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 MusicThe Skinny goes to The Great Escape 2019
Three days, 15 bands, Day-Glo underwear and a whole fleet of Slush Puppies, The Skinny reports back from this year’s Great Escape Festival in Brighton Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
FestivalsLeithLate reveal 2019 weekender plans
Art festival LeithLate has launched details of its LeithLate19 Weekend, including an all-female music line-up at Leith Gala Day, an all-female graffiti artist jam and the return of LeithLate's Mural Tours Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
ReviewsCarly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated
Dedicated, Carly Rae Jepsen's follow-up to E•MO•TION, is a glistening collection of 80s-inspired pop earworms Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
ReviewsFilthy Friends – Emerald Valley
Filthy Friends prove their collective mettle with a thematic suite of songs that find Corin Tucker raging about the fate of our planet on a bed of Peter Buck's strongest set of tunes in years Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
ReviewsHelm – Chemical Flowers
Despite the odd directionless patch on Chemical Flowers, Luke Younger has added another solid record to his already imposing body of work Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
New MusicGoodnight Louisa – Hollow God (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Hollow God by Edinburgh's Goodnight Louisa, the new solo project from SKJØR's Louise McCraw Read more »| 16 May 2019
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FestivalsSummerhall launches its 2019 Fringe programme
Extinction Rebellion take over two spaces, Kathryn Joseph headlines Nothing Ever Happens Here, Rachael Young brings her Grace Jones celebration NIGHTCLUBBING and the mighty Trevor Lock delivers his stand-up sermon COMMUNITY CIRCLE Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
FestivalsKing Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Summer Nights Festival line-up announced
The King Tut’s grassroots music festival returns for its eighth year and with a new format. This year the festival will be running for seven weeks, rather than just two Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
Live MusicGods of Rap @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 May
Despite a quantity over quality approach, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul offer enough genuine delights in Gods of Rap to prove that all hope isn't lost just yet Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
ReviewsThe National – I Am Easy to Find
The indie stalwarts' eighth full-length is a thrillingly ambitious, deeply collaborative game-changer Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
InterviewsSouthern Exposure: Pictish Trail chats to Bossy Love
Ahead of this year's Southern Exposure festival at Summerhall, Lost Map Records label boss Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail) sits down for a chat with Bossy Love Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
New MusicDigitalanalogue – Spiel Protokoll (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Spiel Protokoll by Digitalanalogue, the solo electronic side project of Broken Records' Ian Turnbull Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
ReviewsInterpol – A Fine Mess EP
Interpol's new EP might be their strongest post-hiatus release yet Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
Live MusicFat White Family @ SWG3, Glasgow, 7 May
How do you fix a reputation after it almost kills your band, stone dead? For garage rock hell-raisers Fat White Family, it’s by going mostly – and spectacularly – disco Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
New MusicBroken Chanter – Wholesale (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Wholesale, the new single from Broken Chanter – the new project from Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor Read more »| 14 May 2019