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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ReviewsCharlotte de Witte – Heart of Mine EP
Charlotte de Witte is clearly a talented producer and this EP will do well in the techno charts, but sadly it doesn't feature some of her stronger work Read more »| 08 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Essaie Pas on New Path
We catch up with Marie Davidson and Pierre Guerineau, aka Essaie Pas, to chat about their latest album New Path, plans for 2018 and Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly Read more »| 08 Mar 2018 -
Live Music
Mint Field @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 27 Feb
Mint Field deliver a solid, if at times unengaging, set tonight but it's the homegrown local talent of Home$lice and West Princes that steal the show Read more »| 08 Mar 2018 -
New MusicMïus – Torso (Vessels Remix): Track Premiere
Listen to the Vessels remix of the new single Torso from Budapest-based Mïus Read more »| 08 Mar 2018 -
OpinionFrightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison on The Midnight Organ Fight
As Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight approaches its tenth birthday, Scott Hutchison talks us through the album from self-inflicted heartache to living in cupboards Read more »| 07 Mar 2018 -
Live Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 7-12 Mar
An eclectic mix of gigs this week, from 47Soul's Arabic electro to intimate Frightened Rabbit shows, as well as the day-long Lake of Stars festival and the family-friendly Major Minor Music Club Read more »| 07 Mar 2018
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Reviews
Submotion Orchestra – Kites
Kites marks a fine return to Submotion Orchestra's cinematic jazz roots Read more »| 07 Mar 2018 -
Reviews
George FitzGerald – All That Must Be
All That Must Be sees FitzGerald on a slickly produced soul-searching journey with moments of genuine poignancy Read more »| 06 Mar 2018 -
Reviews
Nap Eyes – I'm Bad Now
For their third album Nova Scotia slack-rockers Nap Eyes sharpen up their act and create moments of brilliance Read more »| 06 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
SHHE on her return to music and Icelandic residency
“Solitude and isolation have always featured in my music. Intentionally or unintentionally, they’ve always featured in my life too" Su Shaw Read more »| 06 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Martha Ffion on Sunday Best
We talk Seinfeld, Peep Show and growing up in Ireland with Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Martha Ffion ahead of the release of her debut album Sunday Best Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
ReviewsGumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa
Soundway Records' latest compilation is a fantastic introduction to the party-starting bubblegum sound from South Africa Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
Reviews
Martha Ffion – Sunday Best
Sunday Best is a confident debut chock-full of understated pleasures, one that hints Martha Ffion will only get better as her career progresses Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
Reviews
Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
Cocoa Sugar is a potent mix of sugary boy band choruses, tongue-twister rap and surreal imagery making for the Leith trio's best album yet Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Young Fathers on Cocoa Sugar and Edinburgh's live music scene
We pay Young Fathers a visit in their Leith studio space to talk about new album Cocoa Sugar, via pop dreams, improv poetry, huge horses and the future for Edinburgh's live scene Read more »| 05 Mar 2018