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 MusicSylvan Esso @ SWG3, Glasgow, 12 Nov
Sylvan Esso bring an unstoppable wave of synth-pop fun to a cold and gloomy Sunday night in Glasgow Read more »| 15 Nov 2017 -
ReviewsMorrissey – Low in High School
The Smiths' frontman returns with an 11th solo album that's by turns overwrought and underdeveloped Read more »| 15 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head
Memory of a Cut Off Head is a typically strange experience from OCS and one which might not translate to newer fans of the band looking for their trademark psyche-punk sound Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 14-20 Nov
This week sees big-name hip-hop and R'n'B from Thundercat, Bryson Tiller and Run The Jewels, plus gigs from Marika Hackman, Spinning Coin and Aldous Harding Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
ReviewsBaths – Romaplasm
Los Angeles nerdsmith Will Wiesenfeld finally emerges from a four-year silence (for this moniker, at least) with a new Baths record, and it’s as s... Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Wolf Alice @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 9 Nov
The London indie rockers step up to theatres with aplomb Read more »| 13 Nov 2017
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ReviewsTeleman – Fünf
Teleman plumb the depths of electronica with Fünf in an experiment that has more than paid off Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Torres @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 7 Nov
Torres, aka Mackenzie Scott, adds physicality and ambition to tracks from across her three albums, with impressive results Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Shabazz Palaces @ The Art School, Glasgow, 8 Nov
All the weird, wonderful and downright bat-shit craziness that make up Shabazz Palaces’ music comes to life at the Art School; it truly is something to behold Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Sir Paul McCartney, Connan Mockasin, Owen Pallett and Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel feature on the new album from Charlotte Gainsbourg. Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Roots Manuva @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 3 Nov
Roots Manuva is an extraordinary lyricist with rare gravity; to see him try to perform through what appears to be a serious personal crisis is a deeply affecting sight Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
News
LCD Soundsystem to play huge Glasgow show in May 2018
James Murphy and co will play the Galvanisers Yard outdoor space at SWG3 to kick off 2018's festival season Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
The War on Drugs @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 9 Nov
The drawling vocals and guitar work of Adam Granduciel and The War on Drugs make for an immersive Barrowlands gig Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Interviews
Jonnie Common on his Drawn to Light project
Jonnie Common's been so busy lately he wrote a song about it – we catch up with him at Glasgow's Hug & Pint to talk about his recent appearance on the Beeb and making music out of museums Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
Live MusicLomelda @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 6 Nov
Lomelda brings her songs about relationships, distance and the passage of time to Glasgow Read more »| 09 Nov 2017