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 MusicMGMT @ SWG3, Glasgow, 15 Dec
Having returned on fine form with their 2018 release Little Dark Age, MGMT bring their best bits to Glasgow at a sold-out psychedelic party Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
Live Music
Paul McCartney @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Dec
At just shy of three hours, with a 39 song setlist – more than half of which is made up of The Beatles – only the Scroogiest individual leaves the Hydro with a frown tonight Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
Live Music
Nile Rodgers & Chic @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 13 Dec
Within seconds of Nile Rodgers and Chic taking to the stage the whole SSE is on their feet and dancing for a set that highlights the best-known moments from a career that glitters like a disco ball Read more »| 17 Dec 2018 -
NewsThe Ninth Wave cover The Pogues for Christmas
Glasgow’s The Ninth Wave have covered The Pogues’ Love You Till the End and filmed a dreamy, festive video – set around Glasgow city centre – to accompany it Read more »| 14 Dec 2018 -
New Music
Callum Easter – Here or Nowhere (Video Premiere)
Watch the lyric video for Here or Nowhere from latest Lost Map Records signee, Callum Easter Read more »| 12 Dec 2018 -
Reviews
Within Temptation – Resist
Cohesive and passionate, Resist is yet another jewel in Within Temptation's crown Read more »| 11 Dec 2018
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Live MusicJulia Holter @ Summerhall, 10 Dec
Julia Holter squeezes her band on to a snug Dissection Room stage for a set that explores the ethereal and the experimental, and showcases Holter's magisterial vocals Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Festivals
Stag & Dagger announce 2019 line-up
Glasgow one-dayer Stag & Dagger has revealed its first set of acts for the 2019 edition, including Dream Wife, Goat Girl, The Ninth Wave and CRYSTAL Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Live Music
Hozier @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 7 Dec
Hozier's soulful Irish-born folk demonstrates a strong Celtic connection at Glasgow's O2 Academy Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Live Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 11-31 Dec
With performances from the likes of Nile Rodgers and Paul McCartney, and Christmas and Hogmany events taking place across the country, 2018 looks set to go out with a bang Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
Interviews
MHF Live: Talking about mental health with music
We speak to Hannah Currie, Solareye, Be Charlotte and The Spook School about MHF Live, a new project that hopes to inspire events that encourage conversations about mental health Read more »| 10 Dec 2018 -
Reviews
Selling – On Reflection
A striking attention to detail ensures On Reflection will be a record that you're drawn back to again and again Read more »| 10 Dec 2018 -
PlaylistsBig Joanie: Under the Influence
Ahead of their appearance at Kid Canaveral's Christmas Baubles, London's Big Joanie talk us through the records that have influenced their debut album, Sistahs Read more »| 10 Dec 2018 -
Live Music
Book Yer Ane Fest @ Abertay Student Centre, Dundee, 30 Nov-2 Dec
Book Yer Ane Fest is much more than a DIY punk festival – it's the coming together of a community of music lovers with a desire to bring about positive change Read more »| 07 Dec 2018 -
Reviews
Van Morrison – The Prophet Speaks
Van Morrison's 40th studio album, and fifth since 2016, is another collection of jazz and blues; standards and originals, they're all as one now for Van the Man Read more »| 07 Dec 2018