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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ReviewsTalib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Talib Kweli's new album features guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Busta Rhymes, with beats from a wealth of up and coming producers lik... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Festivals
Chorlton Arts Festival: On the Fringes
Among its art and performance programming, Chorlton Arts Festival offers a few tasty musical morsels. We 'ave a gander Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
NewsThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 3 May
RIP Jeff Hanneman; trailer emerges for new short scored by Flying Lotus; William Hazlitt essay prize launched; Cargo Publishing sign Mark Z. Danielewski; new music from MF Doom, Kim Deal; more additions for Melt, OYA and Electric Picnic Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
ReviewsSmall Black – Limits of Desire
Although Limits of Desire is Small Black's second album proper, it's also a follow-up to last year's fantastic Moon Killer mixtape, released online for ... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Live Music
Low @ The Classic Grand, 27 April
Ten minutes before tonight’s headline set is scheduled to start, a projected clock commences a countdown. With fifteen seconds left, Low take... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Live Music
Matthew E. White @ The Arches, 24 April
For whatever reason, it seems to take Matthew E White a couple of songs to find his feet tonight. Opener Will You Love Me waltzes past with negligi... Read more »| 02 May 2013
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Interviews
John Grant Interviewed: “I was angry when I wrote Pale Green Ghosts”
Lauded singer-songwriter John Grant discusses fear, loathing and his remarkable new album Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Live Music
Serafina Steer @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 April
Serafina Steer's third and latest album, the Jarvis Cocker-produced The Moths Are Real, confirmed the young harpist as an artist of vision and depth. Measure... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 May
Mike D and Ad-Rock plan Beastie Boys biography; Boards of Canada album details emerge; new tracks from Mount Kimbie, Neon Neon, Quickbeam and Discopolis; William McIlvanney reads from Laidlaw; plus the latest festival news from Download, Bestival and OFF Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Interviews
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead pan for gold
Nursing epic hangovers from the night before, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's Jason Reece and Jamie Miller debate whether they need pure punk rock or "a modern day Phil Collins" to take the pain away Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Reviews
Ghostface Killah & Adian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die
Leaving aside the elaborate concept behind Twelve Reasons To Die, and just examining the music, it's pretty much all in the win column. Adrian Younge, using ... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Live Music
Patterns @ The Roadhouse, Manchester, 13 April
Do you remember your fifth birthday? No, me neither, but I presume it was dire; someone will have thrown a tantrum and it was most probably a wholly regretta... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Reviews
Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light
A progression is evident on Ghostpoet's sophomore album – where Peanut Butter Blues... was more a scattergun of influences and styles, Some Say I ... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ReviewsThe National – Trouble Will Find Me
Album number six is a worthy addition to The National's pristine oeuvre Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ReviewsThe Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer
The Dillinger Escape Plan's fifth LP might not grip listeners with anything quite so visceral as throat-grabbing past staples like Fix Your Face or Panasonic... Read more »| 01 May 2013