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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OpinionThe Skinny Q&A: Honeyblood + The Twilight Sad
Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale and The Twilight Sad's James Graham on their favourite foods, what they're most scared of, which celebrities they could take in a fight and more Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of the 2010s
As the decade came to a dramatic end, we polled our music team one last time to find out what the best Scottish albums of the last ten years were Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
NewsThe Art School venue goes into liquidation
No more Vic Bar! Sad news that The Art School’s union venue will be closing its doors Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsYorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa: Nine Emotions
James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Yusuf Khan's third collaboration, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, is steeped in conceptual daring Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
New MusicElisabeth Elektra – Crystalline (track premiere)
Listen to Crystalline, the dreamy new single from Elisabeth Elektra Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsHoly Fuck – Deleter
The Canadian quartet deliver a modern day electro masterclass with their fourth album Read more »| 14 Jan 2020
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ReviewsField Music – Making a New World
It ain't half pop, mum. Field Music look back in style – but even further back with the concept – on their seventh album of kinder, gentler music Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
NewsBurns&Beyond announce Tiny Changes benefit line-up
The fundraising concert for the charity set up in honour of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison features We Were Promised Jetpacks, Kathryn Joseph, Aidan Moffat and more Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
NewsRecord Store Day relaunches its unsigned competition for 2020
Ahead of returning for its 13th year this April, Record Store Day relaunch its unsigned bands competition, #RSDUnsigned Read more »| 09 Jan 2020 -
Music VideosHailey Beavis – Stranger Inside (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Stranger Inside, the brand new single from Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Hailey Beavis Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsGeorgia – Seeking Thrills
Georgia's new album is filled to the brim with dance touchstones, but with a polished pop sheen Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
ClubsDance Dance Revolution: The 2010s in Scottish Clubbing
As we enter a new decade, we look back on the last 10 years of Scotland's electronic music and club scene, with help from Optimo's Keith McIvor and Jonnie Wilkes, and Huntleys + Palmers' Andrew Thomson Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
OpinionThe Curious Case of Gerry Cinnamon
The music industry has changed a lot over the last decade, and one of Scotland's greatest musical success stories, Gerry Cinnamon, is a perfect example of an artist thriving in a changing musical landscape Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
PlaylistsGreat Scots: 2019 in Scottish Music
Continuing the tradition we launched in 2017, we've pulled together a playlist of some of the best music to come out of Scotland in 2019 – 91 songs to hopefully whet your appetite for Scottish music in 2020 Read more »| 20 Dec 2019 -
NewsSave Leith Walk: Developers lose appeal
It’s a Christmas miracle, as the property developers planning the Stead’s Place development on Leith Walk lose their appeal. But what does it mean now for this tight-knit community? Read more »| 20 Dec 2019