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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InterviewsCinematic Orchestrator: Cliff Martinez recaps over two decades of film scoring
With Only God Forgives about to hit DVD, composer, former Chili Pepper and Captain Beefheart collaborator Cliff Martinez looks back on more than twenty years of soundtrack composition Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
OpinionThe Albums of 2013 (#9): Future of the Left – How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident (Prescriptions)
The end of a short tour is a mixed blessing; or, as Andrew Falkous puts it, “very sweet but kind of fruity”. It’s saying goodbye to weeks o... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
The Albums of 2013 (#10): Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels (Fool's Gold / Big Dada)
Swimming against the ego-obsessed current of mainstream hip-hop with scientific lyrical beatdowns and heavy electronic boom-bap beats, Killer Mike and El-P delivered this year's finest rap album as Run The Jewels Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Live Music
Daughn Gibson @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 24 November
“Tonight seems like a good night for us to just fuck around; that’s alright with you guys, right?” asks Daughn Gibson with the rhetorical a... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Live MusicScottish Gig Highlights – December 2013
December's live highlights include retro rockers Rocket From The Crypt, industrial disco trio Factory Floor, the return of Pop Will Eat Itself, and a Hogmanay extravaganza with Pet Shop Boys, Django Django and CHVRCHES Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – December 2013
This month's gigs are front-loaded to make way for our annual shindig to celebrate the birth of Santa, but there are still plenty of must-go shows, from Yo La Tengo to Factory Floor via Everything Everything Read more »| 03 Dec 2013
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News
Exclusive: Hear Rocket From The Crypt's new cover of Baker Street
Maverick San Diego rockers Rocket From The Crypt – that's John 'Speedo' Reis, Pete 'Petey X' Reichert, Andy 'ND' Stamets, Paul 'Apollo 9' O'B... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsAmerican Werewolf Academy – Out Of Place All The Time
Goddam these songs. Just when you think you’ve seen too many straight-up powerpop bands or heard enough Guided By Voices classics getting bent outta sh... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Live Music
Dean Blunt @ Blade Factory, Liverpool, 30 November
For all the talk of ex-Hype Williams man Dean Blunt's fickle stage manner – there's a palpable air of trepidation in tonight's cold, minimally lit Blad... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
After the Burial – Wolves Within
After the Burial's fourth LP may be crammed with sinister riffs and guttural growls, but like past efforts, the production is slick: every guitar slam and to... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
The Gentle Good – Y Bardd Anfarwol
Following a six-week artistic residency at the Theatre of Performing Arts in Chengdu in 2011, Welsh folk singer and guitarist Gareth Bonello returned to the ... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
News
How To Dress Well offer mix featuring Deafheaven, Grimes and Mariah Carey
Ethereal R&B producer Tom Krell, alias How To Dress Well, has produced a new 30-minute mix for US clothing brand Safe House USA. Featuring exclusive edit... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
bEEdEEgEE – Sum / One
Experimentation is risky by nature, and too often the results can be sloppy, disquieting drivel. On paper, the seemingly attention-deficit audio salad that c... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Paper Beat Scissors – Paper Beat Scissors
Released back in March 2012 in his adopted home of Canada, Burnley-born songwriter Tim Crabtree belatedly brings his debut album as Paper Beat Scissors to th... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Videos
'Bird Of Passage' from Sweet Gum Tree & Isobel Campbell
Watch the video for Sweet Gum Tree & Isobel Campbell’s Bird Of Passage. Taken from the forthcoming debut LP, The Snakes You Charm & The Wolves ... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013