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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ReviewsRemember Sports – Slow Buzz
After a name change and the addition of a new drummer, Remember Sports (fka SPORTS) fully arrive with lo-fi fuzz full of heartache Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
ReviewsStephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard
Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus returns with an album overflowing with hooks, and a hint of grace and gravitas Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
New Music
The Motion Poets – A Girl Like This (Video Premiere)
Edinburgh indie-grunge quartet The Motion Poets share their latest video, for new track A Girl Like This Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
ReviewsParquet Courts – Wide Awake!
There is rather a lot to be angry about right now, but with Wide Awake! Parquet Courts remind us to dance and have a good time, despite the impending apocalypse Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Reviews
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
There's no sign of a sophomore slump on Tell Me How You Really Feel, an album that doesn't better Courtney Barnett's stellar debut, but certainly does no harm to her burgeoning oeuvre Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Live Music
Damo Suzuki @ Mash House, Edinburgh, 8 May
Tonight is sometimes brilliant, sometimes gibberish as Can's Damo Suzuki performs a set made up solely of compositions improvised entirely on the spot Read more »| 17 May 2018
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News
Create a Glasgow music mash-up with Mix the City
Online music platform Mix the City lets you build your own music track using clips from great musicians, and Glasgow is getting its version as part of Festival 2018 Read more »| 16 May 2018 -
Live MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 16-21 May
From Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert to Japanese Breakfast, Car Seat Headrest and a Glasgow all-dayer hosted by Savage Mansion, we take a look at the best shows this week across Scotland Read more »| 16 May 2018 -
Live Music
We Are Scientists @ The Garage, Glasgow, 10 May
Tonight at The Garage feels like more of a We Are Scientists greatest hits set than a Megaplex promotional tour Read more »| 16 May 2018 -
Live Music
Start to End @ Museum of the Moon, Glasgow, 12 May
Start to End tackle Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on the Museum of the Moon's opening weekend and deliver a more than fitting tribute to Scott Hutchison Read more »| 15 May 2018 -
Interviews
Modern Studies on soaring new album Welcome Strangers
We speak to Modern Studies' Emily Scott and Rob St. John about their latest album, Welcome Strangers Read more »| 15 May 2018 -
Interviews
Tracyanne Campbell on Camera Obscura and working with Crybaby
We speak to Tracyanne Campbell about the tragic circumstances surrounding Camera Obscura's hiatus, leading to new creative ambitions in Tracyanne & Danny with Crybaby's Danny Coughlan Read more »| 15 May 2018 -
Festivals
The Great Escape 2018: 10 acts not to miss
Ahead of The Great Escape festival in Brighton, here are ten bands and musicians (including our pick of this year’s Scottish acts) that are a must-see Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
Live Music
Drenge @ Gorilla, Manchester, 2 May
Drenge make a welcome comeback tonight in Manchester as part of their Grand Reopening Tour and it's very much business as usual Read more »| 11 May 2018 -
Reviews
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
A nuanced look at Alex Turner’s Sheffield-to-L.A. stardom coupled with an original take on the 2018 we've all experienced, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino shoots for the moon – and ends up in an endless line for tacos at a pop-up near Clavius Read more »| 11 May 2018