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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New MusicAuntie Flo's Radio Highlife wins The SAY Award and why it's important
At long last a producer has won the Scottish Album of the Year Award, but most importantly it's for a record of extreme cultural importance in turbulent times Read more »| 10 Sep 2019 -
ReviewsCharli XCX – Charli
Returning to the studio with PC Music’s A.G. Cook, Charli XCX's new album is boundlessly liberating, decadently indulgent, and irresistibly danceable Read more »| 10 Sep 2019 -
Live MusicJohnny Marr @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 4 Sep
The iconic Manchester axeman brings down the curtain on Call the Comet with a career-spanning homecoming show Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
InterviewsWork-Life Balance: Sigrid interview
Ahead of her biggest UK tour in November, we talk to Sigrid about dropping out of college, working hard and staying grounded Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
PlaylistsThe Skinny on EH-FM, 9 September: Listen Again
Listen to our latest show on EH-FM with new music from Foals, Trentemøller, Bat for Lashes, Broken Chanter, Jenny Hval and Charli XCX Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
InterviewsJenny Hval on The Practice of Love
Norwegian musician and writer Jenny Hval talks about love, pop and dance music ahead of the release of her new album The Practice of Love Read more »| 09 Sep 2019
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Live MusicSASAMI @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 3 Sep
Sasami Ashworth is a wise-cracking, fuzz-peddling ball of uncontainable energy as she brings songs from her self-titled solo album to Glasgow's Hug & Pint Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
ReviewsChrissie Hynde – Valve Bone Woe
An alternative Great American Songbook? Approach Valve Bone Woe with open ears and it will bring rich rewards across most of its 14 tracks Read more »| 06 Sep 2019 -
Live MusicThe Flaming Lips @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 Sep
Confetti cannons, a light up unicorn, wacky costumes and more abound in another thrilling turn from The Flaming Lips as they celebrate 20 years of The Soft Bulletin at Edinburgh's Usher Hall Read more »| 06 Sep 2019 -
NewsLCD Soundsystem exhibition heads to Glasgow's SWG3
LCD Soundsystem, the collaborative exhibition between the band's official photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya and Scottish artist Joe Henry, comes to Glasgow this October Read more »| 06 Sep 2019 -
ReviewsGrayscale – Nella Vita
The Philadelphia quintet return with another dose of emotive pop-punk, while simultaneously seeking sonic pastures new Read more »| 06 Sep 2019 -
ReviewsROAM – Smile Wide
Buzzing with a 90s rock influence, ROAM’s third effort is a bid to push their brand of pop-punk further than ever before Read more »| 06 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsLowlands Festival 2019: Report
With its incredible and sprawling line-up, how more people haven’t yet discovered Lowlands is unclear. It’s a beaming gem just waiting to be unearthed Read more »| 05 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsOff the Beaten Track: Scottish Gigs & Festivals Calendar
We speak to the organisers of Kirkcaldy's Tae Sup Wi' a Fifer and Glasgow's Freakender, and shine a light on the cavalcade of events still to come this year in venues across Scotland Read more »| 05 Sep 2019 -
ReviewsBat for Lashes – Lost Girls
Natasha Khan returns with a sumptuous soundtrack to misspent LA evenings Read more »| 05 Sep 2019