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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FestivalsCeltic roots: 25 years of Knockengorroch
Scotland's oldest greenfield festival turns 25 this year. We find out about Knockengorroch's origins as a 1990s rainbow gathering, and the love of the land and Celtic culture that has fuelled it since Read more »| 10 Apr 2023 -
ReviewsYaeji – With a Hammer
On With a Hammer, Yaeji channels anger into a record that embraces fun and surprising musical juxtapositions Read more »| 06 Apr 2023 -
OpinionInternational Music Festivals: A How-To Guide
With international music festivals confidently back on the menu, here are a few things to think about before you go abroad for your 2023 music festival fix Read more »| 05 Apr 2023 -
OpinionWhat happens when an artist doesn't get paid by a festival
Lost Map Records boss and Pictish Trail frontman Johnny Lynch talks us through the stressful reality of what happens when a festival doesn't pay the artists and asks music fans to make better choices Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
ReviewsBillie Marten – Drop Cherries
On Drop Cherries, Billie Marten has brought together a collection of intimate feelings, thoughts and sentiments transforming them into something hauntingly relatable Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
ReviewsTim Hecker – No Highs
Tim Hecker’s latest is full of gorgeous sounds, but never quite finds an identity for itself Read more »| 04 Apr 2023
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OpinionFields of Dreams: Scottish Music Festivals in 2023
Haven't figured out what homegrown music festivals you want to go to this year? With this guide to the year ahead, we've got you covered! Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
ReviewsDaughter – Stereo Mind Game
Daughter find a little more hope in the melancholy on their dazzling new album Stereo Mind Game Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
ReviewsHMLTD – The Worm
A whiplash-inducing U-turn from the modern glam of their debut, The Worm puts the practical skills of HMLTD to the test Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
Live MusicIceage @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 28 Mar
Iceage have matured into artsy rockers, but they still pack a boozy hardcore punch Read more »| 31 Mar 2023 -
FestivalsScotland's avant-garde and experimental music festivals
In the month of Counterflows and Tectonics, we look ahead to the more experimental and avant-garde music you can find at Scotland's festivals this year Read more »| 30 Mar 2023 -
New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: April 2023
This month in Scottish music makes the perfect prelude to summer. Not only do April's upbeat releases capture the changing of the seasons, but they'll whet your appetite for a feast of festivals later this year Read more »| 30 Mar 2023 -
Reviewsboygenius – the record
Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus treat us to a full-length record and it’s everything a debut album should be: exploratory, explosive and full of heart Read more »| 29 Mar 2023 -
Live MusicAna Roxanne @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 26 Mar
In her first Glasgow show since 2019, Ana Roxanne is truly sublime, beginning at a point of luminescent beauty and never wavering for a second Read more »| 28 Mar 2023 -
Live MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: April 2023
April brings massive and intimate live shows across Scotland, plus the return of Record Store Day Read more »| 28 Mar 2023