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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InterviewsBreakfast Muff on gender in music & new album Eurgh!
We catch up with Glasgow-based Breakfast Muff to chat about their latest album Eurgh! and address gender imbalance in the music industry “We were goin... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
InterviewsQuazarz and Beyond: Shabazz Palaces interview
Ishmael Butler tells us about the Palaceer of Shabazz Palaces' encounter with the sentient being Quazarz and how it came to influence the duo's two new albums Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
ReviewsHaim – Something to Tell You
Haim straddle the awkward middle-ground of pop and rock – a place where the scales are tipped heavily in the favour of 'commercial', rather than 'criti... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
New MusicThe Motion Poets – One Too Many (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Edinburgh four-piece The Motion Poets Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
New MusicLYLO – It's Good To Know Your Man (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new track from the genre-straddling Glasgow five-piece Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Live Music
Kraftwerk @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 9 Jun
Icons of both electronic music and pop culture, the chance to see Kraftwerk live at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall is a serious 'pinch-yourself' moment. As a f... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017
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Reviews
Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Following their concept album dedicated to the space race, Public Service Broadcasting bring things back down to earth and then some with Every Valley, an em... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Live Music
Kiefer Sutherland @ Gorilla, Manchester, 26 Jun
Rarely does an A-List actor pass this way, and especially one who’s been clandestinely writing his own songs for a few years without playing them publi... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Live Music
Sacred Paws on winning the SAY Award 2017
We recap last night's Scottish Album of the Year Award festivities in Paisley Read more »| 29 Jun 2017 -
Live Music
Start to End: Jeff Buckley's Grace @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 27 June
Twenty years ago – give or take a month – Jeff Buckley drowned in the Mississippi River. It’s hard to process what Buckley’s influenc... Read more »| 29 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Right On Time: Shadowlark interviewed
Ahead of their performance at Bluedot Festival, Shadowlark talk synths, haunted recording studios and starting out right Read more »| 29 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Sound of Progress: Public Service Broadcasting on Every Valley
J. Willgoose, Esq. walks The Skinny through the people, politics and picket lines that make up Public Service Broadcasting's emotional third album Every Valley Read more »| 29 Jun 2017 -
News
Sacred Paws win the 2017 SAY Award
Strike A Match wins this year's Scottish Album of the Year prize Read more »| 28 Jun 2017 -
Live Music
Tigerside @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 25 Jun
"For those of you who couldn’t make Glastonbury at least we’ve got the smell here”, says Tigerside vocalist Jonno aka John Nash, referring ... Read more »| 28 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Brendan Canning on the return of Broken Social Scene
The day following the Manchester terror attack we meet up with Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning, ahead of the band's show in the city that night, to talk about fifth album Hug of Thunder, and why they've reformed Read more »| 28 Jun 2017