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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New MusicScottish New Music Round-up: June 2025
In what’s sure to be a bright summer, Pippa Blundell, Brìghde Chaimbeul and M. John Henry bring folk sounds fizzing to the top, but our June recommendations span hip-hop, spiritual jazz, and Elisabeth Elektra’s synth-pop book of spells Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsNadah El Shazly – Laini Tani
Nadah El Shazly’s solo return smooths out much of her electric eccentricity, but she remains capable of crackling brilliance Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsPulp – More
On their first album in almost 25 years, Pulp demonstrate that revisiting the past can yield genuinely uncompromising and organic rewards Read more »| 02 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsLittle Simz – Lotus
A confessional album that owes more to belief and soul-searching rather than a sense of direction, Lotus sees Little Simz blossoming from a dark spell into new light Read more »| 02 Jun 2025 -
OpinionKneecap: Why the backlash?
Following Kneecap's Mo Chara being charged with a terror offence, we take a closer look at the Northern Irish band's fervent support of Palestine Read more »| 30 May 2025 -
Live MusicWet Leg @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27 May
Universes away from the pigtails and prairie dresses of their debut, Wet Leg tease their sophomore sounds with something far beyond their signature sprechgesang Read more »| 30 May 2025
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Live MusicWunderhorse @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 27 May
Fresh from supporting indie royalty such as Fontaines D.C. and Sam Fender, Wunderhorse prove they're here to stay Read more »| 30 May 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Faith Eliott
Ahead of releasing their latest album, dryas, we catch up with Faith Eliott to talk poetry, songwriting and collaboration Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
ReviewsAesop Rock – Black Hole Superette
Having come up in the East Coast underground rap scene of the late 90s and early 2000s, Aesop Rock has a reputation to uphold with Black Hole Superette Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
ReviewsShura – I Got Too Sad For My Friends
The third studio album from Shura, I Got Too Sad For My Friends, is a lesson in melancholy, but that isn't the full story Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
Live MusicSoccer Mommy @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 May
Soccer Mommy deliver some beautifully intricate and raw moments during tonight's SWG3 show, but the atmosphere feels somewhat flat Read more »| 28 May 2025 -
Live MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: June 2025
Family-friendly festivals, all-dayers, launch parties and whistle-stop tours – for Scotland's music lovers, June has it all Read more »| 27 May 2025 -
ReviewsJacob Alon – In Limerence
Jacob Alon's debut record is one packed with honesty, sounding at once confident and vulnerable Read more »| 27 May 2025 -
ReviewsKathryn Joseph – WE WERE MADE PREY.
On her latest album, Kathryn Joseph conjures even more delicate ways to doubt, rage and come to terms with being Read more »| 27 May 2025 -
InterviewsSpotlight On... Quinie
Ahead of releasing their new album Forefowk, Mind Me, we catch up with Glasgow experimental folk artist Quinie Read more »| 22 May 2025