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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ReviewsBelle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3)
How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3) goes some way to encapsulating the ethos of the project and is in turn the most assured and enjoyable of its three EPs Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
ReviewsOught – Room Inside the World
Ought's third album is a joyous philosophical cacophony that finds new ways to inform, excite and challenge the listener Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Reviews
Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive
With What a Time to Be Alive, Mac McCaughan's Superchunk offer a timely reminder that punk’s greatest trick has always been to make the isolated feel less alone Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
ReviewsJustin Timberlake – Man of the Woods
After some time to truly digest JT's woefully awful fifth album, we take a closer look at Man of the Woods Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Reviews
The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
The Wombats offer up sunshine-filled and catchy hooks on their fourth full-length offering Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Ought's Tim Darcy talks Room Inside the World
"I don’t try to write intentionally political music. It’s very much for us an organic side effect of what we care about as individuals" Tim Darcy Read more »| 10 Feb 2018
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Live Music
Jorja Smith @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 6 Feb
A disruptive crowd unfortunately gets in the way of what could have been a great night for rising talent Jorja Smith Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Live Music
Moon Duo @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 31 Jan
Tonight's show from Moon Duo is a masterclass in how to sound pretty much perfect without being clinical, phoned in, or overly reliant on a laptop Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
New MusicAdam Stafford – Strangers Care When You Burn (Track Premiere)
Listen to the beautiful new song Strangers Care When You Burn by Adam Stafford, taken from his upcoming new album Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Playlists
GoGo Penguin: Under the Influence
As Manchester's GoGo Penguin release their fourth studio album A Humdrum Star, the trio talk us through some of the new record's biggest influences Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Lewis Capaldi on his plans for the future
Currently supporting Milky Chance on their tour through the USA and Canada, Bathgate's Lewis Capaldi calls us from Atlanta for a chat about his long journey to success and plans for the future Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Live Music
Jaye Bartell @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 3 Feb
Tonight's performance is far from perfect but Jaye Bartell proves himself a witty, charming performer and, more importantly, no less of an enigma in person Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Live Music
LYLO @ Stereo, Glasgow, 26 Jan
Glasgow's LYLO do their new album Post Era more than justice tonight at a sold-out Stereo Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Live Music
Khruangbin @ CCA, Glasgow, 4 Feb
Texas psych trio Khruangbin's globe-trotting sounds bring some much-needed warmth to Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (Retrospective)
Unbelievably, it's been 40 years since Kate Bush released her debut album, The Kick Inside; with that in mind we take a closer look at the record which was home to the timeless classic, Wuthering Heights Read more »| 07 Feb 2018