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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ReviewsConfidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA)
The palette of 3AM (LA LA LA) invokes a bounce of the head, yes, and perhaps that is all that it’s meant to be – a delivery vehicle for their lauded live performance Read more »| 15 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsKelly Lee Owens – Dreamstate
Kelly Lee Owens' new album Dreamstate is full to the brim with sonic escapism and artistic flair Read more »| 15 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsKelly Lee Owens on Dreamstate
Ahead of releasing Dreamstate, we catch up with Kelly Lee Owens to talk about the importance of colour, collaboration and connection in her music Read more »| 15 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsOliver Coates – Throb, shiver, arrow of time
Oliver Coates returns from soundtrack work still doing what he does best; cello-forward pieces of sculptural, sublime beauty. Read more »| 14 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsHolding On To Yourself: TAAHLIAH on debut album Gramarye
Ahead of releasing her steeped-in-feelings debut album Gramarye, we catch up with groundbreaking Glasgow producer TAAHLIAH Read more »| 14 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsTAAHLIAH – Gramarye
Glasgow’s TAAHLIAH returns with her debut album Gramarye, blending euphoric pop ballads and songwriting with tantalising club beats Read more »| 14 Oct 2024
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OpinionRoddy Woomble: Sometime During the Night We Fell Off the Map, track-by-track
Roddy Woomble talks us through his eighth solo album, Sometime During the Night We Fell Off the Map Read more »| 11 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Saint Sappho
Following the release of latest single M.A.D., and ahead of a string of live shows, we catch up with queer Glasgow alt-rock duo Saint Sappho Read more »| 10 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsOliver Coates on new album Throb, shiver, arrow of time
Ahead of releasing his latest solo record, Throb, shiver, arrow of time, we catch up with cellist, producer, film composer and electronic musician Oliver Coates Read more »| 09 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsLawrence Power on the viola and performing with the SCO
Ahead of his appearance at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Borealis shows, part of their New Dimensions series, we chat with world-class violist Lawrence Power Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on…Tricia Reid from Sophisticated Boom Boom
80s Glasgow band Sophisticated Boom Boom – a favourite of John Peel's – are reuniting to support the release of Carla J. Easton and Blair Young's doc Since Yesterday. Ahead of that gig, the band’s guitarist, Tricia Reid, takes our Q&A Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsThe Linda Lindas – No Obligation
With a clearly defined sound and unapologetic enthusiasm, The Linda Lindas are absolutely a group to watch Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
ArtSummerhall: Tax dispute puts Edinburgh arts venue in jeopardy
HMRC have hit the company which manages Summerhall with a 'winding-up petition', claiming the Edinburgh arts organisation owe unpaid corporation tax. Summerhall are disputing the claim, but their programme of events will be disrupted Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsSans Soucis – Circumnavigating Georgia
Sans Soucis' voice is the guiding light through the tales of Circumnavigating Georgia, lending the album a warmth and humanity that never fails to endear Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsBABii – DareDeviil2000
Building on her 2022 mixtape SCREAMER, DareDeviil2000 sees BABii stepping towards something greater Read more »| 07 Oct 2024