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 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
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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 -
Live MusicConnect Festival 2023: The Report
Now into its second year at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Showgrounds, Connect Festival still seems to be casting around for its defining identity, with a weekend’s lineup that swerves from 90s survivors to contemporary chart toppers Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsHanna Tuulikki on the bird that never flew
We catch up with multidisciplinary artist Hanna Tuulikki to find out about her latest work, the bird that never flew Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsHeartbreak is Timeless: Kohla on her debut album
Rachel Alice Johnson, aka Kohla, reflects on the personal metamorphosis that shaped her delicate and immersive "coming-of-age" debut album Romance Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: September 2023
September is packed to the gunnels with Scottish releases, with new records from Apostille, Lucia & The Best Boys, MALKA, Rachel Sermanni and more Read more »| 01 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsNot Your Usual: Bee Asha Singh on The Gitika Project
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting interesting and exciting artists from across the Scottish scene. For our second instalment we catch up with Edinburgh multi-hyphenate Bee Asha Singh Read more »| 01 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... neverfine
Ahead of releasing their debut EP Do Everything, Feel Nothing, we shine a spotlight on exciting new Glasgow trio neverfine Read more »| 31 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsEmpire State Bastard – Rivers of Heresy
Simon Neil and Mike Vennart pay tribute to their metal heroes – and draft one in on drums Read more »| 30 Aug 2023