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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ReviewsSons of Kemet – Black to the Future
Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet return with Black to the Future, the group's best work to date Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
New MusicScottish new music round-up: May 2021
With A LOT coming out this month, we've done our best to highlight some of the new stuff we're most excited about, including Carla J. Easton and Simon Liddell of Frightened Rabbit's glorious new project Poster Paints Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
InterviewsEdinburgh's Buffet Lunch on The Power of Rocks
We meet Buffet Lunch to blether about their debut album The Power of Rocks, the influence of characters on their writing, and the band’s jovial nature Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
ReviewsSquid – Bright Green Field
If Squid are the guitar boys' buzz band of the moment, some are going to get a little more than they bargained for on their debut LP Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
ReviewsKUČKA – Wrestling
KUČKA's long-awaited first album is an incredibly accomplished expression of her experimental electronic sound Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
ReviewsTeenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade
On Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub sound refreshed, renewed and remarkably like themselves Read more »| 28 Apr 2021
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PlaylistsButho The Warrior and Optimistic Soul: Guest Selector
Ahead of their slots on The Wave – Radio Buena Vida's afro tech takeover curated by Bemz – Butho the Warrior and Optimistic Soul from Glasgow's Jaiva Collective talk us through some of their favourite tracks Read more »| 26 Apr 2021 -
Things To DoWatch our Fiddlers on the High Seas livestream
Watch a new short film celebrating the history of Scottish fiddle music, with performances from Aidan O'Rourke, Vicky Gray and Maurice Henderson Read more »| 22 Apr 2021 -
ReviewsField Music – Flat White Moon
Although Flat White Moon is a serene glance into the past, it lacks some of the innovation that make its inspirations so great Read more »| 21 Apr 2021 -
InterviewsYours Forever: Ensemble on No Place Like It
Ahead of the release of No Place Like It, we speak with some of the musicians and young people involved in the award-winning Glasgow-based songwriting project Ensemble Read more »| 21 Apr 2021 -
New MusicMaranta – Miss Dupé (track premiere)
Listen to Miss Dupé, the brand new single from Edinburgh duo Maranta Read more »| 21 Apr 2021 -
InterviewsFiddlers On the High Seas: The history of Scottish fiddle music
As a sea shanty tops the UK charts in 2021, we take a deep dive into the history of Scottish fiddle music via the stories of Shetland whalers and Orcadian fur traders who harnessed creativity in isolation at sea, taking their influence across the Atlantic Read more »| 13 Apr 2021 -
PlaylistsStanley Odd – STAY ODD (track-by-track)
To celebrate the release of STAY ODD, Stanley Odd's first album in over six years, frontman Dave Hook talks us through the album track-by-track Read more »| 13 Apr 2021 -
New MusicEmily Scott – The Garden (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for The Garden, the new single from Modern Studies' Emily Scott, from Blackford Hill's upcoming Transmissions / Volume One album Read more »| 08 Apr 2021 -
New Music
Scottish new music round-up: April 2021
This month's Scottish music round-up highlights new music from Stanley Odd, Post Coal Prom Queen and James Lindsay, plus an exciting experimental project from Edinburgh label Blackford Hill Read more »| 01 Apr 2021