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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ReviewsSaturday Looks Good to Me – One Kiss Ends It All
A four year gap between records is nothing in some circles, but in the world of Michigan's Saturday Looks Good to Me, it's almost an eternity. Driven by song... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Reviews
Primal Scream – More Light
Primal Scream are no strangers to robust political debate. This is a band that once planned to release a song entitled Bomb the Pentagon, and felt comfo... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
InterviewsPost-Everything: Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos talks life beyond 'post-dubstep'
Newly signed to Warp and ready to release their staggeringly diverse second album, Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos discusses their myriad influences and creative recording techniques Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Reviews
Talib 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
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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 MusicLow @ 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 -
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