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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FestivalsSummer at the Festivals: A Field in Scotland (or England)
We take a look at the wealth of experiences on offer on the UK festival circuit, focusing on the thriving and growing number boutique outdoors festivals, and the big-top extravaganzas of T in the Park, Glastonbury, and Reading and Leeds Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Reviews
Bird – My Fear and Me
Bird fashion mood so deftly, securing their soundscapes to their own distinct and fascinating rhythm: bass and drums (toms trump snare) propel the songs. Ade... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
ReviewsMr. Scruff – Friendly Bacteria
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VideosSxSW 2014: Prides live session – Cold Blooded
Following up on our recent session with Scottish synth-pop trio Prides at SxSW, we present another session track recorded on a porch in Austin, this time a live version of their track Cold Blooded Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Videos
Music Video Premiere: We Cut Corners - Blue
Dublin indie rock duo We Cut Corners present the new live action-meets-animation video for their single Blue, taken from forthcoming second album, Think Nothing Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Reviews
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Spoken word artist Kate Tempest's debut is undoubtedly impressive. The storytelling of Marshall Law and Lonely Daze – gritty, intimate and co... Read more »| 06 May 2014
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InterviewsCame Back Vaunted: An Interview with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor
As the reconfigured Nine Inch Nails prepare for their biggest indoor tour of the UK, Trent Reznor says he can’t afford a nostalgia trip Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Reviews
Matt Berry – Music for Insomniacs
On screen, Matt Berry is all about that voice: a sonorous, knee-trembling baritone that garlands every utterance in comic grandiloquence. Across hi... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
VideosTen Rapid: Latest videos from Tom Vek, Wye Oak, David Lynch, Neneh Cherry and more
The soundtrack to your weekend from The Skinny, also featuring the return of Veruca Salt; the new single from Manic Street Preachers; smooth disco from Hercules & Love Affair; and Auteurs front-man Luke Haines Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Interviews
Strange Fascination: Inside The Cult of The Horrors
As they unveil fourth album Luminous, we confront the UK’s biggest cult band to mine the paradoxes at the heart of their success Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #15: with Fat White Family, Tuff Love, Baths and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also showcases new tracks from Hüsker Dü / Sugar front-man Bob Mould, Dundee post-hardcore mob Fat Goth, Anticon beatsmith Alias, and a track from the late, great footwork pioneer DJ Rashad, who passed away last week Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
News
Young Fathers to headline concert for Refugee Week Scotland
Running from 16-22 June, Refugee Week Scotland features a huge calendar of concerts, visual arts events and more, including a performance from Young Fathers, headlining the World Refugee Day Concert in Glasgow Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Live Music
In Pictures: The Skinny Northwest First Birthday Party
The Skinny 01 How time flies. It seems like only yesterday The Skinny team were crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s on the inaugural Northwest ... Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
News
On Tour: Prince, Jane's Addiction, ATP Iceland add Mogwai, Slowdive and more
A round-up of tour news, with Jane's Addiction reuniting to ply Nothing's Shocking, Prince hitting Scotland for the first time in nearly 20 years, and new additions for ATP Iceland, including Mogwai, Liars and Swans Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Videos
SxSW 2014: Prides live session – 'The Seeds You Sow'
On our recent trip to SxSW, we met up with Scottish synth-pop trio Prides on a porch in Austin, and recorded a live version of their track The Seeds You Sow Read more »| 01 May 2014