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InterviewsNatural Women: All Saints on friendship and new album Testament| 07 Dec 2018Read more ❯ -
OpinionPrimavera Sound's diverse 2019 line-up shames most UK festivals| 07 Dec 2018Read more ❯ -
OpinionThe Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018| 05 Dec 2018Read more ❯ -
InterviewsJulia Holter on making art in a chaotic world| 04 Dec 2018Read more ❯ -
OpinionAlbums of 2018 (#1): Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar| 29 Nov 2018Read more ❯ -
OpinionAn Aidan Moffat Christmas| 26 Nov 2018Read more ❯
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 MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-26 Nov
Another busy week of music wraps its arms around the central belt, with Lauryn Hill, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Christine and the Queens, Shame and Sunflower Bean all paying us a visit Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicMetric @ The Ritz, Manchester, 19 Nov
As they celebrate twenty years together, Metric are at their most crowd-pleasing tonight in Manchester Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsCalexico – The Black Light (20th Anniversary Edition)
Calexico's first big statement, The Black Light, celebrates its 20th anniversary and continues to inspire devotion. It's just a pity Breaking Bad wasn't around in 1998 Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicFlorence + the Machine @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Masters of mass connection, Florence + the Machine fill the SSE Hydro tonight with tracks old and new Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
New MusicSavage Mansion – Elwood (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Elwood, the first single to be taken from Savage Mansion's debut album Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
NewsFoo Fighters to headline Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019
Foo Fighters have been announced as the second headliner for Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019, returning to Scotland after a four year absence Read more »| 21 Nov 2018
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ReviewsBauhaus – The Bela Session
The Bela Session is a little piece of gothic rock history that should sit proudly in the record collection of any fan of The Cure, Joy Divison, Siouxsie and the Banshees et al Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsBeerjacket – Silver Cords
From time to time, shifts in tone can be a little disorientating but Silver Cords is an impressive endeavour from Beerjacket, a songwriter who thinks deeper than most about his art Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicSlayer @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Nov
Slayer leave us with their biggest Scottish show to date, and a performance that no one will forget anytime soon Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
InterviewsEmbracing Outrage: Sunflower Bean on stepping into adulthood
Faced with the imminent wreckage of Trump's presidency, Sunflower Bean re-drew American youth in their own image with Twentytwo in Blue. Singer Julia Cumming explains how Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
InterviewsEddie Argos on Art Brut’s return to rock'n'roll
We catch up with cult hero Eddie Argos at home in Germany as he plans and schemes a way forward for the maximum rock‘n’roll of much-cherished pop-punk band Art Brut Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Opinion
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill retrospective
With 2018 marking the 20th anniversary of Lauryn Hill's iconic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, we look back at the album's development and its ongoing influence Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Live MusicKurt Vile and the Violators @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 Nov
Once you give yourself over to Kurt Vile's idiosyncrasies and trust he'll eventually get you to the destination, it's a hell of a journey Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
New MusicLUNIR – Wadidi (Track Premiere)
Listen to new single Wadidi from Cologne-based, Edinburgh duo LUNIR Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
ReviewsCrooked Teeth – Honey EP
Despite their good intentions to be both colourful and out of the ordinary, Crooked Teeth's latest effort fails to tap into the trio's clear potential Read more »| 15 Nov 2018