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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New MusicRongorongo – Black Rain (Track Premiere)
Merseyside six-piece Rongorongo give us a first listen of their atmospheric new single Black Rain Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
Festivals
TRNSMT announces first bands for 2018 edition
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is the first headliner announced for the newly-expanded festival at Glasgow Green Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
Live MusicMarika Hackman @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Nov
Tonight's sold-out show is the perfect showcase for an artist destined for great things Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Black Lips @ Mono, Glasgow, 18 Nov
Flying toilet paper, a smoking amplifier and a dislocated limb make for a full-on show at Mono tonight with Black Lips, Sweaty Palms and Shredd all truly going for it Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
New MusicHelicon – Drinking of You (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single, Drinking of You, from Glasgow's Helicon Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Run the Jewels @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 16 Nov
Tonight's show at the Academy features an almost naked Danny Brown and a powerful, nothing short of commanding set from Run the Jewels Read more »| 21 Nov 2017
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News
Young Fathers share new video for Lord
The Edinburgh trio release the video for the first track from their new album Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live MusicThe Fall @ QMU, Glasgow, 4 Nov
Tonight's performance shows that it’s time for fans of The Fall to collectively acknowledge that the band is a shadow of its former self Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Aldous Harding @ The Art School, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Aldous Harding's otherworldly voice is the star of the show as the New Zealander returns to Glasgow Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Protomartyr @ CCA, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Earnest, heart-wrenching and completely lacking pretension, Protomartyr offer an inimitable challenge to a world that deserves it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
John Maus – Screen Memories
Screen Memories is a triumph of low-key retro-futurism, an album that is proudly out of step with the current state of pop music and all the better for it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Pissed Jeans @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 12 Nov
Pissed Jeans teach a lesson in the power of fun, with impressive and bizarre support from Lone Taxidermist Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
New Music
Eyes of Others – 30+ Losers (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for 30+ Losers by Eyes of Others Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
Karine Polwart – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Karine Polwart's companion to her Wind Resistance piece is a brilliant record that deserves to be heard from start to end Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 21-27 Nov
Django Django head up a packed evening in Edinburgh, while Algiers, And So I Watch You From Afar and The Burning Hell head to Glasgow Read more »| 20 Nov 2017