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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ReviewsDesaparecidos – Payola
When the last Desaparecidos album surfaced in 2002, emo wunderkind Conor Oberst was only 22. Still, their ideas were fully formed: The 'Disappeared’ pr... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
ReviewsThe LaFontaines – Class
Capitalising on the recent Scottish hip-hop surge, Motherwell quintet The LaFontaines raised the bar with their latest single King. Unrelenting, nervy lyrics... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Dutch Uncles, Errors to play The Skinny stage at The Garden Party
Manchester art-pop quintet Dutch Uncles and Glasgow electro trio Errors will play The Skinny's new music stage in association with Now Wave and Eat Your Own ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Live MusicMiaoux Miaoux / Monogram @ Stereo, Glasgow, 27 May
When Miaoux Miaoux – aka producer Julian Corrie – launched his debut album Light of the North at Mono back in 2012 it was a relatively low-key af... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsNorthwest Festival Watch – June 2015
Get stuffing the chill bags for a civilised few weeks at Oyé, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and MIF Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
Woodenbox – Foreign Organ
Occupying similar nouveau folk territory to the likes of Aberfeldy or Admiral Fallow, Woodenbox’s third full-length sees Ali Downer's men in contemplat... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015
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Reviews
Hudson Mohawke – Lantern
Six years separate Ross Birchard's effervescent debut Butter and his thirstily-awaited follow-up Lantern. His 808-obsessed work in the meantime with TNGHT an... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Playlists
Listen: Flamingods' Supersonic podcast
As a prelude to this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham (running 11-14 June), we present this cosmic podcast carefully crafted by Flamingods. The... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2015
Three idiosyncratic songwriters (Waxahatchee, Natalie Prass and Jenny Hval), two outsiders (Ariel Pink and Dan Deacon), a fond farewell (Cyril Snear) and a one-off homecoming (Outfit). That's your month's gig highlights Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Playlists
Listen: Woodenbox premiere new album Foreign Organ
Ahead of its release on 8 June via Glasgow's Olive Grove Records, Americana imbued sextet Woodenbox share an early listen of their latest LP Foreign Organ, e... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool Sound City 2015, 22-24 May
This year, Liverpool Sound City has moved away from the heart of the city down to the cramped Bramley-Moore Dock, where the ambiance is more forklift trucks and swinging cranes than cultural hub. Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Live Music
Mew @ The Ritz, Manchester, 19 May
If anything's to brighten this sticky city night, Mew should manage it. Marking 20 years since they got together at school, the recent release of their sixth... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – June 2015
June arrives and with it comes the promise of a marginal amount of sun, the official beginning of festival season and a helluva lot of potentially outstandin... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Reviews
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes
By the end of The Possum, the first track on Sun Kil Moon’s follow-up to last year’s ultra-acclaimed Benji, the universal themes that mainman Mar... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Reviews
Major Lazer – Peace Is The Mission
Self-professed ‘culture mash-up’ and dancehall-dork Diplo side-project Major Lazer broadcast their third LP Peace Is The Mission, a now-trademark... Read more »| 29 May 2015