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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New MusicIndigo Velvet – Mona (Track Premiere)
Take a first listen to the new single from Leith 'tropical pop' quartet Indigo Velvet Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
New MusicRAZA – Pandahero / Green Wave (Video Premiere)
Watch a pair of live videos from Glasgow electro-prog duo RAZA, ahead of the release of their new EP Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicTinariwen @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Apr
Freewheeling hippies, awkward students and middle-aged culture vultures; all and sundry have descended on the Queen's Hall for what promises to be a night of... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Playlists
Leftfield on Leftism's greatest influences
As Leftfield's seminal debut turns 22 this year, we speak to its creators Neil Barnes and Paul Daley to find out which albums influenced and helped shape Lef... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
The Unthanks @ RNCM, Manchester, 19 Apr
So rarely do we remember the family members behind famous musicians. Even rarer is it that they are fantastic artists in their own right, as was the case wit... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Deafheaven @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 23 Apr
As trite as it is to say, St Luke’s couldn’t be a more suitable venue for the ceremonious, practically spiritual force that is Deafheaven. There&... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017
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Interviews
Aidan Moffat on the final L. Pierre album
Aidan Moffat bids farewell to L. Pierre with a carefully constructed final offering that picks apart our changing consumer habits and professes the death of vinyl Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Splashh @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 24 Apr
It’s almost summer, and nothing says summer like sun-drenched, effects-pedalled indie pop. At The Hug and Pint tonight we’re already gearing up w... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Videos
OLA – Stay Fresh Session
Manchester dream pop duo OLA play a trio of tracks at Granada Studios as part of our Stay Fresh series Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Thurston Moore – Rock n Roll Consciousness
Hard on the heels of his Watch the Sky collaboration with poet Radieux Radio comes Thurston Moore's latest Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Mark Mulcahy – The Possum in the Driveway
First, some context: Mark Mulcahy is formerly of recently reformed REM-contemporaries Miracle Legion and also Polaris, and responsible for four solo albums o... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
L. Pierre – 1948–
Aidan Moffat bows out of his L. Pierre project, but not before leaving an indelible, eerie commentary on our changing consumer patterns and how they could ki... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsColin Stetson – All This I Do for Glory
A few years ago a video did the rounds online – a single camera wandered through a house following a deep, thudding, percussive sound, one that was har... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Mark Lanegan – Gargoyle
At first you might think Lanegan’s tenth solo album, Gargoyle, picks up where 2014’s Phantom Radio left off. You can hear the dark influence... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Mountain Bike – Mean With You (Video Premiere)
Watch the fun-filled new video from Brussels garage rockers Mountain Bike Read more »| 25 Apr 2017