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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ReviewsTitus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy
In 2010, Titus Andronicus released The Monitor, a record which took the concept of the American Civil War and used it as an allegory for modern life as an un... Read more »| 24 Jul 2015 -
ReviewsHEALTH – Death Magic
If brooding, primal opener Victim is anything to go by, you'd be forgiven for thinking HEALTH are going back to their confrontational roots with their first ... Read more »| 24 Jul 2015 -
Reviews
A Week in Records: Alessandro Cortini, Gunship, Seven Davis Jr...
With new releases from Trent Reznor's protégé and the latest gang of neon synthwave enthusiasts, our Music team present a weekly digest of five LPs hitting the racks (virtually and otherwise) this Friday Read more »| 24 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Positivus 2015: The Review
A family-friendly haven for rockers and ravers looking for a dance into the wee hours, as well as people who just want to watch a puppet film in the woods at 4 in the morning, we investigate the ninth edition of Latvia's Positivus festival Read more »| 23 Jul 2015 -
ReviewsMac DeMarco – Another One
It’s not just summery vibes with a hint of melancholia in the Mac DeMarco camp; should you be looking for the playful intuitions that underpin his soun... Read more »| 23 Jul 2015 -
Reviews
Albert Hammond, Jr. – Momentary Masters
Stars splintering from a band for solo outings don’t just run the risk of unfavorable comparisons with the better-known body of their group’s wor... Read more »| 23 Jul 2015
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Reviews\\GT// – Beats Misplaced
Messiness in rock music can be a powerful emotive tool. Raw, loose playing can feel transgressive and exciting; an unadulterated transmission of energy. Alab... Read more »| 23 Jul 2015 -
Reviews
The Phoenix Foundation – Give Up Your Dreams
Where Buffalo – arguably The Phoenix Foundation’s most successful album to date – exhibited a whimsical, acoustic folk ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2015 -
News
Idlewild announce live collaboration with Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Paisley's Spree Festival
Idlewild will play a one-off gig with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Paisley Abbey as part of the Spree Festival this October. The quintet, who re... Read more »| 22 Jul 2015 -
News
New Order, Hudson Mohawke and Run the Jewels for 2015 edition of The Warehouse Project
The Warehouse Project has announced its tenth anniversary line-up of gigs and club nights taking place in Manchester throughout this coming autumn and winter... Read more »| 21 Jul 2015 -
Live Music10x10: Four Tet / Tyondai Braxton @ Mayfield Depot, 17 July
One of Manchester International Festival's greatest feats has been its ability to constantly re-discover space in a city that's being opened up and regenerat... Read more »| 20 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Pohoda 2015: The Review
In search of a change, Vic Galloway forsakes his annual trip to T in the Park to take in the likes of Björk, Die Antwoord and CocoRosie at Slovakia's balmy Pohoda Festival Read more »| 20 Jul 2015 -
Interviews
Prophets of Boom: The Sonics gear up for Wickerman
With the seminal garage outfit sounding as fiery now as in their 60s heyday, The Sonics' Gerry Roslie explains why it's just as sweet second time around Read more »| 17 Jul 2015 -
News
CHVRCHES announce new album ‘Every Open Eye’ and share lead single
Glasgow synth-pop trio CHVRCHES will release their second album Every Open Eye this September, offering a glimpse today with lead single Leave A Trace (liste... Read more »| 16 Jul 2015 -
Music Videos
Music Video Premiere: Outblinker – 'Blue'
Inventive Glasgow post-rock quintet Outblinker present this tripped out and politically emblematic video clip for 'Blue', taken from their recent debut doubl... Read more »| 15 Jul 2015