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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ReviewsSkullcrusher – And Your Song Is Like a Circle
Floaty folk fuses together with airy electronics on Skullcrusher’s ethereal second album, And Your Song Is Like a Circle Read more »| 17 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Liv Dawn
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, Hopeful Wandering, we catch up with Scottish singer-songwriter Liv Dawn Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
NewsThe SAY Award: 2025 shortlist announced
The ten albums shortlisted for this year's Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed, plus KT Tunstall’s debut album Eye to the Telescope has been awarded this year's Modern Scottish Classic Award Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsRianne Downey – The Consequence of Love
On her debut album, Rianne Downey wears her heart on her sleeve across ten tracks that have an unmistakably Scottish flavour Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsStart for Eleven: Hen Hoose x Clare Grogan
Ahead of performances from Altered Images and Hen Hoose as part of Pop Mutations' Tiny Changes fundraiser this month, the Hen Hoose collective put Clare Grogan's memory and knowledge of Scottish music to the test Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsSudan Archives – THE BPM
The third album from Brittney Parks, aka Sudan Archives, is a dizzying, frenetic collision of sound and vision Read more »| 14 Oct 2025
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ReviewsSoulwax – All Systems Are Lying
While there's not much depth to the lyrics on the Dewaele brothers' latest album, when it sounds this good, who cares? Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsThey Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO
The Philadelphia shoegazers reign in their wonkier tendencies to slightly neutering effect on LOTTO Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
Live MusicKaty Perry @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 7 Oct
Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour makes for an enjoyable show that is both earnest and absurd, dazzling and hilariously over the top Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
Live MusicRose Gray @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 9 Oct
Rose Gray ignites the King Tut's crowd with a euphoric night of pure feel-good dance-pop energy Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... DM Arthur
Ahead of releasing his new single Top of the Hill, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter DM Arthur Read more »| 09 Oct 2025 -
OpinionThe Skinny Mixtape: 20 Years of Scottish Music
Celebrate 20 years of The Skinny with a journey through the artists, albums and moments that have shaped Scotland’s last two decades Read more »| 09 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsMore than music: the activism and generosity of Keith McIvor
Following the untimely passing of Optimo's JD Twitch, aka Keith McIvor, we celebrate his unwavering devotion to activism and supporting his local community Read more »| 08 Oct 2025 -
OpinionSlime City's Michael M on doing it wrong in We Are The Physics
Following the release of his book You're Doing It Wrong, Slime City's Michael M helps us celebrate our 20th anniversary with a stumble down memory lane, recalling his time in 'the best band you've never heard of', We Are The Physics Read more »| 08 Oct 2025 -
ReviewsJay Som – Belong
What once was meticulous and solitary is now plural and porous, Jay Som’s Belong is a study in letting go Read more »| 08 Oct 2025