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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ReviewsAdmiral Fallow – First of the Birds
The Glasgow five-piece return with First of the Birds, a handsome, although occasionally uneven fifth LP Read more »| 27 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Starsky-Rae
Following the release of his latest album, Taste the Bruise, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow's Starsky-Rae Read more »| 23 Oct 2025 -
Live MusicPynch @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 21 Oct
London outfit Pynch bring their genre-bending indie-rock to The Hug & Pint Read more »| 23 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsJust Mustard – WE WERE JUST HERE
Still disorientating yet more alive than ever, WE WERE JUST HERE is a bold third album from Just Mustard that deftly pairs darkness with light Read more »| 21 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsSkullcrusher – And Your Song Is Like a Circle
Floaty folk fuses together with airy electronics on Skullcrusher’s ethereal second album, And Your Song Is Like a Circle Read more »| 17 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Liv Dawn
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, Hopeful Wandering, we catch up with Scottish singer-songwriter Liv Dawn Read more »| 16 Oct 2025
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NewsThe SAY Award: 2025 shortlist announced
The ten albums shortlisted for this year's Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed, plus KT Tunstall’s debut album Eye to the Telescope has been awarded this year's Modern Scottish Classic Award Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsRianne Downey – The Consequence of Love
On her debut album, Rianne Downey wears her heart on her sleeve across ten tracks that have an unmistakably Scottish flavour Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsStart for Eleven: Hen Hoose x Clare Grogan
Ahead of performances from Altered Images and Hen Hoose as part of Pop Mutations' Tiny Changes fundraiser this month, the Hen Hoose collective put Clare Grogan's memory and knowledge of Scottish music to the test Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsSudan Archives – THE BPM
The third album from Brittney Parks, aka Sudan Archives, is a dizzying, frenetic collision of sound and vision Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsSoulwax – All Systems Are Lying
While there's not much depth to the lyrics on the Dewaele brothers' latest album, when it sounds this good, who cares? Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsThey Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO
The Philadelphia shoegazers reign in their wonkier tendencies to slightly neutering effect on LOTTO Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
Live MusicKaty Perry @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 7 Oct
Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour makes for an enjoyable show that is both earnest and absurd, dazzling and hilariously over the top Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
Live MusicRose Gray @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 9 Oct
Rose Gray ignites the King Tut's crowd with a euphoric night of pure feel-good dance-pop energy Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... DM Arthur
Ahead of releasing his new single Top of the Hill, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter DM Arthur Read more »| 09 Oct 2025