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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ReviewsMorcheeba – Blackest Blue
What Blackest Blue lacks in impact it makes up for with trippy downtempo calling cards, which will keep long-time Morcheeba fans plenty satisfied Read more »| 12 May 2021 -
New MusicCallum Easter – What You Think? (video premiere)
Watch the video for What You Think?, the first single to be taken from Callum Easter's forthcoming new album, System Read more »| 11 May 2021 -
ReviewsSt. Vincent – Daddy's Home
Shapeshifting songwriter Annie Clark unearths family truths on her new album Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
Things To DoThirteen Records: Continuing Dundee's music legacy
New Dundee record shop Thirteen Records on life after the iconic Groucho’s Records, opening a cultural venue in a pandemic, and the future direction of music and culture in their hometown Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
ReviewsSons of Kemet – Black to the Future
Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet return with Black to the Future, the group's best work to date Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
New MusicScottish new music round-up: May 2021
With A LOT coming out this month, we've done our best to highlight some of the new stuff we're most excited about, including Carla J. Easton and Simon Liddell of Frightened Rabbit's glorious new project Poster Paints Read more »| 05 May 2021
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InterviewsEdinburgh's Buffet Lunch on The Power of Rocks
We meet Buffet Lunch to blether about their debut album The Power of Rocks, the influence of characters on their writing, and the band’s jovial nature Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
ReviewsSquid – Bright Green Field
If Squid are the guitar boys' buzz band of the moment, some are going to get a little more than they bargained for on their debut LP Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
ReviewsKUČKA – Wrestling
KUČKA's long-awaited first album is an incredibly accomplished expression of her experimental electronic sound Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
ReviewsTeenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade
On Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub sound refreshed, renewed and remarkably like themselves Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
PlaylistsButho The Warrior and Optimistic Soul: Guest Selector
Ahead of their slots on The Wave – Radio Buena Vida's afro tech takeover curated by Bemz – Butho the Warrior and Optimistic Soul from Glasgow's Jaiva Collective talk us through some of their favourite tracks Read more »| 26 Apr 2021 -
Things To DoWatch our Fiddlers on the High Seas livestream
Watch a new short film celebrating the history of Scottish fiddle music, with performances from Aidan O'Rourke, Vicky Gray and Maurice Henderson Read more »| 22 Apr 2021 -
ReviewsField Music – Flat White Moon
Although Flat White Moon is a serene glance into the past, it lacks some of the innovation that make its inspirations so great Read more »| 21 Apr 2021 -
InterviewsYours Forever: Ensemble on No Place Like It
Ahead of the release of No Place Like It, we speak with some of the musicians and young people involved in the award-winning Glasgow-based songwriting project Ensemble Read more »| 21 Apr 2021 -
New MusicMaranta – Miss Dupé (track premiere)
Listen to Miss Dupé, the brand new single from Edinburgh duo Maranta Read more »| 21 Apr 2021