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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ReviewsGreen Day – Saviors
Green Day are back with their best album in 20 years, stuffed to the brim with anthemic punk rock choruses skewering life in the post-COVID era Read more »| 19 Jan 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Quiet Houses
Following the release of their latest single, What My Heart Is For, we catch up with Edinburgh duo Quiet Houses Read more »| 18 Jan 2024 -
Live MusicBring Me the Horizon @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Jan
Sheffield's finest metallers are at the peak of their powers at a packed-out POST-HUMAN performance in Glasgow Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsSleater-Kinney – Little Rope
A chronicle of loss and howling lead lines, Sleater Kinney’s signature two-prong songwriting style is raw but still leaves us hankering for more Read more »| 15 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsKali Uchis – Orquídeas
Orquídeas is a display of bravura and an entire album of sweet spots Read more »| 12 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsThe Vaccines – Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations
The Vaccines are back to their best on Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, an album full of singles Read more »| 12 Jan 2024
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InterviewsJohn Maclean, Red Clydeside & Radical Remembrance
Ahead of Celtic Connections' John Maclean Centenary concert, we speak with writer and activist Henry Bell and musician Kapil Seshasayee Read more »| 11 Jan 2024 -
InterviewsThe Skinny On... swim school
Ahead of what sounds like a pretty big year for the Edinburgh band, swim school's Alice Johnson takes on our January Q&A Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
OpinionSpotlight On... New Scottish Music in 2024
In a bold attempt to predict the future, we shine a spotlight on some of the artists we're excited about for 2024 Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: January 2024
We look back at what we missed in December, and look forward to new music from Kathryn Joseph and Lomond Campbell, Victoria Hume, Gillian Fleetwood and C Duncan, and more Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
InterviewsLewis Cook on Glasgow Library For Synthesized Sounds
We catch up with Free Love's Lewis Cook about his latest venture GLOSS – Glasgow Library of Synthesized Sounds – and their forthcoming Introduction to Electronic Music series Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsDau – Gilly's Wood
The latest in Phantom Limb’s Psalms series is a minimal suite of uniformly gorgeous and beautifully simple organ pieces from Dau Read more »| 08 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsBill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
The ex-Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones returns with a fifth album rooted in loss, heartache and love Read more »| 08 Jan 2024 -
ReviewsMarika Hackman – Big Sigh
On her fourth studio album, Marika Hackman doesn't hold back; Big Sigh revels in honesty as its creator confronts some of their darker feelings Read more »| 08 Jan 2024 -
PlaylistsGreat Scots: 2023 in Scottish Music
Celebrating another year of exceptional Scottish music, here's our annual Great Scots playlist, featuring everyone from Young Fathers and LVRA to Bemz and Theo Bleak Read more »| 22 Dec 2023