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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FestivalsStag & Dagger to return for 2016
The Stag & Dagger mini-festival has announced the first bands for its 2016 edition in Glasgow this May. Edinburgh hip-hop outfit Stanley Odd and fo... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
NewsMogwai share Ether from new album Atomic
Mogwai have released a second track from their forthcoming album Atomic, their first studio project following the departure of guitarist John Cummings. Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Music Videos
Mairearad Green ft King Creosote – Star of Hope
Watch the accompanying clip for Star of Hope, the lead single from Green's forthcoming album, Summer Isles Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Interviews
"Like a real live band!": Hinds Interviewed
Spanish livewires Hinds teach The Skinny about the effort, energy and attitude it takes to tour their debut album, Leave Me Alone Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
NewsMark Lanegan announces tour dates for spring 2016
Former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan returns to Europe this spring for an extensive run of intimate dates. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
NewsWhere You’re Meant To Be tour & album announced
A string of tour dates have been announced for new documentary Where You're Meant To Be, starring former Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat, have been announced. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016
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Interviews
“It’s time to plug the monster in!” Nevermen interviewed
Nearly a decade under wraps, Mike Patton, Adam Drucker and Tunde Adebimpe emerge as Nevermen this month. In their first full interview, the trio meditate on making music like tapas and driving around in a mega Godzilla. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Festivals
Electric Fields announces first bands for 2016
Primal Scream, Everything Everything and The Twilight Sad are among the first names announced for this year's Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle, ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Interviews
Folk Like Us: Aidan Moffat on Where You're Meant to Be
It may have started life as a tour diary – a celebration of traditional Scottish folk music, looking for a story – but as Aidan Moffat explains, new film Where You’re Meant to Be discovers much more Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Live Music
Vieux Farka Touré @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 29 Jan
Following in the footsteps of an iconic musical father is no easy task, as the likes of Ziggy Marley, Julian Lennon and Teddy Thompson will attest. It’... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
Sennen – First Light
Named after a track on Ride’s Today Forever EP, Sennen’s past is not necessarily an indicator of the present. Yes, the band’s fifth LP surf... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Festivals
NOS Primavera Sound unveils 2016 line-up
PJ Harvey, Sigur Rós and Brian Wilson lead the line-up for the NOS Primavera Sound festival in Porto, Portugal this June. Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
Steve Mason – Meet The Humans
Steve Mason's third solo album under his own name finds the erstwhile Fifer embracing a folktronica style familiar from those Beta Band days. There's a move ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
Cavalier Song – Blezard
Where to even begin with Blezard? It’s a unique collection of guitar-led sonic explorations. You’d hesitate to label it noise- or post-rock, but ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
Lake Street Dive – Side Pony
As comfortable playing the heartbroken as the heartbreaker, Lake Street Dive singer Rachael Price, with gospel pipes and an old-school jazz sensibility, mana... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016