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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Live MusicEurosonic Noorderslag 2018: Preview
From much-hyped acts like Sigrid and Pale Waves to German techno marching bands and Icelandic hip-hop, we preview Eurosonic 2018 and take a closer look at the Danish acts at this year's festival in Groningen Read more »| 12 Jan 2018 -
FilmListen to Jonny Greenwood’s stunning Phantom Thread score
The Radiohead multi-instrumentalist's fourth collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson is now available online, and it's stunning Read more »| 12 Jan 2018 -
Interviews
The Go! Team on optimism, playing live, and Semicircle
Ahead of the release of their fifth studio album, Semicircle, producer and The Go! Team leader Ian Parton explains how the band's sense of utopia is needed more now than ever before Read more »| 12 Jan 2018 -
InterviewsTune-Yards' Merrill Garbus on I can feel you creep into my private life
Merrill Garbus tells us about exploring her relationship with whiteness on Tune-Yards' ominously-titled fourth album, I can feel you creep into my private life, and officially re-branding as a duo Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Festivals
New Scottish Alternative Music Awards festival heading to Paisley
Scottish Alternative Music Awards - Paisley Takeover 2018 is a new two day event that will include live showcases, music workshops, industry seminars and in-store performances Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures
There are a lot of fine songs on display here, but they sadly don't amount to a whole hill of beans more than their influences Read more »| 09 Jan 2018
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Reviews
Typhoon – Offerings
Portland’s eleven-headed indie rock crew Typhoon return with their fourth album, Offerings; a difficult, cerebral journey through the fracturing of a single soul Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
PlaylistsThe Xcerts: Under the Influence
As The Xcerts get ready to release their third album, Hold on to Your Heart, frontman Murray Macleod tells us about the influential songs which helped shape the album Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 9-15 Jan
Get back into the gigging swing of things with King Tut's New Year's Revolution, a Shirley Collins documentary, and an Edinburgh show from a former Kraftwerk member Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
New Music
John MOuse – Gladiator / Contender (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Gladiator / Contender by John MOuse Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
News
Idlewild to headline Help Musicians Scotland launch gig
To help launch Help Musicians’ permanent new Scottish operation, Scottish indie heroes Idlewild will play an acoustic set at a special King Tut’s gig Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Interviews
BooHooHoo on their plans for 2018
As they prepare to play King Tut's New Year's Revolution festival, Glasgow's BooHooHoo chart their rise so far and share some tips and resolutions for 2018 Read more »| 03 Jan 2018 -
Playlists
Great Scots: 2017 in Scottish Music
To celebrate the amazing music that's come out of Scotland in 2017, we've put together this handy playlist of 71 tracks to stick on shuffle that'll help you dance your way into 2018! Read more »| 20 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Pulled Apart by Xmas @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 17 Dec
Leeds' returning rock-and-roll heroes put on a storming Christmas party that sees the blistering return of their old friends Blood Red Shoes Read more »| 20 Dec 2017 -
Reviews
Various Artists – The Underground Sound of Glasgow
Jasper James, JD Twitch, Hammer and Auntie Flo feature on a new compilation celebrating twenty years of the Glasgow Underground label Read more »| 20 Dec 2017