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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ReviewsDrenge – Autonomy EP
Drenge go back to basics and release their first EP following two standout albums, their eponymous debut and 2015's Undertow Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsYou Me At Six – VI
You Me At Six release their sixth studio album VI, a record that forces you to forget everything you ever thought about the Surrey band and see them in a brand new light Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsBlack Peaks – All That Divides
Despite giving themselves a mammoth task to try and outdo their stunning debut, Black Peaks jump the hurdle with spectacular ease across a supremely accomplished sophomore album Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Interviews
Unfinished Business: Swearin' on Fall Into the Sun
Back from the dead and stronger for it, Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride talk the unlikely resurrection of Philadelphia's premier purveyors of lo-fi, Swearin' Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Author & Punisher – Beastland
Industrial doom artist, Author & Punisher stays hard and heavy on his latest album, Beastland Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsPhosphorescent – C'est La Vie
Billed as Phosphorescent's most reflective album yet, C'est La Vie features some of his most intricate arrangements to date Read more »| 04 Oct 2018
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New Music
Errant Boy – We Like You (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Edinburgh three-piece Errant Boy for their latest single, We Like You Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
News
Thom Yorke shares new track from Suspiria
The Radiohead frontman releases the second track from his original soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino's upcoming remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic Read more »| 03 Oct 2018 -
Live Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 2-8 Oct
Jorja Smith, Virginia Wing, Avalanche Party, Deafheaven, S. Carey and Amber Arcades ensure October gets off to a strong start across Scotland's central belt Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Live Music
Muncie Girls @ The Garage Attic, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Muncie Girls' headline set concludes an evening of short, sharp bursts of lightning-fast pop-punk and songwriting that is catchy and all too relatable Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Swearin' – Fall into the Sun
Swearin' reunite after a short time away with their best album to date. But this time they approach their usual razor-sharp riffs and pop-punk melodies with a new sense of confidence and maturity Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
The Xcerts – Late One Night EP
Aberdeen’s pop-rock trio continue to dominate the limelight with a small selection of charmingly stripped-back, soft reinventions of some of Hold on to Your Heart's best bits Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Interviews
Iron Man: Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on his life in music
With Black Sabbath finally finished, legendary guitarist Tony Iommi is preparing to look back over a storied career as a heavy metal pioneer Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
Standing at a crossroads of rock with Death Valley Girls on Darkness Rains, it's not the beastly riot that it should be Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Cat Power – Wanderer
Chan Marshall's first album in six years as Cat Power is her desert mystic album, firmly marking her as the elder statesperson of shattered and cracked blues Read more »| 02 Oct 2018