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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ReviewsEl Guincho – Hiperasia
Album número tres from astro-exotica producer Pablo Díaz-Reixa plays like a radio shuffling through stations. Hiperasia – named after a s... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
Live MusicA Mote of Dust / Finn LeMarinel @ The Hug and Pint, 31 Jan
When does a Finn LeMarinel track end? In a hot and airless Hug and Pint – the Celtic Connections banner no doubt aiding a sell-out – and it&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
Live MusicPlastic Animals / Frog @ Wee Red Bar, 29 Jan
While the past fifteen years have seen the guitar/drums duo become as familiar a line-up as the standard rock quartet, most of the usual practition... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
Live MusicJohn Grant @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 26 Jan
Glasgow crowds never disappoint. No sooner has the mighty Mr. Grant ambled onto the Royal Concert Hall’s spacious stage (casually dressed: jeans, Nikes... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
Amy Duncan – Undercurrents
Amy Duncan’s fifth studio album is as gentle, elegant and lovely as any believer in softly orchestrated folk could want. The multi-instrumentalist... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
Reviews
So Pitted – Neo
Melodies are all well and good, but they’ll only get you so far. Sometimes all you wanna hear is something that’ll crush you into the ground. Ste... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016
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Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – February 2016
Despite February’s brevity, there’s a generous selection on offer to satisfy our sonic yearnings and quell any lingering winter discontent. Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
News
John Carpenter announces Lost Themes II album
Horror maestro John Carpenter has announced details of a follow-up to his Lost Themes album, ahead of his first ever live gigs. Often cited as a source... Read more »| 01 Feb 2016 -
Live Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – February 2016
The big guns get firing in February with Joanna Newsom, Foals and Tame Impala all in town – but there are still gems to be found among the smaller venues Read more »| 30 Jan 2016 -
ReviewsNew Albums This Week: Jesu / Sun Kil Moon + more
The week's best new records from Jesu / Sun Kil Moon, Nevermen & MONEY Read more »| 29 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
Leftfield join Tayside's Festival of House line-up
Dance pioneers Leftfield have joined the line-up for Festival of House near Dundee this summer. Read more »| 29 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
Nap Eyes – Thought Rock Fish Scale
Location can be an underappreciated facet in rock music. Take Nap Eyes’ second long player, for instance; recorded in a living room in smalltown Nova S... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
Wild Nothing – Life Of Pause
Life of Synth may have been a more apt title for Wild Nothing’s third record, cultivated as it is around layers of woozy electronic timbres. Nowhere is... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
Reviews
Flowers – Everybody's Dying to Meet You
It takes just under 30 seconds for Flowers’ second album Everybody’s Dying to Meet You to vault its promising but wan predecessor (2014’s D... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
Live Music
Dilly Dally @ The Castle Hotel, 23 Jan
Toronto punk four-piece Dilly Dally are building a reputation for themselves as experts in exploring emotions at their rawest, with vocalist Katie Monks&rsqu... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016