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 MusicThe Fall @ QMU, Glasgow, 4 Nov
Tonight's performance shows that it’s time for fans of The Fall to collectively acknowledge that the band is a shadow of its former self Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Aldous Harding @ The Art School, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Aldous Harding's otherworldly voice is the star of the show as the New Zealander returns to Glasgow Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live MusicProtomartyr @ CCA, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Earnest, heart-wrenching and completely lacking pretension, Protomartyr offer an inimitable challenge to a world that deserves it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
John Maus – Screen Memories
Screen Memories is a triumph of low-key retro-futurism, an album that is proudly out of step with the current state of pop music and all the better for it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Pissed Jeans @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 12 Nov
Pissed Jeans teach a lesson in the power of fun, with impressive and bizarre support from Lone Taxidermist Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
New MusicEyes of Others – 30+ Losers (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for 30+ Losers by Eyes of Others Read more »| 21 Nov 2017
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ReviewsKarine Polwart – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Karine Polwart's companion to her Wind Resistance piece is a brilliant record that deserves to be heard from start to end Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 21-27 Nov
Django Django head up a packed evening in Edinburgh, while Algiers, And So I Watch You From Afar and The Burning Hell head to Glasgow Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
Björk – Utopia
Utopia is a hopeful and wondrous ninth record from the legendary Icelandic artist Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
BDY_PRTS – Fly Invisible Hero
Those that have experienced a live show by Glasgow's BDY_PRTS will know that the performance is as integral to the band as the music. Their carefully crafted... Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
News
Aidan Moffat releases Where You're Meant To Be outtakes LP
Titled Songs That Weren’t to Be, Moffat’s latest album features demos and outtakes from the songs he recorded for witty Scottish folk music doc Where You’re Meant To Be Read more »| 17 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Thundercat @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 14 Nov
Stephen Bruner's Thundercat takes us down a rabbit hole tonight full of polychromatic sequins, hypnotic instrumentals and meows Read more »| 16 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Cigarettes After Sex @ QMU, Glasgow, 14 Nov
Cigarettes After Sex play a brief and gentle show in near-total darkness at Glasgow's QMU Read more »| 16 Nov 2017 -
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My Vitriol @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 8 Nov
My Vitriol put in a lacklustre and uninspiring showing on their return to Edinburgh Read more »| 16 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Blondie @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 11 Nov
The New York stalwarts bring an irresistible run through the hits – as well as latest LP Pollinator – to a packed house in Manchester Read more »| 15 Nov 2017