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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InterviewsAlexandra Levy on her debut album as Ada Lea
Ahead of her debut LP as Ada Lea, we chat to Alexandra Levy about Virginia Woolf, the colourful visualisation of music and breaking down the barrier between the public and the private Read more »| 16 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsZamilska – Uncovered
Zamilska's new album is unsettling and far from pleasant, but Uncovered clings to you like little else released this year Read more »| 16 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsAda Lea – what we say in private
On what we say in private, Ada Lea marries sun and moon, dark and light, in her offering of a delicately unique narrative of the darkness of the human experience Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsTycho – Weather
Tycho's fifth album incorporates vocals from Saint Sinner in a new evolution of Scott Hansen's electronic project Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsMungo's Hi Fi & Eva Lazarus on More Fyah and KID_X
Ahead of releasing More Fyah, the accompanying soundtrack to futuristic stage show KID_X, we speak to Glasgow's Mungo's Hi Fi and Bristol-based MC Eva Lazarus Read more »| 15 Jul 2019 -
New MusicHelp Musicians Scotland: Do It Differently fund with Stina Tweeddale
Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale talks about the practical skills you need when you're starting out as a musician as we introduce Help Musicians' Do It Differently fund Read more »| 15 Jul 2019
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FestivalsRoskilde Festival 2019: The Report
Strap in for our rundown of the extensive, exciting and endlessly impressive Roskilde festival in Denmark Read more »| 12 Jul 2019 -
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InterviewsBattles' Ian Williams on their evolution and future
Ahead of their appearance at Doune the Rabbit Hole, and with the recent departure of Dave Konopka, we speak to Ian Williams about the evolution and future of Battles Read more »| 12 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsBleached – Don't You Think You've Had Enough?
As they embrace sobriety on their third record, the scatty nature of Bleached's first two records has sadly been replaced by a dull glossy pop-rock sound Read more »| 12 Jul 2019 -
FestivalsJanelle Monáe @ Roskilde Festival, Denmark, 6 Jul
Janelle Monáe brings the juice to Denmark's Roskilde festival, stealing the hearts of everyone in the process. It's unlikely there will be a better show this year Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsBleached on third album Don't You Think You've Had Enough?
Three years after reckoning with their self-destructive tendencies, Bleached emerge from a storm of their own making with a sunny, sharp third album Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
NewsAnna Meredith announces second album FIBS
Scottish composer and producer Anna Meredith has revealed her followup to the SAY Award-winning Varmints Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
ReviewsTiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight
Julien Baker, Biffy Clyro, Daughter, Ben Gibbard and many more friends of Frightened Rabbit all contribute to a vibrant, heartfelt and inventive celebration of The Midnight Organ Fight Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever on Melbourne, touring and Australian politics
Following the release of Hope Downs last year, we speak to Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Joe White about the Melbourne band's success, privilege and his perception of home Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
Live MusicBelle & Sebastian @ The Leadmill, Sheffield, 2 Jul
For their first show this year, the Glaswegian pioneers of indie pop bring a set full of surprises to Sheffield and hint at a reunion with Isobel Campbell Read more »| 09 Jul 2019