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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Live MusicKate Jackson & The Wrong Moves @ The Hug and Pint, 4 June
Whoever released Kaspar Hauser from their box is certain to be looking sheepish. Loud, unctuous, and wielding darkwave hooks straight out of some 1983 nether... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
Live MusicZyna Hel @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 3 June
Whisper it, but there’s something of the am-dram to tonight. Which sounds catty and mealy-mouthed when it isn’t designed to be; it’s just t... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsBrew At The Bog 2016: The Review
Sunshine is here – cue the annual slew of summer festivals vying for our holiday time (and a big slice of our bank accounts). With a multitude of event... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
NewsThe Crossmakers – Shame: Track premiere
Glasgow's outlaw country rockers The Crossmakers have been quietly building their parish since 2014; now they offer us first listen to debut single Shame. Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Live Music
Nadia Reid @ Portico Library, Manchester, 3 June
Tech gremlins threaten to unseat Nadia Reid just minutes into her Manchester debut but she’s entirely unfazed. While others examine leads and connectio... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
De La Soul's Posdnuos unveils And the Anonymous Nobody
Before their whistle-stop UK tour this month, De La Soul's Posdnuos reminisces on discovering rap in his youth, the secret to the group’s endurance and Kickstarting their first full album since 2004. Read more »| 07 Jun 2016
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InterviewsEvolve or Die: Parquet Courts interviewed
After ambitious experiments and "vitriolic" reviews, Parquet Courts aren't about your approval. Austin Brown tells The Skinny about the band's push for progress. Read more »| 06 Jun 2016 -
Live Music
Down the Front: Bruce Springsteen returns to Hampden
Under a blistering sun, The Boss took the Hampden hordes on a characteristically epic nostalgia tour of his 1980 blue collar rock opus The River this pa... Read more »| 03 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
Raised by Wolves: Introducing Kaspar Hauser
When is a goth band not a goth band? We meet Glasgow’s Kaspar Hauser in an attempt to find out. Read more »| 03 Jun 2016 -
Playlists
Kindness on Missy Elliott and Jay Sean
Before Kindness – aka producer, musician and collaborator extraordinaire Adam Bainbridge – returns to the UK for a string of DJ dates, he hits shuffle on his arsenal and talks us through the first ten tracks, Missy Elliott trilogy and all. Read more »| 03 Jun 2016 -
News
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds resurface with Skeleton Tree
Last seen with 2013's majestic Push the Sky Away and subsequent documentary 20,000 Days on Earth, Aussie legends Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will releas... Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
XpoNorth: Lional on swapping Inverness for LA
Lional recently left the Highland capital to play shows in the Californian sunshine. But how did they manage it? By making their name at XPo North, of course Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
Recall of the Wild: Wolf Parade return
As Wolf Parade return from hiatus with a new EP and their first live shows in five years, Dan Boeckner gives us the lowdown on reunions, ghost-hunting and im... Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
The Mystery Lights – The Mystery Lights
Positives: expertly played, genuinely soulful and more grooves than Sandanista! on vinyl. Negatives: we've been here before. And haven’t we just? ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
News
SAY Award 2016: A guide to the longlist
A victor for the 2016 Scottish Album of the Year Award will be announced in Paisley on 29 June. But before that, the longlist of 20 albums must be whittled down to 10 – and you can play your part. We cast an ear over the hopefuls Read more »| 02 Jun 2016