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 MusicPaisley's The Spree festival returns this October
From The Twilight Sad, Arab Strap and Kathryn Joseph to silent discos and comedy workshops for kids, there's something for everyone at Paisley's The Spree festival Read more »| 30 Sep 2021 -
Live MusicLive Music in Scotland: October 2021
The best of a big month in Scotland's gig venues, with shows from beabadoobee, Joesef, Snapped Ankles, The Snuts, and ungoogleable London duo JOHN Read more »| 28 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsStina Marie Claire – A Souvenir of a Terrible Year
A Souvenir of a Terrible Year is an intimate and emotionally raw portrait of pandemic life from Honeyblood's frontwoman Read more »| 28 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsKedr Livanskiy – Liminal Soul
Kedr Livanskiy coalesces her past work into a gorgeous, if slightly front-loaded return on new album Liminal Soul Read more »| 28 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsTirzah – Colourgrade
Taking cues from her early mixtapes, Tirzah's songs on new album Colourgrade function as sketches that build to create a heavy yet rewarding listen Read more »| 27 Sep 2021 -
Live MusicNick Cave & Warren Ellis @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Sep
The sonic and physical embodiment of the sacred and the profane, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are almost impossibly impressive Read more »| 22 Sep 2021
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InterviewsHoneyblood's Stina Tweeddale on her new creative project
We catch up with Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale to chat about how the past year and a half has led to her new creative project under the moniker Stina Marie Claire Read more »| 21 Sep 2021 -
Live MusicPlayground Festival 2021: Five Must-See Acts
Local, loud and legendary: we pick out five acts you can’t miss at this weekend's Playground Festival at Glasgow's Rouken Glen Park Read more »| 21 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsAda Lea – one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
Alexandra Levy’s second record as Ada Lea tells tales of life and hurt in the city Read more »| 20 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsProc Fiskal – Siren Spine Sysex
Proc Fiskal’s second LP is a further step forward for his warped take on instrumental grime Read more »| 20 Sep 2021 -
Live MusicTeenage Fanclub @ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 14 Sep
Teenage Fanclub give fans exactly what they expect at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms – and it's just what you need Read more »| 20 Sep 2021 -
NewsSAY Award 2021: The Longlist
The twenty-strong longlist for this year's Scottish Album of the Year award has been revealed Read more »| 16 Sep 2021 -
OpinionWe Wanna Be Free: Screamadelica at 30
We look back at Primal Scream's magnum opus at 30 – the last word on dancefloor-ready neo-psychedelia whose influence is still felt today Read more »| 15 Sep 2021 -
Live MusicTRNSMT, Glasgow Green, 11 Sep
While the scheduling is far from perfect, from sea shanties to sozzled singalongs, Saturday at TRNSMT headlined by Liam Gallagher is quite the day Read more »| 14 Sep 2021 -
ReviewsMoor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air
By presenting a platform for black and queer collaborators in her latest record, Philly-based noisemaker and activist Moor Mother creates an Afrotopian soundscape Read more »| 14 Sep 2021