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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NewsYoung Fathers share new track and 2018 tour dates
The Edinburgh band announce they’ve finished their new album by releasing LORD, a track from the record. Have a listen below Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
ReviewsShamir – Revelations
While musically it may be far slimmer than 2014's Ratchet, Shamir Bailey's new album Revelations fills the gap with earnest, heartfelt emotion. Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Live MusicJoey Bada$$ @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 27 Oct
Joey Bada$$ is energised tonight and the crowd respond by bouncing, moshing and singing back every word Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Reviews
Converge – The Dusk in Us
Converge have pretty much always been about looking forward, from album to album, searching for how they could possibly add to their already densely layered ... Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Live MusicLush Purr @ Leith Depot, Edinburgh, 20 Oct
Despite the strange atmosphere at tonight's show, Lush Purr just get on with it and do their best to work with the dodgy hand they've been dealt Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Live Music
Hurray for the Riff Raff @ Arts Club, Liverpool, 18 Oct
Alynda Lee Segarra's Hurray for the Riff Raff deliver folk music in all the best ways, and live they show how powerful music can be Read more »| 31 Oct 2017
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Live Music
Phoebe Bridgers @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 Oct
Phoebe Bridgers' songs may be shot through with a deep-seated sadness, but she manages to undercut their sombre tone tonight with an expertly delivered sense of humour Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Festivals
Björk, LCD Soundsystem & The xx to headline All Points East
From the team behind Coachella, the first edition of the London festival also includes Flying Lotus, Lorde, Sampha, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
InterviewsRun The Jewels on people, politics and powerful moments
With their third album soundtracking the highs and lows of 2017, we talk to hip-hop’s greatest tag team, Killer Mike and El-P – Run The Jewels Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Karine Polwart on A Pocket of Wind Resistance
We speak to singer-songwriter Karine Polwart about her new album A Pocket of Wind Resistance, the companion to her Edinburgh Festival show, Wind Resistance Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
James Holden on The Animal Spirits and Le Guess Who?
We talk to James Holden about his new band The Animal Spirits' upcoming Moroccan Gnawa-inspired album of the same name, and his guest curation for 2017's Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Live Music
Sonica: Infinite Lives @ Tramway, Glasgow, 27 Oct
Robbie Thomson's Infinite Lives is a sensory delight and a product of copious craftsmanship – part creepy, part silly, and all weird Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Live Music
London Grammar @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 Oct
The Usher Hall is full of emotion tonight as London Grammar fans sing their hearts out in a room full of heartfelt humility Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Reviews
Adrian Crowley – Dark Eyed Messenger
The Irish singer's eighth album continues his fine recent run, augmented by the beautiful production of Thomas Bartlett; this is patient music, intelligently composed and painstakingly pieced together Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Live Music
Metallica @ The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 26 Oct
A brilliant performance and spectacle create an unforgettable night of heavy metal from one of the genre's heavyweights Read more »| 30 Oct 2017