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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InterviewsYard Act on their debut album and documenting modern Britain
As the accolades keep rolling in, we speak to James Smith, frontman of Leeds four-piece Yard Act, about the band’s debut album and documenting modern Britain Read more »| 18 Jan 2022 -
NewsHidden Door reveals new venue for its 2022 festival
After staging a festival at Granton Gasworks in 2021, Hidden Door returns to transform another abandoned Edinburgh location – this time the former Royal High School on Calton Hill Read more »| 17 Jan 2022 -
Live MusicEurosonic 2022: Preview
With the pandemic still causing disruption across the music industry, we take a closer look at this year's digital Eurosonic festival and pick out five acts you can watch online Read more »| 14 Jan 2022 -
InterviewsThe Skinny On... Sacred Paws
Eilidh Rodgers and Rachel Aggs from Sacred Paws take on our Q&A this month where they let us in on a secret involving a fiddle Read more »| 12 Jan 2022 -
ReviewsFickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright?
The Brighton band’s second LP is a retro rewind to a party you won’t want to forget Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
ReviewsVLURE – Euphoria
VLURE embrace a more electronic sound on their debut EP Euphoria, and it presents an interesting new direction for the Glasgow-based five-piece Read more »| 11 Jan 2022
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ReviewsBlood Red Shoes – Ghosts On Tape
Ever the musical misfits, Blood Red Shoes’ righteous spirit remains, even if their sound is a shape-shifting entity Read more »| 10 Jan 2022 -
ReviewsBonobo – Fragments
Bonobo cranks up the club beats in his latest foray into wistful, cathartic electronica Read more »| 10 Jan 2022 -
New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: January 2022
January can often be a barren wasteland in terms of releases, but there’s new music this month from Niteworks, Goodnight Louisa, Kathryn Joseph and more Read more »| 07 Jan 2022 -
OpinionGreat Scots: 2021 in Scottish Music
As we wrap up at the magazine for another year, it's time for our annual Great Scots playlist of music we've loved in Scotland this year. Enjoy. Read more »| 17 Dec 2021 -
Live MusicSwim School @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 11 Dec
What better way to sign off your gig-going year than with a performance from a hotly tipped band of hometown heroes who are set for even bigger things in 2022? Read more »| 16 Dec 2021 -
OpinionLOTOS – Renaissance, track-by-track
Following the release of Renaissance back in September, Scottish hip-hop collective LOTOS (Last of the Old School) talk us through the record track-by-track Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
OpinionA transitional year: Scottish music in 2021
We take a closer look at the past year in Scotland's music scene, celebrate our favourite Scottish releases of 2021 and pay tribute to those we've lost Read more »| 08 Dec 2021 -
ReviewsArca – Kick ii - iiiii
The transgressive icon wraps up her Kick quintet in typically enigmatic style with some highly collaborative and enormously creative new sounds Read more »| 03 Dec 2021 -
Live MusicA Fundraiser for Tiny Changes @ St Luke’s, Glasgow, 28 Nov
The Twilight Sad, Uninvited and Carla J. Easton are among tonight's Fundraiser for Tiny Changes line-up, an evening of warmth and entertainment in aid of helping young minds feel better Read more »| 03 Dec 2021