We've updated our New Scottish Music playlist – RED KING on the cover, joined by Limonead, @kohlamusic.bsky.social, corto.alto, @possiblyjamie.bsky.social + more www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... open.spotify.com/playlist/6r1...

'This is ostensibly a folk record, but one that incorporates elements of country, jazz, and free improvisation - what unites it all is @wendyeisenberg.bsky.social's ability to roam freely without ever losing the thread' www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review... @joyfulnoiserecs.bsky.social

SUNN O))) reconnect with nature and signal our doom on their self-titled comeback record, out today via @subpop.bsky.social

"I’ve taken influence and reference from music, movies – lots of 90s, early 2000s pop culture that's influenced my work, but almost without realising it, because it's just so ingrained." David Breen's first solo exhibition REVERIE IN RED comes to Glasgow

Outwith all the festival fun happening this month, @tallahbrash.bsky.social's gig highlights include Record Store Day events, EP launches and lineups of local talent

"White feminists are able to say, ‘Oh, that’s different to the misogyny in our communities’, whereas actually, I would argue it is the same violence." Shahed Ezaydi discusses her book The Othered Woman and her research into the harms of white feminism

First Date, Edinburgh's romance book festival, returns at the end of the month. Elsewhere, Polly Barton launches her debut novel and there's a poetry open mic at Glasgow Zine Library 📚

The new record from Glasgow rapper RED KING combines introspective lyrics and big squarewave synth moments from producer Rapture 4D – we chat to RED KING to find out more about the project... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv...

Fill your April with a flood of records from the likes of Pippa Blundell, Valtos, Lizzie Reid and Pleasure Trail, plus new projects from veteran Scottish songwriters

"Ganjei demonstrates his ability – though well known by now – to create profundity out of the most mundane moments" ★★★★ book review: ON THE BUS WITHOUT A PHONE by Babak Ganjei – out today www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...

Highlights from @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's film column include... 🔮 Leith's new folk horror festival by @cinetopia.bsky.social 🕺 A Baz Luhrmann season at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social 🪩 Drag icon @peacheschrist.com brings cabaret Idol Worship to the Cameo

Phone-free parties, nostalgia-themed parties and 25th birthday parties – this April has something for everyone. Clubbing highlights include LTJ Bukem, Joker and Horse Meat Disco

Tickets are selling fast for the new @playpiepint.bsky.social production – but there's still plenty time to catch One Day: The Musical at @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social or What I'm Here For at @traversetheatre.bsky.social Find our April theatre highlights below!

"When people see us at a festival, we want them to have a universal connection for half an hour – to be there and be present with us." Ahead of the release of her debut album Cine-Pop on @glassmodern.bsky.social, we speak to singer-songwriter Radhika

"The darker sonic undercurrent, coupled with a newly found more intricate and explorative sonority, has a sensation of quiet and dreamlike absorption" Ambiguous Desire, the new album by Arlo Parks, is out this Friday – read @rhagiwr.bsky.social's ★★★★ review

In the 200th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Academy, @royalscottishacad.bsky.social graduates explore a range of sociopolitical issues, from disability representation to technological dominance www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features... [Article: @rachelashenden.bsky.social]

"There’s an auspicious trail of big flakes of pastry on the walkway outside" The April food column reviews MAPLE LEAF BAKERY, Glasgow's new outlet of award-winning croissants 🥐

"The poems travel through six Octobers to portray Turkmani’s intimate meditations on the uncertainty of life’s 'beginnings and endings, the people, places, and words'" ★★★★★ book review: October, by Nur Turkmani, out tomorrow via @hajarpress.bsky.social

The April issue of the Skinny is all about music festivals – pick up a free copy in venues across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee if you want to plan the best summer of your life ☀️🎷 And don't forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter! mailchi.mp/theskinny/za...

Danny Brown returns to Glasgow with a fresh lease on life and an all-action set of hyperpop-infused bangers ★★★★ gig review: DANNY BROWN @ SWG3, Glasgow

"I remember Oli and Freddie running up to me saying we’ve made enough to do the next EP. We’d just done our first tour and made enough to fund our own music" We catch up with emerging Scottish-Spanish indie-pop band Clay Rings www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv... @clayringstheband.bsky.social

"Each of the four cartoon band members appearing on screen elicits a riotous cheer from the audience, as if real rock-stars are walking out on stage" Gorillaz return to Glasgow with a career-spanning multimedia spectacle – read the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review

Artists probe migration narratives, energy economies and class through sculpture, installation and site-responsive work as several exhibitions open for spring across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee

Performers like @jainedwards.bsky.social, @lildavidelms.bsky.social and @pierrenovellie.bsky.social are just some of the names in our April comedy highlights round-up!

