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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News2015 Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award longlist announced
The longlist for the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year Award has been unveiled, with an eclectic mix of artists and bands from across Scottish music in the hun... Read more »| 23 Apr 2015 -
ReviewsMy Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
On The Waterfall, Jim James sounds like a man at ease. With his 2013 solo album put to bed, My Morning Jacket’s first record in four years returns the ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
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METZ – II
When METZ kicked down the doors of a complacent post-hardcore scene in 2012, they were touted in some quarters as another 'new Nirvana' – mainly a... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
ReviewsDoomtree – All Hands
“I got my own nation” goes the hook from All Hands’ second track, an appropriate rallying cry for a 7-piece rap ensemble that’s ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
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Bearfoot Beware – World Owes You Nowt
Seems kinda dumb to find fault with a throwback when it delivers the goods as succinctly as this. Leeds triumvirate Bearfoot Beware carry a torch for the nev... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
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Ava Luna – Infinite House
There's a thin line between having catholic tastes and a predilection for dicking about. You say eclectic, I say make your fucking mind up. Certain chin stro... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015
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Reviews
Rozi Plain – Friend
Emotional – rather than sonic – clout is its energy source, and Rozi Plain's third album connects at a level beyond mere volume an... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
ReviewsMac McCaughan – Non-Believers
If you’re seeking the buzzsaw powerpop that Mac McCaughan perfected across Superchunk’s quarter-century career, this may disappoint you. Only bri... Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
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Jackson Scott – Sunshine Redux
Jackson Scott’s debut album Melbourne had been knocking around online for months before Fat Possum gave it a full release in 2013. With reviews ranging... Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
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Mew – + -
Danish alt-rock dreamboats Mew are return with an ode to the album format; a labour of love that navigates its emotional peaks and troughs with the precision... Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
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Pale Honey – Youth
Guitar-plus-drums duo does scuzzy dream pop. Not, by any stretch of the imagination, designed to appeal by dint of its novelty, but Pale Honey force enough g... Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
Live Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Manchester Albert Hall, 17 April
Tonight, during a crushing Mladic, the epic foundation stone of 2012's 'comeback' album ’Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Godspeed You! Black Emperor o... Read more »| 20 Apr 2015 -
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Blur – The Magic Whip
Whither now the Britpop refugee? It’s been eleven years and at least two reconciliations since Blur last released a record. In a world where ‘90s... Read more »| 17 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
Lonelady, Errors lead Hidden Door music line-up
The Hidden Door arts festival has revealed its music line-up for 2015, with London post-punk Lonelady and Glasgow electronic mainstays Errors ... Read more »| 17 Apr 2015 -
Videos
Video Diary: United Fruit's South by Southwest journey
We follow Glasgow post-hardcore quartet United Fruit as they journey to this year’s South by Southwest festival, taking in their gigs at Austin's Latit... Read more »| 17 Apr 2015