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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InterviewsTuff Love's Suse Bear on Outskirts Festival 2017
We chat to Tuff Love's Suse Bear about her collaboration with Errors' Steev Livingstone for this year's Outskirts festival in April Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsRaoul Vignal – The Silver Veil
We meet Raoul Vignal during a moment of revelation. The French guitarist has noticed a ray of sunlight peering through the branches, and as he light passes a... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Llorca – The Garden
15 years ago, Ludovic Llorca was an up and comer in the French house scene but also somewhat adjacent to it, pulling his samples from low-key jazz instead of... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 5-11 Apr
Brass-soaked party bands, former Spice Girls and a smattering of punk and metal make up your gig highlights for the week. Get involved Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Haley @ Night & Day, Manchester, 29 Mar
What's in a name? Everything and nothing. Haley Bonar's recent decision to continue under her christian name alone was borne of both courage and pride. Her r... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
AbiChan @ The Magnet, Liverpool, 31 March
Soulful as Aretha herself, Queen Abi Harding takes to the Magnet for her debut gig as AbiChan – the first new music we've heard from the saxophonist si... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017
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ReviewsR. Stevie Moore / Jason Falkner – Make It Be
For a rock/punk/spoken word/experimental hybrid, Make it Be sounds surprisingly… just like you would expect it to. A collaboration between 60s DI... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2 Apr
With their sequin-ridden costumes winking under the lights, the thoroughly seasoned Sun Ra Arkestra file onstage with an air of immense calm, shortly before ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Videos
Aino Elina – Vankina: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Aino Elina's debut single Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicScottish Gigs of the Week: 4-10 April
This week's Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee gig guide, featuring The Ninth Wave, Counterflows Festival and visits from Stormzy, British Sea Power and Pulled Apart by Horses Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Johnny Flynn @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 27 Mar
Spring may have only just sprung, but it is HOT in La Belle Angèle this evening. Even before the support had finished, the tropical punch that is... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Feature – 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 Music
Jens 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 Music
CHUMP @ 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