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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InterviewsHowling at the Moon: Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring navigates breakups and bruising tour schedules on Singles
The Baltimore trio return with an improbable synthpop masterpiece to revive a spiritless generation Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Live Music
Claudio Simonetti's Goblin / Golden Teacher @ Òran Mór, 27 February
Glasgow's Golden Teacher haven't been given enough time to showcase their wares in this support slot. Each slab of their Afro-futurist house, filtered t... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
ReviewsJimi Goodwin – Odludek
Despite spending the best part of his career fronting a band named Doves, Jimi Goodwin isn’t a fan of inhabiting pigeonholes. He’s been talking u... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Live Music
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Òran Mór, 25 February
A Silver Mount Zion travel from Canada to channel musical splendour and poetic insight, only to be let down by a gammy volume knob Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
ReviewsFree Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Shape of Doomjazz to Come
Those who investigate the bleak and heavy terrain of Edinburgh jazz/metal fusionists Free Nelson Mandoomjazz will find a lot to enjoy. The guitarist's powerf... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – March 2014
After the ordeal of January and February, were you planning on putting away dollar for that summer trip you planned? With Dean Blunt landing in Manchester and François & the Atlas Mountains dropping into Liverpool for a visit, you might wanna think twice Read more »| 04 Mar 2014
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Live MusicClaudio Simonetti's Goblin, Gorilla, Manchester, 26 February
“And on keyboards… Claudio Simonetti!” Not many musicians would finish their band introductions by then introducing themselves, but then, ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Festivals
Notes from the Field: Festival Season in Europe and the USA
Warpaint, Daniel Avery and St. Vincent look forward to spending the summer in a field; we preview the best international events, and speak to the top booker at Primavera Sound about legacy bands, rising stars, and the future of the festival in Europe Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream may eventually turn out to be the point where The War on Drugs escape references to former member and slacker poster-boy Kurt Vile. While h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Turn Up The Mermaid Tail: Introducing BDY_PRTS
Jenny Reeve and Jill O'Sullivan are no strangers to the stage or studio in Glasgow, but it took a Perthshire snow storm to bring them together as BDY_PRTS Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
Appletop – Brave Mountains
Hailing from the town of Hyères in the sunny Côte d’Azur, Appletop are French on their passports but emphatically American in their musica... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Playlists
Cloud Sounds #7: with Fat Goth, Kate Tempest, Factory Floor, Cloud Nothings and more
The latest installment of our Music team's regular playlist also features OFF!, J. Spaceman of Spiritualized, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, Matthew Dear as Audion, and much more Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Live Music
Eagulls @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 27 Feb
It's over too quickly. That's the general consensus in the Shipping Forecast tonight, as a raucous set slaloms to a sudden end. But that's Eagulls for you. T... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Reviews
Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
There are times, as on the Motown-fuelled Holy City, a breathless, ribald devotional (“Yeah, I’m ready to get up on your wailing wall!”), w... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014