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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NewsXpoNorth 2017: The music lineup
Scotland's leading creative industries conference and showcase, XpoNorth, has revealed the bands heading to Inverness for this year’s event Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsGallops – Bronze Mystic
The Wrexham post-rockers are back from the dead with an armful of synths and the same punishing guitars Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Live MusicScottish Gigs of the Week: 18-24 April
Our live music round-up, with Record Store Day and Wide Days leading a packed week in Edinburgh and Glasgow's venues Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
New MusicStreet Eaters – Take What I Don't Need (Track Premiere)
Take a listen to a brand new track from the Bay Area punk duo's forthcoming album The Envoy A solid brick wall of overdriven bass comes careening towar... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Meursault – The Mill (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Meursault's The Mill, taken from new album I Will Kill Again Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Dialects – When You Die, You're Truly Alone (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new track from Glasgow post-rock quartet Dialects Read more »| 17 Apr 2017
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Live Music
Hot 8 Brass Band @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Apr
The Hot 8 Brass Band arrive in Edinburgh this evening to a busy and excited crowd at The Liquid Room. Touring their new album, On the Spot, the group origina... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Monkoora – Nuclear BB
Nuclear BB is a daft and delightfully chaotic clutch of songs that touch upon identity, political responsibility and memory against a multi-coloured tan... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Justin Walter – Unseen Forces
Never mind unseen forces, it’s the subconscious ones you’ve got to watch out for. Justin Walter’s second LP avoids the visceral to drift al... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 13-18 Apr
Chelsea Wolfe, Laetitia Sadier and The Paperhead are all among our highlights for the week... and that's before we even get into Salford's Fat Out Fest... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Playlists
Gallops: Under The Influence
Mark Huckridge talks us through his musical influences, from first getting into music to his cross-genre love for signature sounds Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
New MusicThe Imagineers – Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine): Video Premiere
Watch the new music video for Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine) by The Imagineers Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Twelfth Day @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 April
For a few reasons, Glasgow's Hug & Pint is the perfect venue for Scottish folk duo Twelfth Day to launch their new album. The room is cosy and intimate, ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
UK Festivals Guide 2017: Scotland
No idea what to spend your hard-earned money on this festival season? Look no further than The Skinny's ultimate guide to festivals in Scotland Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
Snowbombing 2017: Festival Review
We head to Snowbombing in the Austrian Alps for a week of top-notch electronic music in some spectacular – and unexpected – surroundings Read more »| 13 Apr 2017