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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ReviewsHome$lice – Howdy
Home$lice's debut album Howdy is sharp, sweet and full of character Read more »| 10 Apr 2018 -
ReviewsRival Consoles – Persona
Persona is experimental and diverse in its sonic scope, but each unique sound is in service of its greater whole, making for a record that is undeniably the vision of a singular artist Read more »| 10 Apr 2018 -
Festivals
Nils Frahm and Jenny Lewis added to Copenhagen’s HAVEN festival
The pair join Arcade Fire, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kamasi Washington, Ariel Pink and Big Thief at the innovative Danish festival Read more »| 10 Apr 2018 -
Festivals
Inside Platform's Outskirts Festival
Platform programmer Alun Woodward talks us through The Conversation and what makes Outskirts Festival unique Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
Live MusicLet's Eat Grandma @ Stereo, Glasgow, 4 Apr
Although their set tonight was short and featured mostly new tunes, Let's Eat Grandma deliver an exciting performance at Glasgow's Stereo, surely a sign of great things to come Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
Live MusicTrembling Bells @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 3 Apr
Trembling Bells bring gigantic guitar riffs and an abundance of life to Sneaky Pete's tonight following the release of latest album, Dungeness Read more »| 09 Apr 2018
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Reviews
Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People
Confidence Man bring the party with their debut album Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
Interviews
Confidence Man's Janet Planet tells us how to get the party started
Janet Planet of Australian party group Confidence Man tells us about playing up to the rumours, getting drunk in hot tubs and learning how to do hip rolls Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
Interviews
Glasgow five-piece Home$lice discuss debut album Howdy
We catch up with three members of Glasgow five-piece Home$lice at the 13th Note ahead of their debut album release this month Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
Live Music
Big Thief @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 2 Apr
Big Thief deliver an emotional night of music to a jam-packed, feverish crowd at La Belle Angele Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
News
Neu! Reekie! present Neu! Stoney with Kathryn Joseph
The pan-cultural provocateurs launch a new venture in Stonehaven, with Kathryn Joseph and Best Girl Athlete heading up their first show Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Music Videos
Aino Elina – Saippuaa (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Saippuaa by Edinburgh-based Finnish electro pop act Aino Elina Read more »| 05 Apr 2018 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 4-9 Apr
This week's gig guide features homegrown talent, a pair of charity fundraisers, and the return of Counterflows festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Reviews
EELS – The Deconstruction
More staggering works of heartbreaking genius from E and his team. It's all in a day's work, you know... Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Interviews
EELS frontman Mark 'E' Everett on their hopeful new record
Burnout and heartbreak forced Eels into hiatus and threatened the band’s future. Four years on, they’re back and buoyant, with inimitable frontman E reinvigorated Read more »| 04 Apr 2018