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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ReviewsHailey Beavis – Whatever You Feel I Do Too
Hailey Beavis has built a reputation for melding dizzying loops, shimmering harmonies and tumbling drums, and her debut EP is no exception Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
OpinionScottish Albums of the 2010s: Industry Picks
We asked some of our music industry pals for their favourite Scottish album of the decade, and while nobody could agree on one album, there was a lot of love for the first half of the decade, with 2014 being a standout year Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsThe Innocence Mission – See You Tomorrow
For those who dig what The Innocence Mission do, their latest postcard from the edge will give you all you need Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
FestivalsLes Trans Musicales de Rennes 2019: The Report
As the legendary French festival enters its fifth decade, it's business as usual – a truly global, cutting-edge affair Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
OpinionThe Skinny Q&A: Honeyblood + The Twilight Sad
Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale and The Twilight Sad's James Graham on their favourite foods, what they're most scared of, which celebrities they could take in a fight and more Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of the 2010s
As the decade came to a dramatic end, we polled our music team one last time to find out what the best Scottish albums of the last ten years were Read more »| 14 Jan 2020
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NewsThe Art School venue goes into liquidation
No more Vic Bar! Sad news that The Art School’s union venue will be closing its doors Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsYorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa: Nine Emotions
James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Yusuf Khan's third collaboration, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, is steeped in conceptual daring Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
New MusicElisabeth Elektra – Crystalline (track premiere)
Listen to Crystalline, the dreamy new single from Elisabeth Elektra Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsHoly Fuck – Deleter
The Canadian quartet deliver a modern day electro masterclass with their fourth album Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsField Music – Making a New World
It ain't half pop, mum. Field Music look back in style – but even further back with the concept – on their seventh album of kinder, gentler music Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
NewsBurns&Beyond announce Tiny Changes benefit line-up
The fundraising concert for the charity set up in honour of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison features We Were Promised Jetpacks, Kathryn Joseph, Aidan Moffat and more Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
NewsRecord Store Day relaunches its unsigned competition for 2020
Ahead of returning for its 13th year this April, Record Store Day relaunch its unsigned bands competition, #RSDUnsigned Read more »| 09 Jan 2020 -
Music VideosHailey Beavis – Stranger Inside (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Stranger Inside, the brand new single from Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Hailey Beavis Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsGeorgia – Seeking Thrills
Georgia's new album is filled to the brim with dance touchstones, but with a polished pop sheen Read more »| 06 Jan 2020