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NewsFoo Fighters to headline Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019| 21 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
InterviewsEmbracing Outrage: Sunflower Bean on stepping into adulthood| 19 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
OpinionVote for The Skinny's Scottish Album of 2018| 14 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
New MusicHelp Musicians Scotland introduce Music Minds Matter| 06 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
NewsSpice Girls heading to Edinburgh on a reunion tour| 05 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
InterviewsSupersonic Youth: Hairband on their debut EP and Green Door Studios| 01 Nov 2018Read more ❯
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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Live MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-26 Nov
Another busy week of music wraps its arms around the central belt, with Lauryn Hill, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Christine and the Queens, Shame and Sunflower Bean all paying us a visit Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsCalexico – The Black Light (20th Anniversary Edition)
Calexico's first big statement, The Black Light, celebrates its 20th anniversary and continues to inspire devotion. It's just a pity Breaking Bad wasn't around in 1998 Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicFlorence + the Machine @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Masters of mass connection, Florence + the Machine fill the SSE Hydro tonight with tracks old and new Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
New MusicSavage Mansion – Elwood (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Elwood, the first single to be taken from Savage Mansion's debut album Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsBauhaus – The Bela Session
The Bela Session is a little piece of gothic rock history that should sit proudly in the record collection of any fan of The Cure, Joy Divison, Siouxsie and the Banshees et al Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsBeerjacket – Silver Cords
From time to time, shifts in tone can be a little disorientating but Silver Cords is an impressive endeavour from Beerjacket, a songwriter who thinks deeper than most about his art Read more »| 20 Nov 2018
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Live MusicSlayer @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Nov
Slayer leave us with their biggest Scottish show to date, and a performance that no one will forget anytime soon Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
InterviewsEddie Argos on Art Brut’s return to rock'n'roll
We catch up with cult hero Eddie Argos at home in Germany as he plans and schemes a way forward for the maximum rock‘n’roll of much-cherished pop-punk band Art Brut Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Opinion
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill retrospective
With 2018 marking the 20th anniversary of Lauryn Hill's iconic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, we look back at the album's development and its ongoing influence Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicKurt Vile and the Violators @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 Nov
Once you give yourself over to Kurt Vile's idiosyncrasies and trust he'll eventually get you to the destination, it's a hell of a journey Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
New MusicLUNIR – Wadidi (Track Premiere)
Listen to new single Wadidi from Cologne-based, Edinburgh duo LUNIR Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsCrooked Teeth – Honey EP
Despite their good intentions to be both colourful and out of the ordinary, Crooked Teeth's latest effort fails to tap into the trio's clear potential Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicThe Proclaimers @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 9 Nov
The Reid brothers play the first of two sold out shows at the Edinburgh Playhouse and it's a night that no one will forget any time soon Read more »| 14 Nov 2018 -
NewsLP Records in Glasgow are launching a radio station
LP Records hope to start an online radio station and podcasts centred around discovering and sharing new music, broadcasting worldwide from their store in Glasgow Read more »| 14 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsErrant Boy – Memory Fractures
Errant Boy's latest album is complex with a lot to take in, but it's well worth ruminating on Read more »| 14 Nov 2018