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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ReviewsSolar Bears – Supermigration
Combining starlit electro, ethereal dream-pop, and a fetish-like adoration for pioneering 1980s synth soundtracks, Solar Bears' stew of influences places the... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 22 April
Boards Of Canada drop surprise 12" on Record Store Day; The Scottish Album of the Year Award returns; meet Edinburgh International Festival's new director; American Psycho: The Musical; plus new music from Savages and Anton Newcombe remixes Tim Burgess Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsDarren Hayman and the Long Parliament – Four Queens EP
More than ten years since Hefner’s demise, Darren Hayman continues to produce the kind of wry, winsome indie which invariably featured heavily in John ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
NewsThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 19 April
Book Talk: Alan Moore and Jarvis Cocker; My Bloody Valentine for T in the Park; J. Dilla's Gary Numan cover unearthed; new music from Laurel Halo, James Holden, De La Soul, Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains and more; plus the latest film trailers Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 7 April Day two of Fence Records' annual showcase of the finest in modern folk and folktronica from Scotland (and beyond!) featu... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
FestivalsIn Pictures: Fence Records' GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April
GnomeGame, Anstruther, 6 April Having flitted around Scotland in various forms for the last few years, Fence Records' annual hoedown returned to the label's... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013
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Interviews
Rozi Plain: Roam From Home
Ahead of her appearance at Sounds From The Other City, Fence Records' newly wandering Rozi Plain avoids chatting about her music with friend and collaborator Sam Lewis of Being There Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Festivals
Festival Season 2013: Carry Me Home
Whether the party's in or outdoors, north or south of the border, The Skinny does not discriminate in this whistle-stop tour of the UK's varied festival circuit Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 17 April
Shane Meadows on his new Stone Roses biopic; new music from Camera Obscura, Poliça, Gold Panda, Optimo and Mark Lanegan; the latest festival news on ATP, Latitude, Bloodstock and more; plus Moog release free app for iPhone Read more »| 17 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Business Time: Liverpool Sound City
Following in the footsteps of South by Southwest and New York's CMJ Music Marathon, expo-style festivals like Liverpool's Sound City seem to be going from strength to strength. But what do they really offer bands? The Skinny investigates Read more »| 17 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Team Ghost / Sonic Hearts Foundation @ Broadcast, 10 April
Despite the entire evening being beset with technical problems – vocals drift in and out, disappearing behind squalls of guitar feedback, and the ... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
The Age of Poli-Pop: Neon Neon unveil Praxis Makes Perfect
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip reconvene as Neon Neon to talk Italian communists, political pop and 'extreme concerts' Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Sometime session saxophonist Colin Stetson has been blazing a strange and experimental path with his New History Warfare series, in which unique pl... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 15 April
Deftones' Chi Cheng remembered; new music from Daft Punk, The National, King Midas Sound and Black Pus; Grizzly Bear's ATP event re-scheduled; Wu-Tang Clan announce new album and tour, plus: General Zod is not amused Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Steve Mason @ King Tuts, Glasgow, 9 April
By his own estimation, Steve Mason is operating at about 80% strength tonight due to a lousy start-of-tour cold. But, he adds, “that’s still enou... Read more »| 15 Apr 2013