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 MusicGodspeed You! Black Emperor @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Sep
A masterclass in brutality vs beauty, Canada's legendary post-rock outfit Godspeed You! Black Emperor have honed their audio-visual experience to near perfection Read more »| 02 Oct 2024 -
OpinionFind Your New Favourite Band at these Autumn Music Festivals
The nights are fair drawing in, but there's new music to be found! We look at some of the music festivals happening near and far this October and November Read more »| 02 Oct 2024 -
New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: October 2024
October sees EP releases from up-and-coming Scottish talent like Nü Cros, Indoor Foxes and mokusla, while Roddy Woomble returns with a brand new solo record Read more »| 02 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsCaribou – Honey
Honey's combination of club beats and AI-boosted vocals is technically dazzling, but lacking in depth Read more »| 01 Oct 2024 -
Live MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2024
It's SAY Award season, Tenement Trail returns, and a bunch of live shows from some of our favourite Scottish bands – it's our October gig guide Read more »| 01 Oct 2024 -
ReviewsGodspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's latest album, in all of its warped, noisy instrumentation, is the embodiment of music as art Read more »| 30 Sep 2024
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ReviewsYasmin Williams – Acadia
Yasmin Williams’ follow-up to 2021’s Urban Driftwood is an ambitious record that showcases the guitarist’s wide range of musical influences Read more »| 30 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Zerrin
With the video for Zerrin's latest single Spring Cleaning released today, we catch up with the Glasgow-based Australian artist to find out more Read more »| 26 Sep 2024 -
ReviewsPale Waves – Smitten
Capturing the kaleidoscopic array of feelings of queer love across a collection of earworms, Pale Waves’ fourth album may be the band’s most complete package to date Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
ReviewsNina Nesbitt – Mountain Music
Mountain Music represents a genre-shift for Nina Nesbitt, a record that showcases her vocals more than her previous pop-oriented records ever did Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
Live MusicLos Campesinos! @ QMU, Glasgow, 21 Sep
Following the release of new album All Hell, and almost two decades into their career, Los Campesinos! play their biggest Scottish show to date Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
Live MusicThe Last Dinner Party @ O2 Academy Glasgow, 20 Sep
Divisive Londoners The Last Dinner Party bring a night of theatricality to Glasgow's O2 Academy Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
ReviewsXiu Xiu – 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips
Xiu Xiu return with 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips, their most accessible and fun project to date Read more »| 23 Sep 2024 -
Live MusicAzealia Banks @ O2 Academy Glasgow, 18 Sep
Whether for better or worse, Azealia Banks is unapologetically herself tonight, and that is something you cannot fault when the end product is still so good Read more »| 20 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Zoe Graham
Following the release of her latest single Push and Pull, and ahead of a Glasgow headline show in October, we shine a spotlight on Zoe Graham Read more »| 19 Sep 2024