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 Go! Team – The Scene Between
Ian Parton began The Go! Team as a home studio project – he recorded 2004 debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike in his parent's kitchen – an... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
ReviewsErrors – Lease of Life
It can be all too easy to let an album’s artwork inform your appreciation of the music in imaginary ways, like some kind of reverse Rorschach inkb... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
The Monochrome Set – Spaces Everywhere
The injustices wrought by the fallout of the UK's post-punk explosion are infamous and many. While mavericks such as Wire and The Fall secured a loyal audien... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
News
Ibibio Sound Machine confirmed for Africa Oyé 2015
London-based Ibibio Sound Machine have been confirmed for the 23rd edition of Liverpool's Africa Oyé festival, taking place this June in the city's Se... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Deerhoof @ Stereo, Glasgow, 24 February
It’s an odd choice for an opener. Mirror Monster, the phantasmic second track from Deerhoof’s most recent album La Isla Bonita, begins with an et... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
ReviewsBill Wells & Aidan Moffat – The Most Important Place In The World
It’s twenty years since Arab Strap first enabled Aidan Moffat to demonstrate his talent for extracting sage poetry from the seediest of situations, pro... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015
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Reviews
Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood
With 50 Shades still filling cinemas, “let me sleep in your tent tonight” is far from the most salacious request you might hear this month, but p... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
Interviews
Last Man Standing: Andy Gill on continuing Gang of Four
Through his work with Gang of Four, Andy Gill is a guitar hero who has inspired everyone from St. Vincent to Franz Ferdinand. When vocalist Jon King quit in 2012, most presumed the group was over. Gill explains What Happens Next Read more »| 02 Mar 2015 -
Live Music
Death from Above 1979 / Turbowolf @ The Ritz, Manchester, 24 February
“Did anybody see us a few months ago, across the road?” Therein lies part of the problem with tonight’s Death from Above 1979 show. Th... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
NewsSwans, The Cribs and Peace added to Liverpool Sound City
Reactivated post-punk experimentalists Swans have been announced among the latest additions to the Liverpool Sound City bill. Fellow new announcements ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – March 2015
Dear readers, spring is here! We know this is true because Tesco has started selling puny bunches of half-dead daffs. And with spring comes the start of pre-... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
NewsSuper Furry Animals confirm first live shows since 2009
Welsh psychedelic rockers Super Furry Animals have announced a string of gigs this May, their first in six years, along with a reissue of fourth album Mwng. ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – March 2015
It's a disparate but discerning month, taking in some truly singular women (Tune-Yards, Tinashe); a clutch of comebacks (Sleater-Kinney, Idlewild), and festivals both old and new (Carefully Planned, LadyFest) Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Live Music
D'Angelo @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 18 February
The more you think about it, the more D’Angelo’s decision to effectively opt out of the commercial success his 14-years-in-the-making third LP, B... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
Reviews
The Cribs – For All My Sisters
They've never shirked from the big, difficult issues in their lyrics but it felt like a real darkness had enveloped the post-Marr Cribs for their dense last ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015