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Idlewild announce new album, Everything Ever Written
Idlewild have today announced their eighth studio release – titled Everything Ever Written – which is due for release on 9 Feb. Th... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Jay Baruchel to star in Idlewild video for ‘Every Little Means Trust’
Canadian actor Jay Baruchel, of How to Train Your Dragon and This is the End fame, is to star in the video for Idlewild’s new single Every Little Means... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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Frightened Rabbit @ Barrowlands, 18 Dec
It's been a year of contrasts for Frightened Rabbit – from praise in the spring for their most ambitious record yet, Painting of a Panic Attack, and en... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Festivals
Five to Jive to at T in the Park
From Will Young to Holy F**k, the line-up for this year's annual shindig in Balado certainly can't be accused of one-dimensionality. Here's five acts from a ... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Whats On
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada blend sounds from hundreds of sources, including recorded nature and computer-made beats, into warm, evocative collages, rarely with obvious... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Interview: Ladytron's Helen Marnie
Hitting the ten year mark and still sounding innovative and forward thinking is no small achievement in the electro pop world. Whilst many of their contempor... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
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O2 Love Music Column – November 2012
Having bubbled under the surface since their 2010 debut album Innerspeaker, Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala look ready to boil over with their sec... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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The Maccabees @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 23 June
It’s been ten years since The Maccabees released their debut album, Colour It In. When it was released, they were one of a plethora of groups of young,... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Whats On
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand have taken their stylish brand of angular art-rock all over the world on tour, sold millions of records, and were responsible for the definit... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Whats On
Malcolm Middleton
Malcolm Middleton may be best known as one half - the musical half at the back of the stage - of Arab Strap, but he’s released some fantastic solo musi... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Music
The Lost and Damned: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead return with a fury
A little good will can go a long way, something fans of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are well aware of. Having weathered some adventur... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Neighbourhood Festival: Eight bands to see
The Big MoonMake sure you find time to head to The Union to see female four-piece, The Big Moon. Think Camera Obscura meets San Cisco, then turn it up a notc... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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State of Play: An Economist's Overview of the Music Industry
The economic sketch We at PRS for Music estimate the total value of the UK music industry in 2008 to be £3.6bn (it takes half a year to bre... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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Time to Unwind
Ranked within these pages as one of the great Scottish albums of the last decade, Aereogramme’s Sleep and Release initially provoked genre-bending slog... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Scotland 12-19 Jun | Electric Nights, GSA Degree Show + Edinburgh Film Festival
Top Events Scotland 12-19 Jun | Electric Nights, GSA Degree Show + Edinburgh Film Festival Music 1. Electri... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Live Music Highlights – December 2012
As we all know, Christmas is the traditional period where we remember the smell of millionaire vigilante Bruce Wayne, and commemorate the holy moment when hi... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 18-25 Feb: Julia Holter
Every single week The Skinny team cherry pick a selection of events from the Scotland's calender of culture to provide you with this guide to the most exciti... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Music
Live Music Highlights – November 2012
They’ve got the daftest Beatles-cum-Star Wars punning name since, well, ever as far as we’re aware and they’re coming to blow an Alderaan-s... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Celtic Connections: 2018 programme unveiled
The centrepiece of this year's Celtic Connections programme is a 20th anniversary celebration of the late Martyn Bennett's second album Bothy Culture.&n... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Music
This Could Be The Last Time: The Twilight Sad in the Studio
Self-confessed “depressing, moany bastard” James Graham isn’t half as depressed as his lyrics might make him out to be. Over the course of ... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Three Decades of Edinburgh International Book Festival
The 80s: Alan Bisset Who are you and what do you do? An 'Alan Bissett' performance can be unpredictable, and can involve anything from chat about superher... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 22 April
THE RETURN OF BOARDS OF CANADA?The message boards, fan sites and blogs frequented by fans of reclusive Scottish ambient electronica pioneers Boards of C... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Live Music Highlights – June 2012
Signed to Sub Pop, lauded by broadsheets – THEESatisfaction are 2012’s leftfield rap-crossover of choice, and for good reason. Stasia Irons and C... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
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Saturday at Wickerman 2015: Zyna Hel, Wells & Moffat, The Sonics
Despite taking place during the second Scottish winter in six months, Wickerman was spared the worst of the July weather on Friday. So when the rains arrive ... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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"This record's a statement: not to prove people wrong, but to prove people right” – The Twilight Sad reveal album four
A little under a decade ago, Scotland’s guitar rock saviours were cusping transcendence. After signing with Fat Cat at their third ever gig, the then f... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Clubs
Darkroom Dubs
“So, it’s not a greatest hits, then...”It’s the ultimate writer’s nightmare – I’ve got my research wrong. But, who ... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Festivals
The Wild Rover
Jackie Leven has been around the block a few times. A recording artist for more than thirty years, he has released almost as many albums, worked under a vari... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Music
Live Music Highlights – December 2010
When afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti died in 1997 he left a legacy of musical innovation and political dissent that is quite unique. His son Femi Kuti has since p... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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Top Events Northwest 30 Apr-6 May: Sounds From The Other City, Young Physical Fest + Live At Leeds
Top Events Northwest 30 Apr-6 May: Sounds From The Other City, Young Physical Fest + Live At Leeds 1. MUSIC |... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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Run The Jewels on people, politics and powerful moments
The ascent of Michael Render, aka Killer Mike, and Jaime Meline, aka El-P has been spectacular and apparently unstoppable, but it has to be said that it&rsqu... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago