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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InterviewsJohn Carpenter on his newfound life as a rockstar
John Carpenter is having a late-in-life career swerve, taking a break from cinema while he dips his toe in the music business. He tells us how life as a rockstar is both joyous and terrifying Read more »| 11 Oct 2018 -
InterviewsStephen Malkmus on returning to Scotland and the new Jicks album
The Skinny catches up with Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and 'Jicks' fame ahead of his welcome return to Scotland in October and finds him 'laying low' in Indiana Read more »| 11 Oct 2018 -
Clubs
The Black Madonna on gender equality in music and her friendship with Optimo
Ahead of playing Terminal V's massive Halloween party, we chat to The Black Madonna about her friendship with Optimo, her sterling work with gender parity in music and the good and bad aspects of being "a dinosaur internet raver" Read more »| 11 Oct 2018 -
News
Belle and Sebastian to score Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird debut film
The Scottish group will compose the music for Simon Bird’s Days of the Bagnold Summer Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Live MusicVirginia Wing @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 7 Oct
Virginia Wing more than do justice to their third album Ecstatic Arrow tonight, in an intense and energetic live performance Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
Kurt Vile's new album Bottle It In takes listeners of a journey of discovery Read more »| 10 Oct 2018
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News
Giorgio Moroder heads to Glasgow on first ever live tour
The legendary pioneer of synth pop is coming to the UK next year on his first live tour at age 78 Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Opinion
Five Dundee Bands To Watch
As the spotlight shines on Dundee, we've put together a list of a few of our favourite artists from the City of Discovery to look out for Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Interviews
Jane Weaver interview: 'My music is probably space pop'
We speak to Jane Weaver about gender balance in music, otherworldly inspirations and about going at it alone on upcoming solo tour Loop in the Secret Society, her first in over five years Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
Matthew Dear – Bunny
Bunny is as varied, strange and untethered as you might expect with moments of singular genius that can only come from a committed tinkerer like Matthew Dear Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Reviews
CHAI – PINK
Harnessing the aesthetics of kawaii culture and giving them a twist, CHAI's debut album PINK is a pure sugar rush that also packs more than a fleeting punch Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
News
Stranger Things Halloween album released
Titled Halloween Sounds from the Upside Down, this 14-track collection from composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein should make for the perfect soundtrack to your Halloween Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Live Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 9-15 Oct
All-female Bruce Springsteen cover band The She Street Band, psychedelic husband-wife duo The Lovely Eggs, Japanese noise-rockers Bo Ningen, electronic duo Maribou State, French chanteuse Halo Maud and more take to our shores this week Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Opinion
Jim Gellatly on the SAMAs
Ahead of the 2018 Scottish Alternative Music Awards on 25 October, radio presenter and DJ Jim Gellatly – who will host the ceremony – explains why the SAMAs are so important to him Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Live Music
Jeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 3 Oct
The latest incarnation of ELO really does have the feel of an orchestral ensemble as they return to the Hydro in Glasgow Read more »| 09 Oct 2018