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 Music
Record Store Day 2022: What's On in Scotland
With Record Store Day back in its rightful place in the calendar, we take a closer look at what some of Scotland's record shops have in store on Saturday 23 April Read more »| 14 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Brooke Combe
Having sold out King Tut's and signed to Island Records during a global pandemic, we shine a spotlight on Brooke Combe ahead of a busy summer of festivals Read more »| 14 Apr 2022 -
Live Music
Mdou Moctar @ Drygate, Glasgow, 10 Apr
Nigerien guitarist Mdou Moctar transcends the language of rock on a Sunday evening in Glasgow Read more »| 13 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
Saoirse Ryan on Body Movements and the rise of queer festivals
For too long, queer events have generally taken place under the shadow of darkness. But promoters up and down the country are making this a thing of the past, with a whole host of new music festivals bringing the queer community into the light Read more »| 13 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
The Skinny On... Squiggles
As former Spook School drummer Niall McCamley gets set to release his debut EP as Squiggles, he discusses everything from Grease 2 to vegetarian sausages via chess in our monthly Q&A Read more »| 11 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Iona Zajac
We shine a spotlight on Dublin-based Scot Iona Zajac and take a first listen to her new single, Red Corn Poppies Read more »| 07 Apr 2022
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Festivals
Scottish Music Festivals: Our 2022 Calendar
With festival season just around the corner, here's a handy calendar featuring all the key Scottish dates for the year ahead Read more »| 05 Apr 2022 -
Reviews
The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
It would take the most cynical among us to find The Linda Lindas' debut album Growing Up as anything but a good time Read more »| 05 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
Good Times: Wet Leg on their rapid rise and debut album
Ahead of releasing their debut album, and a summer filled with festival slots galore, we catch up with Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
Reviews
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
On their long-awaited debut album, Wet Leg perfectly capture the difficult feeling of drifting through life in early adulthood Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
Reviews
Father John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th Century
Josh Tillman’s latest release under his notoriously self-indulgent Father John Misty moniker marks a refreshing change in direction: privileging the music far above the man Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
Reviews
Kae Tempest – The Line Is a Curve
Kae Tempest's new album The Line Is a Curve is their most open, vulnerable and beautiful yet Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
Live Music
Thundercat @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 29 Mar
Thundercat and his band are on scintillating form on their return to Glasgow Read more »| 01 Apr 2022 -
Live Music
JPEGMAFIA @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Mar
JPEGMAFIA brings a night of extreme intensity, mass water bottle throwing and Carly Rae Jepsen covers to the Barrowlands Read more »| 01 Apr 2022 -
Interviews
Spotlight On... Jill Lorean
Ahead of the release of their debut album, This Rock, we catch up with Jill Lorean frontwoman Jill O'Sullivan to find out more Read more »| 31 Mar 2022