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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InterviewsSax Prodigy: Colin Stetson on Completing a Trilogy
Having worked with everyone from Tom Waits to Bon Iver, virtuoso saxophonist Colin Stetson is forging a bold new path by himself. He talks to The Skinny about his latest album, unorthodox recording setups and the loneliest whale in the world Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
Live Music
Shield Patterns @ The Castle Hotel, Manchester, 17 April
You'd be forgiven for not realising that this is only Shield Patterns' second show: Claire Brentnall's porcelain songs arrive seemingly complete and finalise... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsKMFDM – Kunst
Let's get this out of the way – KMFDM have basically become a covers band. The only band they cover is KMFDM. On title track Kunst, they recycle lyrics... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
Reviewseagleowl – this silent year
The family of birds known as eagle owls (easily identifiable by their ear tufts) are notoriously elusive, spending most of their time roosting out of sight. ... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Jacques, a Robin – Statuettes
The seven pieces of brooding chamber-pop that comprise Davide Ariasso’s debut as Jacques, a Robin are all self-contained melancholy vignettes, drawing ... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
It Hugs Back – Recommended Record
It’s easy to see why Matthew Simms, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter behind London quartet It Hugs Back, was asked to join Wire last year. Despit... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013
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Live MusicDaughter @ Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, 22 April
With a predilection for knotty, staccato rhythms and minimal melodies, Daughter strive to avoid standard indie tropes – and recent debut If You Leave s... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
The Antikaroshi – In P.O.P. We Rust
The outsider art of pre-World War II German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn serves as The Antikaroshi's primary inspiration on this third LP, and – in a si... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson – Sal Mineo
The free-noise assaults of Oxbow and the discomforting balladry of Xiu Xiu merge, evolve and mutate beyond recognition in this collaborative work by the main... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Collar Up – Ghosts
Initially, Edinburgh trio Collar Up’s second album seems impeded by its unwavering melancholia, the overall impression one of over-earnestness and hand... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Jimpster – Porchlight and Rockingchairs
With over 20 years of production experience behind him, deep house supremo Jimpster's new album, his first for six years, is a polished affair. He attempts t... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Solar 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 -
Reviews
Darren 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 -
News
The 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