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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InterviewsSpotlight On... Doughnut Music Lab, Beautiful Cosmos & Diljeet Kaur Bhachu
We shine a spotlight on Doughnut Music Lab, Beautiful Cosmos and Diljeet Kaur Bhachu ahead of a release show as part of Celtic Connections this weekend Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
ReviewsFKA twigs – Eusexua
Eusexua doesn't just embrace the thrust of commercial dance, it subsumes it into the chromatic, honed prism of FKA twigs' artistry Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
ReviewshorsegiirL – V.I.P. (Very Important Pony)
While many of the songs on V.I.P. are well produced, the EP sometimes lacks sonic originality, but it certainly points to an exciting future for the pony producer Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
OpinionFranz Ferdinand: The Human Fear track-by-track
With their excellent sixth album debuting in the UK charts at number three last week, Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy talks us through The Human Fear Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
Live Musiccorto.alto & friends @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 18 Jan
Celtic Connections' Made In Glasgow night at the Barrowlands proves that the city's music scene remains as exciting as ever Read more »| 23 Jan 2025 -
Live Musicbrownbear @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 19 Jan
brownbear delights with a string quartet and backing singers for a one-off sold-out show as part of Celtic Connections Read more »| 22 Jan 2025
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ReviewsTiti & Ale Hop – Mapambazuko
The collaboration between the Congolese guitarist and Peruvian composer is a sparkling prospect on paper, but only fulfils its promise in patches Read more »| 21 Jan 2025 -
ReviewsDITZ – Never Exhale
Never Exhale is not for the faint of heart. A breathlessly intense, punishing listen filled with audible dynamism, sonic interest and gnarled heaviness Read more »| 21 Jan 2025 -
ReviewsSam Amidon – Salt River
Sam Amidon explores the organic quality of folk music with this collection of warm and playful re-compositions Read more »| 21 Jan 2025 -
Live MusicBecca Starr @ Room 2, Glasgow, 18 Jan
Becca Starr's album launch tonight is proof that hip-hop performed with a full band is the way forward Read more »| 20 Jan 2025 -
ReviewsMogwai – The Bad Fire
As Mogwai embark on their fourth decade, eleventh album The Bad Fire proves this legendary group can still produce moving, intelligent and vital work Read more »| 20 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... KuleeAngee
With their second single, Television, out now we catch up with Keshav Kanabar and Duncan Grant, aka KuleeAngee Read more »| 16 Jan 2025 -
Reviewsjasmine.4.t. – You Are the Morning
You Are the Morning debuts jasmine.4.t as a sincere new horizon in indie rock Read more »| 14 Jan 2025 -
Interviewsjasmine.4.t on You Are the Morning
Singer-songwriter Jasmine.4.t is determined to use her up-and-coming status to give back to the trans community, and starts 2025 off on a high note with her boygenius-produced debut album You Are the Morning Read more »| 14 Jan 2025 -
ReviewsThe Weather Station – Humanhood
On The Weather Station’s restless, swirling, visceral new album, Tamara Lindeman considers the state of being human Read more »| 13 Jan 2025