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 MusicPJ Harvey @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 26 Sep
PJ Harvey’s perpetual strive for unpredictability shows its face once more as she welcomes the eager crowd of Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom into the ambitious, archaic world of her new album – I Inside the Old Year Dying Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2023
Scottish gig super-fans have their hands full this October, with plenty festivals, all-dayers and record launches Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsSufjan Stevens – Javelin
On Javelin, Sufjan Stevens sees himself as a blight on a beautiful world. When loved, his pain is suspended and he transcends, but such mercy is resigned to his past Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
Reviewscorto.alto – Bad With Names
Forward-thinking and exciting, Bad With Names marks a new high point for jazz in Scotland Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicThe National @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 24 Sep
The National weaponise a near quarter-century of experience; a juxtaposition of the solemn and the sublime that enraptures Glasgow’s OVO Hydro Read more »| 26 Sep 2023 -
Live MusicNabihah Iqbal @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 21 Sep
If you’re searching for a striking, multilayered and beat-driven performance with equally ruminating sounds, Nabihah Iqbal's Dreamer is the show for you Read more »| 26 Sep 2023
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ReviewsMatana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden...
Matana Roberts' Coin Coin saga returns for a fifth chapter, and continues to evolve in captivating fashion Read more »| 25 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Thundermoon
Ahead of the release of their debut EP, we shine a spotlight on uplifting Edinburgh synth trio Thundermoon Read more »| 21 Sep 2023 -
NewsSummerhall appoint Arusa Qureshi as Music Programme Manager
Edinburgh writer, journalist, DJ and music programmer Arusa Qureshi is set to take over from Jamie Sutherland as the new Music Programme Manager at Summerhall Read more »| 21 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsA brief history of EHFM's first 5 years
As EHFM celebrates its first five years, we pull together DJs, producers and some of the station's founders to talk community spirit, building a platform, and hopes for the next five... Read more »| 21 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsSonica Surge: Sonia Killmann and KMRU on their work
As Cryptic's 30th anniversary fast approaches, the Glasgow audiovisual art institution brings Sonica Surge to Tramway for a weekend of experimentation at the end of September. We speak to a couple of the artists involved Read more »| 19 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsLoraine James – Gentle Confrontation
Gentle Confrontation sees Loraine James take a scalpel blade to her discography, only to reassemble the pieces into a record that plays like a victory lap Read more »| 19 Sep 2023 -
Live MusicShania Twain @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Sep
Rhinestones, horse-shaped motorcycles, audience participation, iconic outfits – Shania Twain's Queen of Me Tour has it all and more Read more »| 18 Sep 2023 -
NewsThe SAY Award: 2023 Longlist announced
With the 2023 SAY Award longlist announced, we take a look at the eight newcomers and 12 returning artists, and celebrate what they've done for the Scottish music scene so far Read more »| 14 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... sarya
Following the release of their latest single only girl, we shine a spotlight on occasional local poet and singer-songwriter sarya Read more »| 14 Sep 2023