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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Live MusicWickerman 2014: Friday, 25 July
Among the many spectacles at this year’s Wickerman festival are the punters themselves. Aside from the bands, the stalls, the reggae tent and the fairg... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
InterviewsLost Map's Howlin' Fling
The inaugural Howlin' Fling on Eigg was a roaring success for Lost Map and a joy for anyone lucky enough to attend it Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Interviews
"Why would it be the same?" – Words with J Mascis
With solo album Tied To A Star ready to drop, J Mascis maintains the irrepressible form that's marked his career since reforming Dinosaur Jr ten years ago. We spoke with the reserved guitarist, and occasionally even got a response Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Live MusicO2 Love Music Column – August 2014
When the British Empire was decolonised in 1949 and the Commonwealth of Nations declared, it’s not entirely clear if Queen Lizzie stipulated that Glasg... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Videos
Remember Remember – Magnets (Live) | The Skinny Sessions
Remember Remember soundchecking with a version of Magnets, recorded live at Dennistoun Church in Glasgow where they were performing as part of East End Social Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
ReviewsKan Wakan – Moving On
The free-wheeling debut from this LA-based trio is a winning concoction of dreamy atmospherics, bubbling grooves and orchestral arrangements. It’s a to... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014
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Reviews
Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
“The future is slow coming,” laments Benjamin Booker on the fourth track of his debut album and the first chance for the listener to catch breath... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Rumour Cubes – Appearances of Collections
Oh, this is a beauty. Don’t let it get lost in the bewildering murk of the release calendar, or side-lined by the fickle fancies of the taste-makers. S... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals
There'd be browned pants galore, should any of the current delay-pedal toting garage rock crop masquerading as 'psychedelic' delve as deeply into the mind's ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Celebration – Albumin
Celebration was born in 2004, when Katrina Ford, Sean Antanaitis and David Bergander dropped the name Birdland for something with more of a triumphant tone. ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
The Ramona Flowers – Dismantle and Rebuild
There’s a particular seam within the current indie strata that’s all but been mined out. The mass hunger for sweeping, fist-pumping anthemics, ho... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Owl John – Owl John
The Frightened Rabbit frontman continues his adventures in songwriting with a more experimental but hugely enjoyable solo LP Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Soft Walls – No Time
Confession time. When Cold Pumas dropped their debut in 2012, this hack was thoroughly unimpressed. I said as much via a clumsy whine on a reputable reviews ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Adult Jazz – Gist Is
There's something reluctant about Adult Jazz's debut LP. The four-piece, Leeds Uni alumni and students of Joanna Newsom, Van Morrison and Animal Collective, ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – August 2014
Get out of the sweaty sun and into the cool darkness of our best gig venues to see the likes of Action Beat, Pissed Jeans and Lower. If it’s sun you’re after though, we’re praying for plenty at our Do Not Miss event Read more »| 29 Jul 2014