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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NewsFour Tet makes a beat out of Michael Jackson's Thriller in 10 minutes
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, is the latest participant in the YouTube series Beat This, which sees producers attempt to make a beat in just ten minutes, with a camera trained on their every move Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
NewsDOOM plans Operation Doomsday reissue
Metal-masked rapper DOOM has unleashed a tidal wave of awesome merchandise on the unsuspecting hip-hop world, and reissued the classic Operation Doomsday on cassette Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
NewsThurston Moore's Twilight preview new album, announce split
Black metal supergroup Twilight, featuring Thurston Moore, detail their new album, unveil a new track, and announce that they are splitting up Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
News
Red Bull Music Academy opens for applications
This year's Red Bull Music Academy will take place in Tokyo, and today opened for applications from aspiring musicians. The Academy will run from 12 October ... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Cymbals – The Age of Fracture
This London art-pop quartet follow their 2011 debut Unlearn by polishing the synth-heavy post-punk of that record into something glossier, but similarly mela... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Àsgeir – In The Silence
For a wee windswept rock, Iceland has a mighty musical heart. Its latest export, Ásgeir Trausti, looking like a cross between Daniel Brühl and th... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014
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Videos
Killer Mike turns evangelist in 'Ghetto Gospel'
Atlanta rapper Killer Mike has dropped a belated video for one of the highlights from his 2012 album R.A.P. Music, Ghetto Gospel. Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Get Loved Up To Survive: Thee Silver Mt. Zion's Efrim Menuck Interviewed
The Western world’s recognised narrative lies in peril; for Thee Silver Mt Zion’s Efrim Menuck, only embracing “hokey” values can save it Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
Videos
Real Estate announce third album, share video for 'Talking Backwards'
New Jersey's Real Estate are releasing a new album in March, a follow-up to 2011's Days. The new album will be titled Atlas, and on the evidence of new single Talking Backwards, it seems the five-piece are on world-beating form Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
Videos
RJD2's new video for 'Descended From Myth'
Experimental hip-hop producer RJD2's 2013 album More Is Than Isn't was a return to form. New single Descended From Myth comes on like a B-Boy Lalo Schifrin Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Sun Glitters – Scattered Into Light
Sun Glitters is the alias of Luxembourg's Victor Ferreira, who has carved out a niche for himself in the post-dubstep and chillwave micro-genres with light-f... Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
Reviews
Karl Smith – Kites
Since winding up Sodastream in 2006, Karl Smith has formed Lee Memorial with members of Sleater-Kinney, the Nation Blue and Paradise Motel, but Kites marks h... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Is this the end for Efterklang?
Three-piece Danish experimentalists Efterklang have hinted at a possibly imminent break-up - in a post on their website, the trio have announced their 'last concert' - described as "one show to end them all" Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
InterviewsIn the Studio: Honeyblood
Stina Tweeddale and Shona McVicar caused a stir in 2013 with their determined brand of noise pop. The Skinny met the Glasgow girls to talk about studio freak-outs and how domestic life in Connecticut helped shape their debut Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Videos
Night Music: Baths – Miasma Sky
A special treat for fans of Anticon Records and LA producer Baths - here he is performing the track Miasma Sky, from his stunning 2013 album Obsidian, filmed exclusively for The Skinny at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh Read more »| 14 Jan 2014