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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ReviewsWIFE – What's Between
Perhaps the most accessible release so far from the unimpeachable Tri-Angle label, WIFE offers up his full-length debut, a gleaming, polished collection of g... Read more »| 15 May 2014 -
FestivalsIn Pictures: Sounds from the Other City 2014
Sounds from the Other City 2014 Divided by the river Irwell from Manchester, it can often be forgotten that Salford has a vibrant DIY scene of its own. Now ... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Live Music
Swans, Wolf Eyes, Matmos and more for Supersonic 2014
Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival occupies an exalted position at the vanguard of the festival circuit. And rightly so. Since its inception over ten yea... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Reviews
Martha – Courting Strong
"Now I may be a reject / But to tell the truth, you’re scarier than a prefect." With every dimwit commentator lauding the recent past as some hazy utop... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
ReviewsAlias – Pitch Black Prism
Heralding a switch from his MPC-based productions to the more synthetic sounds of the Native Instruments Machine, there is a certain linearity to the drum pr... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
ReviewsWatter – This World
We never really knew Slint. New documentary Breadcrumb Trail goes some way to giving greater context to their brief history, suggesting that drummer Britt Wa... Read more »| 14 May 2014
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Live Music
The Sonics @ The Arches, Glasgow, 9 May
Tonight is The Sonics’ first ever visit to Scotland, a mere 50 years after the release of debut single The Witch. Granted, they’ve spent most of ... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Videos
Music Video Premiere: Friends In America – The More I Have, The Less I Own
The official video for The More I Have, The Less I Own (The More I Learn, The Less I Know), the new single from Friends In America. The video is aptly compri... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
Reviews
Battery Face – what's what stuff
It's remarkable that the long player concept remains pretty much the same in 2014 as it was in 1964. While almost every other pillar of the music industry ha... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
FestivalsStag and Dagger 2014 @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 4 May
Recent BBC reality show The Street painted a picture of Sauchiehall Street as a booze and piss-soaked wasteland peopled by confrontational buskers, refo... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Festivals
Neu! Reekie! in New York City
Literary troublemakers Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson of Neu! Reekie! took a trip to New York City, with King Creosote, Withered Hand and friends in tow. Here's Pedersen's account of the whisky-soaked trip... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
News
Listen: United Fruit showcase new direction on How Long (Change You Into Something Better)
Glaswegian post-hardcore outfit United Fruit showcase a new, more melodic direction on new song How Long (Change You Into Something Better), taken from their forthcoming second album Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Liverpool Sound City 2014
Liverpool Sound City 2014 For three days over 1-3 May, Liverpool didn't get a wink of shuteye as the now mammoth Sound City festival brought an embarrassmen... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Interviews
Behind the Scenes: Tuff Love vs Josie Long
Glasgow three piece Tuff Love have been making waves and breaking hearts with their grunge influenced pop nuggets. The band recently journeyed to London to make their first official video starring comedian Josie Long. We sat in on the proceedings Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Videos
Ten Rapid: Latest videos from Savages, Courtney Love, Honeyblood and more
The soundtrack to your weekend from The Skinny, also featuring new tracks from Death In Vegas main man Richard Fearless, Garbage featuring Brody Dalle, grunge-era veterans The Afghan Whigs, spoken word sensation Kate Tempest and more Read more »| 09 May 2014