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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InterviewsPlay Time: Meet Scotland's Music Instrument Libraries
Music Broth, We Make Music Instrument Libraries and GLOSS tell us about the role of music instrument libraries in overcoming barriers to music tuition, reducing waste and connecting communities Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
ReviewsSHHE – THALASSA
As Su Shaw continues to live by and document our bodies of water, on her latest album she has honed her ear for ambient music that is urgent and foregrounded Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
ReviewsMUNA – Dancing on the Wall
MUNA's Dancing on the Wall sees the band swap the sun-soaked confessional catharsis of their last record for something altogether more edgy and tightly wound Read more »| 08 May 2026 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Fright Years
Following the release of their new single Never Been Wrong and ahead of shows at The Great Escape, we catch up with Edinburgh band Fright Years Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
ReviewsCola – Cost of Living Adjustment
As the Montreal outfit Cola release their third album, the former Ought members are steadfastly standing on their own terms Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
ReviewsLoraine James – Detached From the Rest of You
Loraine James's self-styled "IDM popstar album" finds the London producer confronting imposter syndrome head-on Read more »| 07 May 2026
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New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: May 2026
May is busy AF for Scottish releases, with albums and EPs from Saint Sappho, Acolyte, Bill Wells, Orla Noble, Dead Pony, and well, the list goes on, and on, and on... Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
InterviewsCarla J. Easton on I Think That I Might Love You
As she gears up to release her fifth solo album, I Think That I Might Love You, we talk the past, present and future with Carla J. Easton Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
ReviewsLykke Li – The Afterparty
Lykke Li’s sixth album, The Afterparty, is the poppiest the Swede has been since her 2008 debut, Youth Novels Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
ReviewsAldous Harding – Train on the Island
On Train on the Island, Aldous Harding offers up more beautiful, inscrutable tales Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
ReviewsConscious Pilot – Human Poultry
While Conscious Pilot choose eclecticism over coherence at times on their debut, at the heart of the record is absurdist humour delivered through a danceable groove Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
ReviewsCarla J. Easton – I Think That I Might Love You
Girl-group expertise and newly-minted guitar skills define this superb fifth record from Glasgow singer-songwriter Carla J. Easton Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
ReviewsAna Roxanne – Poem 1
Ana Roxanne picks up where she left off five years ago, still a beacon of beautifully pure soundscapes Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
ReviewsHekt – Forever
Copenhagen cool mingled with ecstatic EDM seems like an unlikely union, but it's one that Hekt delivers with serious oomph on new album Forever Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
Live MusicKneecap @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 29 Apr
Kneecap stop by Edinburgh for the first time to play an intimate show at The Liquid Room, proving that they’re equally serious about the music and the message Read more »| 30 Apr 2026