Rob Beckett brings GIRAFFE to King's Theatre, Glasgow on 17 and 18 Apr, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader. For a chance to win, simply follow the link and answer our question 🎭

"A frequently discomforting and outrageous novel [...] Koestenbaum’s distended prose – verbose, poetic and theatrical – simultaneously delights and perplexes" My Lover, The Rabbi by Wayne Koestenbaum is out now on @grantabooks.bsky.social – read our ★★★★ review www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...

"It's a real mix; genuinely multigenerational, but also a hodgepodge of vibes and styles. The message is clear: there’s no one type of Sigrid fan." Sigrid played Glasgow's Barrowlands last week – read our ★★★★ review

Glasgow comedian Amanda Dwyer won the 2026 Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival closing gala www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk...

For a band sold as New York's next great party-starters, much of the debut album from Fcukers feels oddly undercooked www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

The latest album from Australian songwriter Courtney Barnett is laidback on the surface, but familiar anxieties remain – our review of Barnett's latest, out tomorrow www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

Be it breakups, parenthood or celebrity crushes, Sexistential serves as a welcome reminder of Robyn’s ability to transform any and all life experiences into opulent pop bangers... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

'In a climate where it feels increasingly hostile to just be queer in public, club spaces also offer a fleeting, co-created place of relative safety. 'It's fitting for a musician like Ninajirachi, whose music is hope put to disc...' www.theskinny.co.uk/clubs/review... @ohayeitsskye.bsky.social

'Ricochet revisits Snail Mail’s familiar gentle honesty, while welcoming a grunge-infused edge that comes with confronting heavier emotions.' www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review... @matadorrecords.bsky.social

The Gathering festival returns to Inverness this May with Skerryvore, Beluga Lagoon and Valtos among others – and we have a pair of tickets to give away... www.theskinny.co.uk/competitions...

In Stewart Laing's reimagining of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, the spectacle is stripped back and the truth of the tale is laid bare... www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/show... @traversetheatre.bsky.social

The sixth record from The Twilight Sad is the culmination of the subtle evolution that has progressed from their very beginnings ★★★★★ for IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE, out this Friday on @rockactionrecords.scot www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

'Geese find themselves at the front of a long-coming cultural shift in rock music, away from the replication of the past, towards something tailored for now and beyond...' Our review of Cameron Winter and co's triumphant Barrowlands show this weekend www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...

Congratulations to @glasgowshort.bsky.social and all of their award-winners – here's @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's recap of the GSFF competitions... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl...

Madra Salach are well on course to carving out their own space in modern Irish music – the lucky few packed into McChuills got an experience unlikely to be repeated any time soon... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...

'My desire for connection is what motivates my songwriting. I'm averse to obscure poeticism or extravagant displays of showmanship. What matters to me is whether or not it connects, and that’s kind of the punk ethos.' We chat to Edinburgh-based songwriter Étain www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv...

On this week's New Scottish Music playlist, new tracks from Étain, Saint Sappho, @oranjusu.bsky.social, Lizzie Reid, Pictish Trail, @carlajeaston.bsky.social + more... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/playlist/6r1... YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Rm...

"Sometimes nothing is healthier than getting angry in front of someone about the world" Ahead of their performance at this year's Counterflows festival, we catch up with sound artist Marlo De Lara (@marlodewawa.bsky.social) www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv... @counterflows.bsky.social

On the latest episode of our MUSIC NOW podcast, we talk to Matthew Hickman of @brownbearofficial.bsky.social ahead of a *very* special gig at @thequeenshall.bsky.social Listen on the website or your chosen podcast app

"Crazy that people train for years to be therapists when they could qualify with three years of a problem page and a lot of misplaced confidence" In this month's advice column, one reader is troubled by their fraught relationship with a sibling

"Show us another pub in which you can get a bumper dram of Tamnavulin or Laphroaig for £3, and you are showing us the other Diggers" This month's food column highlights the newly-born Leith sibling of Gorgie institution The Athletic Arms

At Jupiter Artland, Tai Shani's sculpture of a blue giant rests in a glass coffin. In this month's Gut Feelings, our Art editor @rachelashenden.bsky.social wonders what the hell it's doing there www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features... @taishani.bsky.social

We've partnered with the RSA to offer one lucky winner tickets to Academy Late, the exhibition's closing party, plus a selection of 10 RSA publications and a bottle of fizz 🍾 Answer our question to be in with a chance to win! www.theskinny.co.uk/competitions... @royalscottishacad.bsky.social

On their eighth album Paradises, Ladytron head for the disco and relive the fun of 90s clubland

"An intense, otherworldly experience that rewards repeated listens." ★★★★ album review: 8Men by Isa Gordon, out this Friday – read our review below

Analogue media is back, baby! It’s unsurprising, then, that online creators have taken to turning their content into zines – we look at some of the reasons why more and more people are turning to the format www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...