Playlists
Here at the Skinny, we love splashing new life into our music library. Sharing album premieres, Spotify playlists from some of our favourite artists, and track by track guides to brand new albums - we’ve got stacked playlists to keep your headphones humming.
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MusicThe Skinny Mixtape: 20 Years of Scottish Music
Celebrate 20 years of The Skinny with a journey through the artists, albums and moments that have shaped Scotland’s last two decades Read more »| 09 Oct 2025 -
MusicSHEARS: Under the Influence
This month sees Edinburgh producer and pop artist SHEARS release her debut album, WE ARE BUT CHEMICALS – she talks us through some of the albums that have influenced her sound over the years Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
MusicFranz Ferdinand: The Human Fear track-by-track
With their excellent sixth album debuting in the UK charts at number three last week, Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy talks us through The Human Fear Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
MusicGreat Scots: 2024 in Scottish Music
Celebrating another year of wonderful Scottish music, here's our annual Great Scots playlist featuring a glut of music from an insanely talented bunch of musicians Read more »| 20 Dec 2024 -
Playlistskitti on Somethin' In the Water, track by track
Somethin' In the Water by Glasgow neo-jazz artist kitti is our album of the month – kitti talks us through the album, track by track Read more »| 15 Nov 2024 -
MusicRoddy Woomble: Sometime During the Night We Fell Off the Map, track-by-track
Roddy Woomble talks us through his eighth solo album, Sometime During the Night We Fell Off the Map Read more »| 11 Oct 2024
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MusicLUSA – The Colour of Space track-by-track
Following the release of his debut album as LUSA, Niteworks' Innes Strachan talks us through The Colour of Space track by track Read more »| 06 Sep 2024 -
PlaylistsListen to Hak Baker, Hometown & Gemma Kane's Lock In Playlist
Ahead of Sailor Jerry's Lock In Series arriving in Glasgow next week, listen to an exclusive playlist from Hak Baker and James from Hometown Soundsystem Read more »| 24 Apr 2024 -
MusicKinbote: Hemisphere track-by-track
Ahead of releasing his latest album Hemisphere, Kinbote's Matt Gibb talks us through the album track-by-track and video-by-video Read more »| 08 Apr 2024 -
PlaylistsGreat Scots: 2023 in Scottish Music
Celebrating another year of exceptional Scottish music, here's our annual Great Scots playlist, featuring everyone from Young Fathers and LVRA to Bemz and Theo Bleak Read more »| 22 Dec 2023 -
MusicGuest Selector: Fred Deakin
To help get us in the mood ahead of his immersive theatre show Club Life, Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin selects some of his favourite (mostly) 80s and 90s tunes Read more »| 22 May 2023 -
MusicPopgirlz on friendship-building and nurturing networks
We get to know the Popgirlz Scotland collective a little bit better, while they curate a special playlist for us featuring just a fraction of their talented members Read more »| 04 May 2023 -
MusicCloth – Secret Measure track-by-track
Ahead of releasing their second album – their first on Rock Action Records – Cloth's Rachael and Paul Swinton talk us through Secret Measure track-by-track Read more »| 03 May 2023 -
PlaylistsGreat Scots: 2022 in Scottish Music
To celebrate another amazing year of Scottish music, please enjoy this mammoth eight-hour Great Scots playlist, helping you through to 2023 Read more »| 21 Dec 2022 -
MusicOyakhire – Feet On the Ground, track-by-track
Following the release of his latest album at the end of July, Edinburgh rapper Oyakhire talks us through Feet On the Ground track-by-track Read more »| 09 Sep 2022