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 MusicSnail Mail @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 21 Aug
Snail Mail take a break from festival slots for a headline show at Glasgow's Saint Luke's Read more »| 24 Aug 2023 -
Live MusicThe Walkmen @ SWG3, Glasgow, 21 Aug
Hamilton Leithauser and co make a seamless return after a decade away with a sharp performance that dissolves the intervening years Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
Live MusicIchiko Aoba @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
As part of this year's contemporary music programme at Edinburgh International Festival, Ichiko Aoba holds the audience enrapt in the palm of her hand Read more »| 22 Aug 2023 -
Live MusicEIF: Lankum @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Dublin contemporary folk outfit Lankum impress with a heart-stopping set at The Queen's Hall as part of this year's Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 22 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsHiss Golden Messenger – Jump for Joy
Latest album from the shapeshifting Americana band is made for dancing during the end times Read more »| 21 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsTiti Bakorta – Molende
Titi Bakorta’s debut is a singular blend of genre-fluid dance music, buoyed by his distinctly magnetic voice Read more »| 21 Aug 2023
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ReviewsRatboys – The Window
The Window is indicative of a newfound assuredness for Chicago foursome Ratboys Read more »| 21 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsBuck Meek – Haunted Mountain
Haunted Mountain must stand as a masterful achievement, even within the catalogue of unequivocally magical records Buck Meek has already had a hand in Read more »| 21 Aug 2023 -
Live MusicDevo @ O2 Academy, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Dedicated Devo fans turn out in droves to say farewell to the iconic band, who still genuinely sound spectacular, on their 50th anniversary tour Read more »| 18 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsPanic Shack on the middle-classification of music
With more and more bands being called out as industry plants and nepo-babies, Welsh DIY punks Panic Shack are a refreshing dose of humble meal deals and hard graft Read more »| 18 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsArtpark: the creative heart of Western New York
We spend a week at Artpark, and discover how Sonia Kozlova Clark is bringing the community of Western New York together for beauty and expression rather than profit Read more »| 16 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsReneé Rapp – Snow Angel
Trapped under past relationship debris and reckoning with early-20s dissatisfaction, on Snow Angel, Reneé Rapp endures a deluge of frustrations. Read more »| 15 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsShamir – Homo Anxietatem
Shamir confronts anxieties with tender vulnerability through guitar-laden alt-pop, with folk-tinged lyrical sensibility on his ninth album Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsThe XCERTS – Learning How to Live and Let Go
The XCERTS fifth studio album may fluctuate in tone, but it's still chock full of heart and vulnerability Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsHozier – Unreal Unearth
Despite the album’s overly manufactured pitfalls, Hozier’s work evokes the deeply relatable feeling of searching for something to cling to as we are swept along by the tides of destruction Read more »| 14 Aug 2023