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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ReviewsKinbrae – Landforms
Conjuring up images of the River Tay and the surrounding landscape, Landforms is a cinematic soundscape from Kinbrae Read more »| 18 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsKing Creosote revisits KC Rules OK
Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote, discusses the making of his seminal KC Rules OK album Read more »| 18 Apr 2019 -
Live MusicPUP @ Cathouse, Glasgow, 12 Apr
A packed Cathouse learn that Morbid Stuff makes for fun times with Canadian punks PUP Read more »| 18 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsStealing Sheep – Big Wows
Big Wows, the third album from Liverpool's Stealing Sheep, is shot through with glittery bounce and buzzing synth lines Read more »| 18 Apr 2019 -
NewsFlying Lotus shares wild new music video featuring David Lynch
Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, Little Dragon, Thundercat, Toro y Moi and Solange are some of the other contributors of FlyLo's new album, Flamagra Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsMesadorm – Epicadus
Bristol band Mesadorm's second LP is an acoustic take on their debut Heterogaster, and one to check out if you want to experience it from a new perspective Read more »| 17 Apr 2019
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ReviewsCage the Elephant – Social Cues
Cage the Elephant’s Social Cues shows that the band can still reach for new sounds while continuing to thump out radio-friendly hits Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
Live MusicFontaines D.C. @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 14 Apr
Fontaines D.C. leave a thoroughly sold-out King Tut's audience singing their praises in the streets Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsPAWS – Your Church On My Bonfire
Phillip Taylor proves his mettle as a great songwriter on PAWS' new album Your Church On My Bonfire, but it's somewhat distracting how similar it feels to a Frightened Rabbit record Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsFaith Eliott – Impossible Bodies
Faith Eliott's debut album Impossible Bodies is a modern kind of bestiary, one whose often splendidly poetic images can also paint intimate portraits of human experience Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsFontaines D.C. – Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.'s debut album Dogrel feels overwhelming and tender, caustic and soothing, an articulate blast of working class rage Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
Live MusicGZA @ SWG3, Glasgow, 11 Apr
GZA performs Liquid Swords, but as one of the more introspective members of Wu-Tang Clan, his apparent indifference to performing gives the whole show a disappointingly flat atmosphere Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsDrugdealer – Raw Honey
Drugdealer's Raw Honey is a collection of authentic songs about self-discovery and understanding, is a force to be reckoned with and a real triumph Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
PlaylistsThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Five (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fifth show on EH-FM, with top music from the likes of Faith Eliott, Aldous Harding, Steve Lacy, Pigs x7, an Easter weekend clubbing special and Song, by Toad news Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsPip Blom on festivals, family and her debut album
We talk to Dutch rising star Pip Blom about the importance of festivals to her namesake band, and her imminent debut album Boat Read more »| 15 Apr 2019