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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InterviewsRedemption Arc: Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi interviewed
With the future of Fat White Family in the balance after a drug-fuelled implosion three years ago, Lias Saoudi snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with searing new album Serfs Up! Ahead of a November tour, he reflects upon a turbulent journey Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
Music VideosChuchoter – U Can Find (Video Premiere)
Lynn Ruth Miller stars in the video for Chuchoter's latest single U Can Find Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicAda Lea @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 4 Oct
Despite a surprisingly poor turn-out, Ada Lea’s joint headline performance at Glasgow’s Hug and Pint proves a slow-starting victory for one of Saddle Creek’s latest signings Read more »| 07 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicThe Tallest Man on Earth @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3 Nov
Kristian Matsson is in complete control as he brings his subversive, frenetic folk to Edinburgh Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsEdwin Organ on exploring modern masculinity
Pop? Experimental? Reclusive? An oddball? Electronic producer and performer Edwin Organ is cool with being all these things and more on his three EPs exploring men and masculinity Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsFKA twigs – MAGDALENE
By processing the physical and emotional pain she's experienced, FKA twigs’ new album MAGDALENE operates as a purging of all her heartbreak Read more »| 05 Nov 2019
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InterviewsSwampy Cello's Sarah McWhinney on her self-titled debut EP
We speak to Sarah McWhinney, aka Swampy Cello, about how observing rural life and bothy hopping around the north of Scotland helped inspire her debut EP Read more »| 05 Nov 2019 -
PlaylistsJames Yorkston's takeover on EH-FM, 4 Nov
Listen back to James Yorkston's takeover of The Skinny's weekly show on EH-FM, with special guest Stephen Marshall Read more »| 05 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsGirl Ray – Girl
Girl Ray add new dimensions to their sound, bringing bright synths and snappy beats into the mix Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsThe Power of Free Love
Following their latest in a series of nominations for Scottish Album of the Year for 2018's Luxury Hits, we meet Free Love at their flat and part-time studio in Glasgow at the tail end of their biggest year as a band to date Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicTurnover @ Kings Tut's, Glasgow, 29 Oct
It’s a tale of two crowds as Virginia Beach trio Turnover deliver a laid-back set ahead of the release of their fourth LP, Altogether Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsVetiver – Up On High
Up On High sees Vetiver make the best album of their career, and just about the sweetest Sunday morning record you’ve ever heard Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicBattles @ Gorilla, Manchester, 28 Oct
Four years since their last visit, a newly slimline Battles work their way through the nuances of new record Juice B Crypts in front of a capacity Manchester crowd Read more »| 01 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsOmni – Networker
Omni polish their post-punk sound for their first album on Sub Pop – the result is a record packed with fidgety mini-epics Read more »| 01 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicWHY? @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 24 Oct
You can't really fault the musicianship, but WHY?'s set features more annoying elements than sounds that stop you in your tracks. Read more »| 01 Nov 2019