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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ReviewsNightmares on Wax – Shape the Future
As ever with Nightmares on Wax, George Evelyn melds past and present with enviable fluidity, finding a universality that’s inclusive rather than generic Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Live MusicScottish Music Highlights: 23-29 Jan
Album launches from LYLO and The Spook School, more Celtic Connections fun and a folky celebration of Robert Burns feature in this week's gig round-up Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
LYLO – Post Era
With their second album, Glasgow's LYLO seem set to usher in a new direction for the city's indie bands Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
New Music
Carla J Easton – Lights in the Dark (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Carla J Easton (TeenCanteen / Ette), taken from her new solo album Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Django Django – Marble Skies
On their third album, Django Django stick to their genre-blurring formula with mixed results Read more »| 22 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
The Spook School – Could It Be Different?
Glasgow quartet The Spook School return with an album of brilliantly catchy and inventive songs that leave you thinking Read more »| 22 Jan 2018
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New Music
Wozniak – Ghosting (Video Premiere)
Watch the new music video from Edinburgh-based shoegaze outfit Wozniak Read more »| 22 Jan 2018 -
ReviewsBelle & Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 2)
The second of Belle & Sebastian's trio of new EPs is a fitting midway point for the project Read more »| 19 Jan 2018 -
Live MusicBooHooHoo @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 12 Jan
Glasgow trio BooHooHoo impress on a packed King Tut's line-up as part of this year's New Year's Revolution series Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
News
Young Fathers unveil new album Cocoa Sugar
The Mercury Prize-winning Young Fathers reveal details of their upcoming album, Cocoa Sugar, and share the video for new single In My View Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
A Grave With No Name – Passover
A Grave With No Name's sixth album, Passover captures the spectre of death but its existential meditations can be obscured Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
First Aid Kit – Ruins
Ruins doesn't aim to re-write the indie-folk/country rule book. Rather, the Söderberg sisters are just fine-tuning their craft and growing into a comfortable groove Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us
Calixco's ninth studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us, is uneven but it's worth panning for the gold Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
Interviews
Dream Wife on art school, playing live & tackling sexism
Gearing up to release their debut album, Dream Wife tell us about transitioning from art school project to full-time band, collaborating with fellow creatives and how appearances can be deceiving Read more »| 17 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Shopping – The Official Body
Shopping's third album teaches us that, even when we’re dealing with the imploding world around us, it’s still OK to dance Read more »| 17 Jan 2018