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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ReviewsThe 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 -
NewsIdlewild 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 Music
10x10: 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
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NewsCHVRCHES 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 VideosMusic 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 -
Festivals
MIF15: Arvo Pärt with Manchester Camerata @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12 July
This year, Manchester International Festival has been graced by one of the most influential and perhaps under-celebrated composers of the past century. Arvo ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2015 -
Opinion
A Week in Records: Tame Impala, C Duncan, Failure...
From Aussie psychedelicists Tame Impala to the resurgent Failure, our Music team present a weekly digest of five recommendations hitting the streets this Friday. Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2015: Sunday, 12 July
By Sunday, the ground at Strathallan is 'spongy' at best. An overnight deluge has added to the weekend's sogginess and a few early revellers cowp into the mu... Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2015: Saturday, 11 July
Punters arriving on day two of T in the Park could be forgiven if they found Strathallan a home-from-home. Less than 48 hours after the gates had opened for ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2015: Friday, 10 July
Strathallan Castle sits aloof above its new tenants, the Tennent's swilling masses camped in colorful tents swathed in mist and smoke from portable grills. I... Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Reviews
Gunship – Gunship
A collage in grit and neon, machine grease, nostalgia, synth arpeggios and unintelligibly harmonised moans; a weird marriage of 8-bit and HD; good fun. Gunsh... Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
The National & Arcade Fire members join Edinburgh International Festival
Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire and The National guitarist Bryce Dessner will perform alongside the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as part of this year’s... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015