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 Music
Yard Act @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 15 Mar
As part of their current tour celebrating the disco-fuelled Where’s My Utopia?, tonight we’re welcomed to step into Yard Act’s ace office and it’s mostly class Read more »| 21 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Aylee
Following the release of her endometriosis-fuelled song Sick To My Stomach, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow singer-songwriter and producer Aylee Read more »| 21 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Jlin – Akoma
Akoma is a back to basics album of sorts, and above all else it underlines Jlin's growth and heart Read more »| 20 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Gossip – Real Power
Although at times it sacrifices bite in favour of a certain kind of generic polish, Real Power – Gossip's first album in over a decade – is a lot of fun Read more »| 20 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Julia Holter – Something In the Room She Moves
Julia Holter returns on typically sublime form, bringing a fresh warmth to her orchestral dreaminess Read more »| 20 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Shooting Star: Empress Of on For Your Consideration
We catch up with Lorely Rodriguez – aka Empress Of – ahead of her playful, bold and provocative fourth studio album, For Your Consideration Read more »| 18 Mar 2024
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Reviews
Empress Of – For Your Consideration
On Empress Of’s addictive fourth full-length album, we find Lorely Rodriguez both commanding and vulnerable Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
Adrianne Lenker's latest solo record Bright Future is raw, unvarnished, and painted in plentiful colour Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Katie Crutchfield follows up the masterful Saint Cloud with more gorgeously expressive Americana Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Reviews
Tierra Whack – WORLD WIDE WHACK
Tierra Whack is making mainstream hip-hop interesting on WORLD WIDE WHACK, an album where no two songs are alike Read more »| 15 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Dancer
Ahead of releasing their debut album, 10 Songs I Hate About You, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow quartet Dancer Read more »| 14 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Josephine Sillars
Following the release of her latest EP, The Loveliest Thing Change, we shine a spotlight on Josephine Sillars Read more »| 07 Mar 2024 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Festival announce 2024 programme
At this year's Edinburgh International Festival, Cat Power sings Bob Dylan, Amy Liptrot's The Outrun is brought to the stage by Stef Smith, and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex will be performed throughout the National Museum of Scotland Read more »| 07 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Pekka Kuusisto and Aidan O'Rourke on SCO's Time and Tides
Ahead of the SCO's forthcoming Time and Tides performances, we catch up with fiddle players Pekka Kuusisto and Aidan O'Rourke to discuss the marriage between traditional and classical styles Read more »| 06 Mar 2024 -
Interviews
Tackling Misogyny In Scottish Music
In light of the recent Misogyny in Music report, to give a snapshot of the music industry at play in Scotland, we chat to six women and nb people about their experiences navigating this so-called 'Boys’ Club' Read more »| 05 Mar 2024