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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InterviewsRage Becomes Her: CMAT on Crazymad, For Me
Propelled back into pop after a chance encounter with Charli XCX, Irish songwriter CMAT explains how she’s embracing her anger and inner Miranda gladly in latest album Crazymad, For Me Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsDream Nails – Doom Loop
It might be a new era for queer punk collective Dream Nails, but thankfully on Doom Loop they’re still fighting the good fight Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsCMAT – Crazymad, For Me
On the follow-up to last year's If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, CMAT finds an even sweeter spot – Crazymad, For Me is funnier, weirder, more colourful and more ambitious Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicLauren Mayberry @ SWG3, Glasgow, 5 Oct
Lauren Mayberry's debut solo show in the UK is a night of exploration, excitement, and 80s-inspired pop Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsHannah Diamond – Picture Perfect
Hannah Diamond's second album is a reflection on our relationships with modern technology, and with each other Read more »| 06 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicRuby Gaines @ Mono, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Two very different special guests help launch neo-soul EP Heavy Good – but without a doubt, Ruby Gaines is the shining star of the evening Read more »| 05 Oct 2023
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NewsScottish Album of the Year Award 2023: Shortlist revealed
The SAY Award shortlist includes Young Fathers, Hamish Hawk, Becky Sikasa and Andrew Wasylyk among others, while Paolo Nutini’s debut album is chosen as a Modern Scottish Classic Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
New MusicSpotlight On... Almost Nothing
Ahead of its physical release, Roddy Woomble talks us through his eponymous album as Almost Nothing, track-by-track Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
New MusicScottish New Music Roundup: October 2023
It's another busy month for Scottish music with new releases from Broken Records, PAWS, Theo Bleak, Katie Gregson-MacLeod, Budgee and more Read more »| 04 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsĠENN – unum
The technical skill and musical talent of ĠENN – on show across new album unum – is indisputable, far exceeding guitar band expectations Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicPJ Harvey @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 26 Sep
PJ Harvey’s perpetual strive for unpredictability shows its face once more as she welcomes the eager crowd of Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom into the ambitious, archaic world of her new album – I Inside the Old Year Dying Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2023
Scottish gig super-fans have their hands full this October, with plenty festivals, all-dayers and record launches Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsSufjan Stevens – Javelin
On Javelin, Sufjan Stevens sees himself as a blight on a beautiful world. When loved, his pain is suspended and he transcends, but such mercy is resigned to his past Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
Reviewscorto.alto – Bad With Names
Forward-thinking and exciting, Bad With Names marks a new high point for jazz in Scotland Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
Live MusicThe National @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 24 Sep
The National weaponise a near quarter-century of experience; a juxtaposition of the solemn and the sublime that enraptures Glasgow’s OVO Hydro Read more »| 26 Sep 2023