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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NewsScotland's Black Diamond Express set to tour Canada and play NxNE festival
Scotland's Black Diamond Express will soon be touring across Canada, culminating in an appearance at Toronto's NxNE (North By Northeast). The Skinny speaks exclusively to songwriter Toby Mottershead about the tour, and their forthcoming album Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Reviews
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
The more layers Little Dragon shed, the more interesting their sound arguably becomes, with fourth album Nabuma Rubberband containing some of their spar... Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Live MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – May 2014
Festivals make up the bulk of this month's highlights, with Sound City and Fury Fest in Liverpool, Sounds from the Other City in Salford and Manchester Psych Fest all offering a host of gigging delights Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
Reviews
Inventions – Inventions
Inventions is the first collaboration between Explosions in the Sky guitarist Mark Smith and ambient aficionado Matthew Cooper, more commonly known as Eluviu... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsBastard Mountain – Farewell, Bastard Mountain
Meadow Ghosts instantly paints a lush-yet-disturbing atmosphere which permeates throughout Bastard Mountain's debut; solemn strings decorate the aural landsc... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Murder Ballads: Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato unveils Killer Be Killed
Having formed with some secrecy in 2011, Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato finally lifts the lid on long-incubating super quartet Killer Be Killed and tells us which one is 'The Riffpisser' Read more »| 30 Apr 2014
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ReviewsTobacco – Ultima II Massage
A growling, distorted bass hums, a pitch-bent synth wobbles, clashing live drums shudder and lurch. "RIDE," commands a distorted, vocoder-destroyed voice, "R... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Reviews
Swans – To Be Kind
Swans have consistently offered the most brutal of listening endurance tests with the maniacal Michael Gira spitting blood and venom at the wheel. This lauda... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – May 2014
This coming May, a visit from duelling techno behemoths Fuck Buttons, psychedelic visionaries Flaming Lips, industrial juggernauts Nine Inch Nails, and a look at the boundary-pushing Tectonics Festival, featuring Thurston Moore, Bill Wells and many more Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Live Music
O2 Love Music Column – May 2014
Glasgow is bringing its mightiest of spring flings Stag & Dagger to the Bank Holiday on Sunday 4 May. Now in its sixth year, the concept is sim... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Drifting Up: Jon Hopkins interviewed
Master producer Jon Hopkins talks pot, instant snacks, and why David Lynch's coffee isn't all it's cracked up to be Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #14: with Mastodon, CHVRCHES, Mr Scruff and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also features new tracks from Odd Future mavericks Trash Talk; Sub Pop indie heroes Constantines; Tri-Angle grime producer SD Laika; post-metal pioneers ISIS; and Bristol dubstep don Joker Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
In Tribute: Robbie Cooper 1977-2014
A eulogy to the courageous musician, who sadly passed away on the 23rd of April Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Albert Hammond Jr. on Christopher Hitchens
As Albert Hammond Jr. prepares to headline Glasgow's Stag & Dagger festival, he tells us about his early experiences at Sunday school, the awe and wonder of the universe, and his admiration for atheist firebrand Christopher Hitchens Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Brain Box: John Schmersal goes pop with Vertical Scratchers
With Brainiac and Enon, John Schmersal embodied outside-the-box thinking. Kinks-inspired duo Vertical Scratchers squeeze back in Read more »| 29 Apr 2014