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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InterviewsWeyes Blood on Titanic Rising and the climate crisis
Five months on from the release of her fourth album as Weyes Blood, we speak to Natalie Mering about Titanic Rising and the ongoing climate crisis Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
PlaylistsEl Rancho Records on EH-FM, 14 Oct: Listen Again
El Rancho Records label boss Ian Jnr Crawford takes over our show on EH-FM, taking us through the history of the label Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
Live MusicJesca Hoop @ Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, 12 Oct
Jesca Hoop tells tales and lends her impressive voice to songs old and new for an appreciative Edinburgh crowd Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsAnna Meredith on creating her own worlds on FIBS
Following on from her 2016 SAY Award-winning album Varmints, we speak to Anna Meredith about telling lies and creating her own worlds on its follow-up, FIBS Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
Live MusicPip Blom @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 9 Oct
Pip Blom brings colour and noise to The Caves with a set designed to be danced to Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsFloating Points – Crush
Crush is some of the most tightly-constructed and dense work Floating Points has ever released Read more »| 14 Oct 2019
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ReviewsVagabon – Vagabon
Stripped back and rich, Vagabon's genre-spanning second album is an incandescent and undefinable triumph Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsDeclan Welsh and the Decadent West – Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold
Declan Welsh's debut digs into city life in a way reminiscent of Mike Skinner or Alex Turner Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsAnna Meredith – FIBS
Anna Meredith's new record is a maximal and intricate album that blurs boundaries between the organic and electronic Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
FilmNeu! Reekie! to premiere Mark Cousins' new film
Neu! Reekie! are heading to Leith Theatre this month with a night that sees the premiere of Mark Cousins' latest film and the launch of Neu! Reekie!'s new poetry anthology Read more »| 11 Oct 2019 -
Live MusicMeursault @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 4 Oct
Meursault’s performance at La Belle Angele sees impassioned bursts of exasperation, humbling humour and a general air of pure enjoyment Read more »| 11 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsNever chasing your attention: The Yummy Fur interview
The Yummy Fur have quietly become one of Glasgow's most beloved bands despite releasing no music this century. Now, as a long-awaited compilation album means their best songs finally enter the streaming age, frontman John McKeown explains their endurance Read more »| 11 Oct 2019 -
Live MusicStars @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 26 Sep
A triumphant run through the seminal Set Yourself on Fire reveals the Canadian stalwarts' ongoing importance Read more »| 10 Oct 2019 -
Music VideosMALKA – Taking It Back (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Taking It Back, the lead single from MALKA's upcoming new album I'm Not Your Soldier Read more »| 10 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsSHHE – SHHE
The sparse arrangements on Su Shaw's debut album as SHHE evoke intimate moods and lingering questions Read more »| 10 Oct 2019