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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NewsThe Art School and Vic Bar to reopen
Glasgow School of Art’s union and The Vic Bar will reopen this month following the devastating fire at the Mackintosh building back in June Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
InterviewsMake-That-A-Take Records & DIY Music in Dundee
Make-That-A-Take Records co-founder Derrick Johnston takes time out of his busy schedule to tell us about the philosophy and philanthropy behind the prolific Dundee label Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsKT Tunstall – WAX
Despite having a successful career which spans almost two decades, WAX, the sixth studio album from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall comes as something of a reinvention Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsEstrons – You Say I'm Too Much, I Say You're Not Enough
While each track on Estrons' debut album stands well on its own, the songs sadly blend into one another and weigh us down over the running time Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
New Music
Little Love and the Friendly Vibes – Italian Leather Jacket (Premiere)
Watch the new music video for Edinburgh four-piece Little Love and the Friendly Vibe's latest single, Italian Leather Jacket Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
She Drew the Gun – Revolution of Mind
In their follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed debut Memories of Another Future, She Drew the Gun explode in a triumph of anthems dedicated to the theme of empowerment Read more »| 04 Oct 2018
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Interviews
Raise Your Voice: Fucked Up on Dose Your Dreams
We speak to Mike Haliechuk, guitarist and lead songwriter for Canadian prog-punks Fucked Up about their most ambitious record yet, Dose Your Dreams Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Live Music
S. Carey @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 30 Sep
The Wisconsin singer-songwriter subverts expectations with an intelligently-realised set in Manchester Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon
Echo & The Bunnymen return to their back catalogue on The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon to reinterpret songs and place the spotlight on different colours of familiar canvases Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Drenge – Autonomy EP
Drenge go back to basics and release their first EP following two standout albums, their eponymous debut and 2015's Undertow Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
You Me At Six – VI
You Me At Six release their sixth studio album VI, a record that forces you to forget everything you ever thought about the Surrey band and see them in a brand new light Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Black Peaks – All That Divides
Despite giving themselves a mammoth task to try and outdo their stunning debut, Black Peaks jump the hurdle with spectacular ease across a supremely accomplished sophomore album Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Interviews
Unfinished Business: Swearin' on Fall Into the Sun
Back from the dead and stronger for it, Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride talk the unlikely resurrection of Philadelphia's premier purveyors of lo-fi, Swearin' Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Author & Punisher – Beastland
Industrial doom artist, Author & Punisher stays hard and heavy on his latest album, Beastland Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Phosphorescent – C'est La Vie
Billed as Phosphorescent's most reflective album yet, C'est La Vie features some of his most intricate arrangements to date Read more »| 04 Oct 2018