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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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 -
![Backxwash @ Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, 1-3 Sep [for use with review only]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/147/098/147098_widescreen.jpg "Backxwash @ Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, 1-3 Sep [for use with review only]")
Live MusicSupersonic Festival 2023: The Report
Marking 20 years of forward-thinking noise, Supersonic Festival returns in the same form as ever, as one of the UK’s most exciting, necessary festivals Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsMitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski's seventh record is a brutally honest chronicle of the struggle to find self-love Read more »| 11 Sep 2023
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ReviewsVagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called
Sorry I Haven't Called could easily have been wrapped up in misery, but instead it’s a pleasure to hear Vagabon stepping bravely into a happy place Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
Live MusicChristine and the Queens @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8 Sep
The latest incarnation of the chameleonic Christine and the Queens is heavy on melodrama, but the music more than matches the spectacle Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... ASTER YVS
We shine a spotlight on Glasgow outfit ASTER YVS, fka ASTER, and bring you a first listen to their new single Crimson Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsJames Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
The aptly-titled Playing Robots Into Heaven sees James Blake's sound design grip the firmament with hymnal vocals and glitchy configurations uniting android and angel Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsRomy – Mid Air
Mid Air is a must-listen for anyone looking for a sentimental electronic dance anthem or for a song to say the words we are sometimes afraid to say Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsSparklehorse – Bird Machine
Rarely had a posthumous release felt so emotionally fitting, so lovingly rendered; Bird Machine is a worthwhile coda to Mark Linkous’s legacy Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
Live MusicEthel Cain @ SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Aug
In an intimate gig, Ethel Cain proves she's a singular type of superstar, working a sombre catalogue to euphoric effect Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsCourtney Barnett – End of the Day
The Australian indie-rock sensation trades in her signature sardonic songwriting for contemplative and complex instrumental meditation on new album End of the Day, and the results are mixed Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsKohla – Romance
Scottish singer-songwriter and producer Kohla documents the sugar-rush of new love in her debut album, Romance Read more »| 05 Sep 2023