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 MusicScottish Music Highlights: 19-31 Dec
Get firmly in the festive spirit with our Christmas and New Year gig highlights... Read more »| 19 Dec 2017 -
Live MusicMogwai @ The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 16 Dec
Mogwai focus heavily on new material for their momentous night at The Hydro, but there are still moments of brilliance at one of their biggest shows ever Read more »| 18 Dec 2017 -
Festivals
Le Guess Who? 2017: The Review
With its diverse music programming and its emphasis on equality, Utrecht's Le Guess Who? is a truly unique offering on the festival circuit, and one we should be thankful for Read more »| 15 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Spiral Oh @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 7 Dec
A solid trifecta of homegrown talent proves a tough act to follow for Newcastle four-piece EAT FAST at tonight's Spiral Oh party Read more »| 15 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Jane Weaver @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 12 Dec
Overall there's a feeling of imbalance, and while Jane Weaver and co play well, they sadly fail to give the new album the full justice it deserves Read more »| 15 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Ho99o9 @ Stereo, Glasgow, 11 Dec
Ho99o9 are wild, abrasive, completely in your face and entirely thrilling to watch Read more »| 14 Dec 2017
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Live Music
The Cribs @ Gorilla, Manchester, 9 Dec
Wakefield's premier purveyors of punk bring a full-throated, warm-hearted Cribsmas celebration to Manchester Read more »| 13 Dec 2017 -
New MusicFrom Olive Us to Olive You: Album Premiere
Listen to the new Christmas album from Glasgow's Olive Grove Records featuring Eugene Kelly, Carla J. Easton, Randolph's Leap, State Broadcasters and more Read more »| 13 Dec 2017 -
New MusicTable Scraps – Sick of Me (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Sick of Me by Birmingham's Table Scraps Read more »| 13 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott @ SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, 24 Nov
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott play a magic mix of new and old songs and aren't afraid to play the classics from The Beautiful South and The Housemartins back catalogues Read more »| 13 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Gnod @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 8 Dec
Gnod's collaborative performance tonight is full of atavistic chants and lung-full-of-helium squeaks; a worthy dream – not just for their future, but also for ours Read more »| 13 Dec 2017 -
Reviews
Garden of Elks – Low Hearts
Low Hearts is a solid if unremarkable foray into 90s American fuzzed-out slacker rock, yet there is enough to go on here to suggest the best is yet to come Read more »| 12 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Dinosaur Jr. @ The Art School, Glasgow, 10 Dec
Tonight's show is mostly just a bunch of people watching in awe at the controlled fury that three people can produce when they're so perfectly in sync with one another Read more »| 12 Dec 2017 -
New Music
Broken Records – They Won't Ever Leave Us Alone (Track Premiere)
Edinburgh's Broken Records announce details of their new album, What We Might Know, and share new single They Won't Ever Leave Us Alone Read more »| 12 Dec 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 12-18 Dec
As Christmas gets closer, Christmas gigs get more frequent – we select our pick of the best along with some other not-so-Christmassy shows like Mogwai, Jane Weaver and Pronto Mama Read more »| 11 Dec 2017