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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ReviewsLee Southall – Iron In The Fire
Enough time has passed now to consider that maybe the noughties didn't herald the great guitar-band revival we thought they did at the time, and that, in fac... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsJoe Goddard – Electric Lines
As a member of both Hot Chip and The 2 Bears, and as a multi-faceted musician involved in production, songwriting and DJing, Joe Goddard has earned his music... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
InterviewsSylvan Esso interview: Reaching Through the Static
We catch up with North Carolina-based duo Sylvan Esso to talk anxieties, joys and annoying habits ahead of the release of sophomore album, What Now “T... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
FestivalsSounds From The Other City: 2017 preview
Sounds from the Other City festival is famed for its mind-bending atmosphere, and this year things get distinctly occult with its 'Sound of the New Dawn' theme. We got our ouija boards out to assess the supernatural superpowers of its line-up Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Opinion
The Skinny's Desert Island Discs
With Record Store Day approaching, what better way to celebrate the humble long-player than to ask our team the hardest question of all: which one album could you not live without? Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
Scottish showcase bands for Great Escape revealed
Eight of Scotland's most exciting music acts – including Be Charlotte, Shogun, Spinning Coin and TeenCanteen – will perform at two Showcasing Scotland concerts during Brighton's The Great Escape 2017 Read more »| 18 Apr 2017
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Reviews
WHITE – One Night Stand Forever
The debut album from Glasgow five-piece WHITE, One Night Stand Forever (not to be confused with the Ed Ruscha painting of the same name) is a raucous riot of... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
News
XpoNorth 2017: The music lineup
Scotland's leading creative industries conference and showcase, XpoNorth, has revealed the bands heading to Inverness for this year’s event Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsGallops – Bronze Mystic
The Wrexham post-rockers are back from the dead with an armful of synths and the same punishing guitars Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 18-24 April
Our live music round-up, with Record Store Day and Wide Days leading a packed week in Edinburgh and Glasgow's venues Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Street Eaters – Take What I Don't Need (Track Premiere)
Take a listen to a brand new track from the Bay Area punk duo's forthcoming album The Envoy A solid brick wall of overdriven bass comes careening towar... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Meursault – The Mill (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Meursault's The Mill, taken from new album I Will Kill Again Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
New Music
Dialects – When You Die, You're Truly Alone (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new track from Glasgow post-rock quartet Dialects Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
Hot 8 Brass Band @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Apr
The Hot 8 Brass Band arrive in Edinburgh this evening to a busy and excited crowd at The Liquid Room. Touring their new album, On the Spot, the group origina... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Monkoora – Nuclear BB
Nuclear BB is a daft and delightfully chaotic clutch of songs that touch upon identity, political responsibility and memory against a multi-coloured tan... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017