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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Live MusicGogol Bordello @ Manchester Academy, 14 December
Writing soberly about a Gogol Bordello live show – one taking place at Christmas of all times – feels a bit like getting a cat to use interpretiv... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
Kid Canaveral evaluate 2013's festive anthems
With their Christmas Baubles jamboree fast approaching, we ask Kid Canaveral to appraise the season’s crop of festive songs, separating the crackers from the crap... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
NewsEMA previews Satellites from new album The Future's Void
EMA, aka Erika M. Anderson, released her debut Past Life Martyred Saints (reviewed here) in 2011, following up the 2010 demo collection Little Sketches ... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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Sunn O))) and Ulver reveal 'Eternal Return'
Legendary doom-noise merchants Sunn O))) have unveiled a new track made in collaboration with Norwegian experimental metallers Ulver. Their full-length album... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
NewsThe Flaming Lips cover Sparklehorse for crowd-funded compilation
A tribute album to Mark Linkous, the creative force behind the much-missed Sparklehorse, is in the works, with a campaign on IndieGoGo currently running to r... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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The LaFontaines win the Big Apple Award 2013
Following in the footsteps of last year's winners Stanley Odd, Motherwell's The LaFontaines won this year's Big Apple Award, sponsored by Nordoff-Robbins. Th... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013
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Edinburgh venue The Picture House to close on 31 December
Scottish music blog The Pop Cop reported yesterday that Edinburgh's The Picture House is to close, with all remaining live music and club events which were d... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
Videos
In Videos: Detour's Winter Wee Jaunt
Detour Scotland embarked on the Glasgow leg of their Winter Wee Jaunt last week, arranging pop-up gigs throughout the city with some well-kent faces from the Scottish music scene Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
Live Music
Yo La Tengo @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 4 December
Oh, Yo La Tengo. So quiet, so fragile, so perfect. You make lines like “sometimes the bad guys come out on top” sound both world-weary and cheerf... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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RZA's tribute to Nelson Mandela
Wu-Tang Clan's RZA has shared a track in tribute to the late Nelson Mandela. A collaboration between RZA and singer Will Wells, the track is titled Gift of Hope Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
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Damon Albarn unveils a snippet from his 'solo' debut
Damon Albarn's first 'solo' album, away from his other myriad guises and collaborative projects, could be nearing completion – today he posted a c... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
NewsQ-Tip & Busta Rhymes release new heavyweight-loaded mixtape
Following on from their single Thank You, which featured guest spots from Kanye West and Lil' Wayne, Busta Rhymes and A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip have relea... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
Videos
Download a 'demos and loops' compilation from Flying Lotus
Brainfeeder label boss and universally-acclaimed producer Flying Lotus dropped a free download of unreleased and rare beats, edits and demos today via his Twitter Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
Just Be Simple: Aidan Moffat revisits Magnolia Electric Co.
Both a friend and collaborator of Jason Molina, Moffat meditates on the one song he calls "the heart and soul" of his rich catalogue Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
Simply To Live – That Was My Plan: Jason Molina Remembered
As Secretly Canadian ring in the tenth anniversary of The Magnolia Electric Co, the late Jason Molina's rugged work of plaintive blue-collar Americana under the Songs:Ohia moniker, Alasdair Roberts pays fond tribute to a voice that's still traveling Read more »| 11 Dec 2013