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 MusicSpoon @ The Art School, Glasgow, 28 Jun
Tonight's opener, Adam Buxton, is not a typical support act for a rock band (as he states several times), but he does hit the right note with a crowd that ar... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Live MusicJeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 28 Jun
As far as 1970s rock groups go, Jeff Lynne must be one of the era's most unassuming frontmen. Founder of the Electric Light Orchestra and the man behind the ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
Not all pop is manufactured, or made by men in suits with dollar signs in their eyes – sometimes an artist knows what makes a track wriggle into your b... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
ClubsJD Twitch & JG Wilkes on 20 Years of Optimo
We speak to the duo behind Glasgow's Optimo (Espacio) ahead of Optimo 20 this August, celebrating two decades of the legendary club night Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Weigh Anchor: Mura Masa interviewed
Prodigal beatmaker and Anchor Point Records maestro Mura Masa talks to The Skinny about coming from the underground to make a pop album Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Albums of 2017 so far
As we pass the midpoint of 2017, our music team select their favourite albums of the year to date, from the efforts of returning indie icons to dark and powerful collections from the brightest voices in modern rap Read more »| 05 Jul 2017
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ReviewsLorde – Melodrama
Melodrama is a lesson in freefalling. It's taken four years for Ella Yelich-O'Connor to write a follow-up to Pure Heroine, but every single second sounds bre... Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Binker and Moses – Journey to the Mountain of Forever
Summoning the spirit of John Coltrane, London sax-and-drums duo Binker and Moses invite the listener on a Journey to the Mountain of Forever on their new alb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Sofar So Good: Sofar Sounds Edinburgh & Glasgow
We speak to Edinburgh and Glasgow Sofar Sounds organisers to find out what's next for the Scottish leg of this unique and intimate gigging community Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
Latitude 2017: 15 acts to see
Here are the acts we think it’s worth making time for if you’re heading to Henham Park in Suffolk for Latitude this July Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
Bluedot festival send Orbital into orbit
As the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory returns for a second year, it send two DJ action figures where no DJ action figures have gone before: outer space Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Melvins – A Walk With Love and Death
Melvins are back, with a pair of career firsts: their first double album, their first film soundtrack. In some senses this is a distinct pair of albums ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Live Music
Pond @ The Art School, Glasgow, 19 Jun
First, a disclaimer – this review was written by an Aussie expat. If the exuberant legion of Pond fans at The Art School tonight is anything to go by, ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Live Music
Real Estate @ The Ritz, Manchester, 28 Jun
“I'm gonna level with you Manchester, lots of tickets left for tonight's show at The Ritz. Come fill the big hall...” Full marks to the custodia... Read more »| 04 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Weathering the Storm: Waxahatchee interviewed
Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield talks us through her noisiest and most honest album to date Read more »| 04 Jul 2017