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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NewsDavid Bowie convinced James Murphy to reform LCD Soundsystem
Murphy reveals the late music icon dared him to ignore his "uncomfortable" feelings and get the band back together Read more »| 11 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsTRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, 7 Jul
Day one of Glasgow's newest music festival sees the long-awaited return of Thom Yorke and Radiohead Read more »| 11 Jul 2017 -
ReviewsBoris – Dear
For 25 years, it would be fair to say Boris have earned a name for themselves as one the pre-eminent noise/drone bands in the world, let alone their native J... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Siobhan Wilson on new album There Are No Saints
Elgin-born songwriter Siobhan Wilson talks to The Skinny about Paris, writing about mental health and coming full circle as an artist Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 11-17 Jul
From West African funk to high-powered drone to classic hip-hop, this week's gig round-up is an eclectic selection Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
The Best of Field Day 2017
Year after year, Field Day repeatedly offer up impressive line-ups that balance rising talent and bands-of-the-moment alongside a few special vintage acts. T... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017
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ReviewsShabazz Palaces – Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
Shabazz Palaces have fully fallen for space travel on these sister albums starring Quazarz, Ishmael Butler’s new persona, who invites us into his realm... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
ReviewsShabazz Palaces – Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Shabazz Palaces are of the distant future, the forgotten past, or a wormhole connecting both. Songs are dense with effects, whisper-quiet raps masked by star... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Art Feynman – Blast Off Through the Wicker
Californian musician Art Feynman is on a mission. He wants to try to find life in the lifeless, and discover what it actually means to be alive. That goes so... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
Elgin-born singer-songwriter Siobhan Wilson has been around a while under the guise Ella the Bird, but it’s under her own name she’s going to be ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds From Another Planet
The vivid melancholy of Michelle Zauner’s debut album Psychopomp was built on tragic circumstances: imbued by the memory of Zauner’s late mother,... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Reviews
Lucy Rose – Something’s Changing
Ah, the travails of being a female singer-songwriter in an age of superabundance. It may be John Lewis we have to thank but you can’t turn on the TV th... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Live Music
Ani DiFranco @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 29 Jun
Folk singer and feminist icon, Ani DiFranco has been described by many as a badass. With a musical career spanning over 30 years she has released more than 2... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Food And Drink
Auchentoshan, Glasgow & King Tut's Summer Nights
Ahead of this year's King Tut's Summer Nights gig series, we look at Glasgow, live music, and the city's very own whisky, Auchentoshan Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
New Music
Rachel Alice Johnson – I Won't Remember You (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Edinburgh-based musician Rachel Alice Johnson Read more »| 07 Jul 2017