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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ReviewsAndrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman – Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On
Andrew Wasylyk’s cinematic aura and Tommy Perman’s experimental intuition fuse magically on their debut collaborative album Read more »| 27 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsJon Hopkins – RITUAL
While RITUAL possesses Jon Hopkins' trademark blend of dark vs light, it feels slight compared to his prior work Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsNick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
The new album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds mixes explosive, colourful arrangements into the grayscale flavours of recent albums Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
Live MusicThe Postal Service / Death Cab for Cutie @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 23 Aug
Rolling back the years on a night of early-noughties nostalgia, Ben Gibbard spearheads two special sets – playing 2003 classic albums Transatlanticism and Get Up in full Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
Live MusicBat for Lashes @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
For the first time in almost five years, Natasha Khan returns to Edinburgh as Bat for Lashes as part of Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
Live MusicLisa O'Neill @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Despite some technical issues, Lisa O'Neill's Edinburgh International Festival show is packed with powerful moments Read more »| 23 Aug 2024
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Live MusicTirzah @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
Stripped back and experimental, Tirzah's vulnerability carries tonight's Edinburgh International Festival audience through an abstract show Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
Live MusicLoyle Carner @ SWG3 Galvanizers Yard, Glasgow, 15 Aug
Loyle Carner establishes a love-in at SWG3's Galvanizers Yard as the sun sets for a performance that feels organic, textural and alive Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Xaia Chimera
Glasgow DJ and producer Xaia Chimera fights through the fire and the flames on her fervent third album Infernal Rapture Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsSPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING
Philadelphia’s SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE commit to their eccentricities for better and for worse Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsMelt-Banana – 3+5
Melt-Banana open up their most transcendental mosh pit yet on the feverish 3+5 Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsSOFI TUKKER – BREAD
Despite pulling together a strange swirl of sounds, SOFI TUKKER have created a sun-soaked party landscape on BREAD Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsCassyette – This World Fucking Sucks
After her 2021 breakout hit Dear Goth hailed her as “the future face of alternative”, Cassyette aims to alienate feelings of isolation in her debut album Read more »| 19 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsFontaines D.C. – Romance
Nostalgia is more than well-earned on Romance, guided by gridiron songwriting that offers no reprieve of excitement across 11 breathless songs Read more »| 19 Aug 2024 -
OpinionHamish Hawk's track-by-track guide to A Firmer Hand
Hamish Hawk fills in some of the blanks around his excellent third album A Firmer Hand, talking us through the record track-by-track Read more »| 19 Aug 2024