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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VideosAll The Best Tapes – Calle de la Cruces: Video Premiere
The Stoke math-rockers return with a new double A-side single – watch the video below Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
ReviewsLaura Marling – Semper Femina
Laura Marling has remained remarkably consistent throughout her ten year career. She hasn't reinvented the wheel, nor has she needed to. There will always be... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
NewsMusic venues 'threatened by tax hikes'
Edinburgh University embarks on a nationwide census of UK gig venues in the same week that an overhaul of commercial property rates in the Chancellor's budget spells trouble for the UK's independent music scene Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
John Grant on North Atlantic Flux festival in Hull
From one port city to another, John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux: Sounds from Smoky Bay festival celebrates Hull’s relationship with sister city Reykjavík via innovative electronica and haunting soundscapes – with an extra surprise, too Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Interviews
Pulled Apart By Horses on new album The Haze
Robert Lee explains how Pulled Apart By Horses rediscovered their youthful spark for new album The Haze Pulled Apart By Horses have always been something of... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains – Solide Mirage
There are a few tracks on Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains fifth album that saunter past the five minute mark, but even the shorter ones seem... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017
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New Music
TEEFF – Sun Sets East: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Sun Sets East from nu-soul vocalist and producer TEEFF The new project from Elizabeth Gandolfo, formerly of Brighton dream poppers&... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
The Handsome Family @ RNCM, Manchester, 22 Feb
The Albuquerque alt-country couple run through their extensive back catalogue in ramshackle fashion at the RNCM Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Live Music
Sleigh Bells @ Gorilla, Manchester, 21 Feb
The Brooklyn noiseniks bring their game-changing Jessica Rabbit LP to Manchester Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
InterviewsFormer Bullies on new album Stranger
Dreamy new album Stranger is another fine addition to the Former Bullies canon – here singer Nick Ainsworth talks longevity, Evan Dando and the univers... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
InterviewsBig Sean on I Decided.
Big Sean tells us about collaborating with Migos, how Twenty88 feels like a Marvel comic book, and embracing spirituality on his new album I Decided. The Sk... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Thundercat – Drunk
Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner invites us down a literal rabbit hole on Drunk opener Rabbit Ho, though if you’re unfamiliar with the bassist&r... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
PINS and All We Are added to FestEvol Gardens 2017
The penultimate line-up announcement also sees White Room, Chinah and more added to the bill Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
News
Aidan Moffat announces new L. Pierre album
1948- will be the final album from the Falkirk songwriter's long-running alter-ego Aidan Moffat continues to keep his schedule busy, having announced t... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
New Music
Black Lime – Fight or Flight: Video Premiere
Watch the video for the new track from the explosive Hull four-piece Read more »| 02 Mar 2017