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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InterviewsSeabass Vinyl: Inside Scotland's only vinyl pressing plant
We head down to Seabass Vinyl, Scotland's only vinyl pressing plant, to get a behind-the-scenes look at how it's meant to be done – just in time for Record Store Day Read more »| 18 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsLucy Liyou (루시 리유) – Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name
Lucy Liyou’s latest album forges something beautiful from an almost queasy vulnerability Read more »| 18 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsBenefits – Constant Noise
On their latest album, Constant Noise, Benefits shift between EDM, techno, rave and bleak, apocalyptic sonic wastelands Read more »| 17 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsJapanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
Michelle Zauner's follow up to Japanese Breakfast's breakthrough record Jubilee, For Melancholy Brunettes finds beauty in softer, darker sounds Read more »| 17 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicSharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 12 Mar
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory finish their UK tour at one of Glasgow’s oldest, most honoured music venues. The often dark, always dreamy liaise between act and audience could not make a more intimate match Read more »| 14 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsThe Weather Station @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 10 Mar
Tonight’s performance from The Weather Station is an urgent, babbling brook which carries the audience through themes of human connection, purging negativity and the current global state of affairs Read more »| 14 Mar 2025
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InterviewsSpotlight On... Majesty Palm
With their debut EP Learning to Swim released last week, we catch up with Glasgow pop pair Majesty Palm to find out more Read more »| 13 Mar 2025 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival reveals 2025 programme
This year’s Edinburgh International Festival includes Brian Cox in a play about Scotland’s role in the 2008 financial crash, a new version of Orpheus and Eurydice blending opera and circus, and The Big Singalong at Princes Street Gardens' Ross Bandstand Read more »| 13 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsLisa – Alter Ego
Lisa's debut album lands with a dull thud, with any and all magic belonging to Lisa's collaborators Read more »| 12 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicNAO @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 8 Mar
NAO brings her latest album Jupiter to Glasgow, with audience members-turned-backup dancers helping the show end on a high Read more »| 12 Mar 2025 -
Live Musicclipping. – Dead Channel Sky
Dead Channel Sky – clipping.’s fifth studio album – is a mess of brilliant ideas and conceptual overreach Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicKelly Lee Owens @ SWG3, Glasgow, 7 Mar
The multi-hyphenate talents of Welsh producer-DJ-musician Kelly Lee Owens are in sharp focus tonight, as she takes us to her dreamstate Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicNubya Garcia @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 3 Mar
Camden saxophonist Nubya Garcia is an all-timer in the making, putting a modern twist on classic jazz sounds Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicGeorgia Cécile @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 28 Feb
Despite a lack of engagement from the crowd at times, Georgia Cécile manages to cultivate an inviting atmosphere at The Queen's Hall Read more »| 04 Mar 2025 -
Live MusicMIKE @ Room 2, Glasgow, 28 Feb
A trio of leftfield rappers headed by New York's MIKE points to a scene that's as healthy as it’s ever been Read more »| 04 Mar 2025