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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Live MusicPop Mutations Festival, Glasgow, 18-21 Jul
With live music across five venues in four days, the 2024 edition of Pop Mutations showcases some of the most exciting new acts in Scotland Read more »| 24 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsPorter Robinson – SMILE! :D
Porter Robinson's third album, SMILE! :D, is his most intimate yet, full of maximalist ambitions and aching honesty Read more »| 23 Jul 2024 -
Live MusicSquirrel Flower @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 19 Jul
Being in a packed out (and sweaty) room at Glasgow’s Glad Cafe for Squirrel Flower on a Friday night isn’t the party you might expect... Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsAlex Izenberg – Alex Izenberg & The Exiles
On his full-band debut, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Alex Izenberg delivers a meticulously crafted soundtrack for hazy summer nights Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsCrack Cloud – Red Mile
The ever-shifting Crack Cloud make their first slight misstep with new album Red Mile Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsAbbie Ozard – everything still worries me
On her debut album, everything still worries me, Abbie Ozard delivers a more energetic pop sound destined to be heard live Read more »| 22 Jul 2024
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InterviewsSpotlight On... DARA DUBH
Following the release of void – her collaborative single with Edinburgh producer Haquin – we catch up with Edinburgh-based, Northern Irish musician Dara Dubh Read more »| 18 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsLos Campesinos! – All Hell
The seventh album from grown-up emo kids Los Campesinos! is all dazzling wordplay, gorgeous imagery and pristine production Read more »| 17 Jul 2024 -
Live MusicThe National @ Edinburgh Castle, 11 Jul
Amidst interpretative dance and prop-based anarchy, this evening’s show from The National is a heady mix of big, big feelings meeting a defeated contemporary existentialism Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsSHHE – DÝRA
With her new project DÝRA focusing on ambient field recordings made in Iceland, SHHE’s new music is not just transcendental – it is also remarkably profound Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsThe Joy Hotel – Ceremony
The Joy Hotel invite you to stay a while and sop up the impeccable songwriting, instrumentation and production of their debut album Ceremony Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
OpinionLive & Kicking: A guide to Edinburgh's gig venues
As part of our 2024 Edinburgh Guide, we shout out the best live music venues and gig spots, in all shapes and sizes Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsFantastic Man on their Speyside Fantastic Party
Ahead of their inaugural all-dayer in Aviemore, we catch up with David Weaver to find out more about the promoters behind the festival – Fantastic Man Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... NATI.
Ahead of releasing her latest single, Heard It All Before, we catch up with East Coast singer-songwriter NATI. to find out more Read more »| 11 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsGriff – vertigo
On her first full-length project, Griff navigates big themes with maturity but fails to establish a unique sound that will elevate her insight Read more »| 10 Jul 2024