and The Boss. Hence why the Rage Against the Machine and Audio... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
PlaylistsCloud Sounds #4: Tim Burgess, Kelis & Mount Kimbie, Teebs and more
This week's Cloud Sounds playlist features new tracks from Tim Burgess, Kelis & Mount Kimbie, Teebs and many more! Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Videos
Dan Tombs' new video for Sky Larkin is "a memento from the age of tactile text"
Dan Tombs' new video for Leeds indie band Sky Larkin channels the history of the printed word Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
NewsNas announces Illmatic XX
20 years on, Illmatic by Nas is still regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Now, Nas prepares to celebrate its anniversary with a special edition reissue, and a new documentary Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
News
The Haxan Cloak teams up with Portland doom metallers The Body
Portland doom metal duo The Body have a new record coming, and it's a collaboration with Tri-Angle's The Haxan Cloak Read more »| 07 Feb 2014
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The Arches cancels club nights following tragic death of customer
The Arches reschedules club nights featuring Crookers, Moderat and others following the tragic death of a customer Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
VideosCocteau Twin and Bella Union boss Simon Raymonde returns with Snowbird
Simon Raymonde, the boss of much-admired indie label Bella Union and one of the former members of Cocteau Twins, announced the forthcoming debut from his new... Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Four songs into her exquisite second LP, Angel Olsen’s deeply expressive voice alights upon the album’s title. "If you’ve still got some li... Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Interviews
Indy Rock: Mogwai talk zombies, Thatcher and the coming referendum
With new LP Rave Tapes out now on the band's own Rock Action label, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns explain why, democratically speaking, five is a magic number Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Playlists
Under the Influence: Katy B
From Lauryn Hill to the Lady of Rage, dancehall queen Katy B steers us through ten records by her favourite female rappers Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
News
bis return with new collection of Data Panik sessions
Bursting onto the rather trad and conservative Britpop scene in 1995 with the Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP, a dayglo blast of drum machine-powered, ultr... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Chino Moreno salutes Mogwai
No stranger to their tinnitus inducing might, Chino Moreno of Deftones, ††† and Palms tips his bunnet to our February cover stars and claims they have unfinished business Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Reviews
Robbie Lesiuk – Nobody's Listening
Falkirk artist Robbie Lesiuk is best known as a former member of Y'all Is Fantasy Island, and for his ongoing collaborations with friend and former bandmate ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
Playlists
Listen: Download two free compilations, featuring S-Type and Miaoux Miaoux
Download two free compilations featuring leading lights of the Glasgow electronic music scene, LuckyMe's S-Type, and Miaoux Miaoux Read more »| 06 Feb 2014