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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ReviewsSimian Mobile Disco – Welcome To Sideways
Released on Simian Mobile Disco’s Delicacies label, which boasts work by the likes of Alex Niggeman, Roman Flugel, Bicep, and Agoria, this new album is... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
Live MusicGoat @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 22 Oct
Some events are kind of unthinkable, right up until just before they happen. Having long since sold out, that fact that the Albert Hall isn’t just fill... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
FestivalsSuuns on who to see at Le Guess Who 2016
Ben Shemie gives us a few tips on who to catch from the Suuns-curated stage at this year's festival Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
Virginia Wing – Forward Constant Motion
Anyone who picked up Virginia Wing’s springtime EP Rhonda won’t be surprised to learn that the duo’s full-length return offers a complete r... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
Jay Rolex & MC Almond Milk – Smell the Audi
'Hi, I’m Scotland’s best rapper,' is how James Scott aka MC Almond Milk introduces himself on his debut LP. 'Like Blue Lagoon are Scotland’... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
InterviewsRevolution Girl Style Now: Girls That Gig
"Inspiring women in music" serves as both motto and remit for the Girls That Gig project – we chat to the pioneering duo behind it Read more »| 03 Nov 2016
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Reviews
Loscil – Monument Builders
Do we have any control over our own realities? Can beauty exist amid wanton destruction? If so, should we enjoy it? On Monument Builders, ambient maestro Los... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Dinosaur Jr @ Liverpool Music Week, 27 Oct
It was legendary Joy Division producer Martin Hannett who told Ian Curtis and co, "I want you to play that again…only this time make it faster, but sl... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Clean Cut Kid @ Liverpool Music Week, 29 Oct
Clean Cut's performance at the Arts Club demonstrates that there's much more to come from these fast-rising local heroes Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Interviews
A League of Her Own: Sad13 interview
Taking a break from her work in Massachusetts guitar manglers Speedy Ortiz, Sadie Dupuis goes solo and scores one of the year's most important albums in the process. Here she tells us about the importance of refocussing pop's male-centric narrative Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Amber Arcades @ Liverpool Music Week, 29 Oct
The Utrecht indie-poppers deliver a sublime performance at the Arts Club Loft Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 3-8 Nov
Liverpool Music Week may be drawing to a close, but there's still a heap of local bands launching records across the city's music venues this week Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
John Carpenter @ Liverpool Music Week, 28 Oct
The Horror Master heads to Liverpool's Olympia for a truly memorable evening Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Interviews
Biffy Clyro on Ellipsis and their UK tour
Ben Johnston of Biffy Clyro discusses the making of the band's new album Ellipsis, and the eclectic influences that fed into the record It may be an ugly wo... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 2-8 Nov
It’s a week of bonafide legends from across the board this week, as Manchester welcomes PJ Harvey, The Cinematic Orchestra and Sister Sledge, along with news that John Cale is set to perform Velvet Underground & Nico live in full next year. Read more »| 02 Nov 2016