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 and Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 1 May
We recap the annual Stag and Dagger festival in Glasgow, featuring an exciting line-up of must-see and need-to-know acts. Read more »| 05 May 2016 -
Interviews
Daniel Thorne of Immix Ensemble talks Transitions
As Liverpool's Immix Ensemble bring their collaboration with electronic artist Vessel to Manchester this month, we learn about the collective's beginnings, c... Read more »| 05 May 2016 -
Festivals
Tim Hecker and Blanck Mass in conversation
Ahead of appearances at Glasgow’s newest (and perhaps boldest) festival Restless Natives, The Skinny listens in as two of the headline acts talk inspir... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
InterviewsMinor Victories on their debut album and tour
Famous names, familiar faces; welcome to the world of Minor Victories. Just don’t mention a certain word… Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
Reviews
United Fruit – Eternal Return
It’s all a matter of opinion and perspective, of course, but United Fruit’s second long-player Eternal Return seems likely to divide opinion amon... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
NewsRadiohead return with new track Burn The Witch
Radiohead have released new track Burn The Witch online, along with an animated video. The Burn The Witch clip by veteran music video director Chris Ho... Read more »| 03 May 2016
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InterviewsBEAK> on scoring Couple in a Hole
Bristolian krautrock disciples BEAK> provided a menacing and evocative score for the Pyrenees-set drama. Ahead of its screening at Restless Natives, Geoff Barrow and Billy Fuller tell us how they handled the task Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – May 2016
'Gigs' feels like an insufficient term for the sensory treats in store this May: from Immix Ensemble's collaboration with Vessel to the return of sonic demigod Tim Hecker Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Interviews
Restless Natives sets up in Glasgow's East End
Keen to redress the cultural balance in Glasgow, an ambitious week-long multidisciplinary festival opens its doors at seven venues and studios in and around the East End from 9-15 May. We talk to some of the players behind Restless Natives Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Reviews
Julianna Barwick – Will
The latest from the Brooklyn-based composer offers further fascination for those hypnotised by the ambient soundscapes of 2013's breakthrough Nepenthe. ... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – May 2016
With summer festival season setting up its boggin' two-man tent in a field near you in just a minute, May’s Scottish live music hit list offers respite in the great indoors Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Live Music
Ought @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 22 Apr
Although Broadcast’s low-lying stage has remained unaltered since Ought last played here 2 years ago, the Montreal art-punk quartet’s personal st... Read more »| 02 May 2016 -
Festivals
Dot to Dot festival, Manchester: the local acts
Dot to Dot announce the local talent playing at this year's festival. Read more »| 29 Apr 2016 -
ReviewsWhite Lung – Paradise
2014’s sterling Deep Fantasy saw White Lung thrashing away under a mushroom cloud of eardrum-rattling guitar effects – a triumphant honing of eve... Read more »| 29 Apr 2016 -
Reviews
Outblinker – The Remains of Water Peck EP
A three-track sneak peek of the album due out later in the year, the latest EP from the Glasgow five-piece balances precariously between the ecumenical and t... Read more »| 28 Apr 2016