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 MusicAmerican Football @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 3 Nov
The kings of emotionally literate indie rock do stirring justice to their late-career masterpiece in unlikely Leeds surrounds Read more »| 14 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsSKOOP rapper Tzusan on debut album Babau
We chat to SKOOP Records' co-founder Tzusan about sci-fi, sampling, and loads and loads of egg boxes Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsCloth – Cloth
Glasgow trio Cloth's moody debut is assured and offers a glimpse at an even more exciting future Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsBonnie 'Prince' Billy – I Made a Place
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy returns with his first album of original material in eight years, and it's a typically idiosyncratic, at-times aggressively upbeat, collection Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsJeffrey Lewis & The Voltage – Bad Wiring
Bad Wiring is an electrifying addition to the Jeffrey Lewis canon, and possibly his best studio album yet Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsLeif Vollebekk – New Ways
Leif Vollebekk's latest album New Ways is perfectly packaged and well-delivered, but fails to see Vollebekk break out of his easy-listening niche Read more »| 12 Nov 2019
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ReviewsTNGHT – II
II bears the same restrained energy and cheek of TNGHT, yanked right up to date by a pair of plugged-in beatmakers Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsThe Ninth Wave – Infancy Part 2
Concluding their audaciously-released debut album in triumphant fashion, Part 2 of Infancy shows The Ninth Wave are here to stay Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicMaking Tracks @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 10 Nov
The ardent sincerity of tonight's performers and their desire to bring their concoctions to life belies a genuine passion that is heartwarming to see Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsTindersticks – No Treasure But Hope
Tindersticks' 11th album is a somewhat uneven collection of chamber pop tracks from one of the genre's mainstays Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsCold War Kids – New Age Norms 1
Beyond the sweet melodies and striking instrumentals, New Age Norms 1 is a project with a message Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
Live MusicVampire Weekend @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7 Nov
Ezra Koenig and co deliver a two-hour set that manages to be exactly as polished as you'd expect Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
NewsThe Art School closure: the story so far
Glasgow loses another of its key venues with the Art School union announcing it's closed to the public until at least 2020 Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsOptimo, Night School and Green Door on Free Love
We speak to three people who have helped shape Free Love's career from their formation through their days as Happy Meals to their reinvention as Free Love Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsCloth's Rachael and Paul Swinton on their self-titled debut
Twins and close collaborators Rachael and Paul Swinton discuss the stark, elegant and haunting debut record from their band, Cloth Read more »| 08 Nov 2019