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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ReviewsBoy Harsher – Careful
Straddling the middle ground between melancholic cold wave and regimented synth workouts, the new release from Massachusetts duo Boy Harsher has fans nostalgic for a period in history they’re most likely too young to remember Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2019: first acts announced
Bossy Love, Kobi Onyame, Callum Easter and Leftfield (DJ set) are among the first acts announced to be heading to the ever-electric Kelburn Garden Party this July Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
FestivalsParklife 2019 line-up announced
Cardi B, Kaytranada, Solange and The Streets are among the names set to play Manchester festival Parklife this year Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsGirlpool – What Chaos Is Imaginary
What Chaos Is Imaginary offers a view into the minds of a pair of singular artists who both understand that a glimpse of truth is a whole lot more intriguing than a disingenuous attempt at the whole thing Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsGuided By Voices – Zeppelin Over China
Robert Pollard and the gang return with a mammoth 32-song release Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
New MusicMesadorm – The Joy It Joins Us Up (Premiere)
Listen to The Joy It Joins Us Up, the brand new single from Bristol-formed five-piece Mesadorm Read more »| 30 Jan 2019
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Live MusicHobo Johnson and the Lovemakers @ SWG3, Glasgow, 27 Jan
Viral sensation Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers roll into town for a raucous Sunday night at SWG3 and play a five-star show to a one-star crowd Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicDeath Cab for Cutie @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 26 Jan
Ben Gibbard is a ball of energy tonight as Death Cab for Cutie plumb the depths of their back catalogue, playing plenty of tracks from their latest album for good measure Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 29 Jan-4 Feb
Shows from Swearin', Bossy Love, Steve Mason and John Grant; plus Celtic Connections winds up for another year and Independent Venue Week fully kicks off across the country Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsNina Nesbitt – The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change
Not the collection of hits we were anticipating, with The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change Nina Nesbitt comes of age Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
NewsEdinburgh to host SAY Award for the first time
The SAY Award will be making its debut in the capital at The Assembly Rooms in September Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
Live MusicCAKE @ QMU, Glasgow, 23 Jan
Ending a seven-year silence, California's CAKE play a cathartic set at QMU as part of this year's Celtic Connections festival Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsGraham Costello’s STRATA – OBELISK
Filled with texture, OBELISK is an hour-long journey that demonstrates all of the most gripping aspects of a rising ensemble Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsAndrew Wasylyk – The Paralian
The Paralian is an antidote to everyday chaos, an album that’s somehow both meditative and majestic, quieting the mind as it leads it through multiple journeys of space, time and place Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsBring Me the Horizon – Amo
After ditching the metalcore almost completely on 2015’s critically acclaimed That’s the Spirit, Sheffield’s genre-smashing trailblazers take it a step further on their most ambitious project to date Read more »| 29 Jan 2019