Arts & Entertainment

Space rockers The Telescopes may have formed over twenty years ago but they are still recording and more importantly still gigging, albeit with a slim-lined ... Read more »

Gareth K Vile sees New Territories make a natural evolution, as it continues to push the boundaries of performance Read more »

Elvis Costello once famously asserted that PJ Harvey's songs can be summed up in three words: “blood and fucking”. Thankfully, Polly Jean has utt... Read more »

Scotland's leading music showcase, goNorth, is looking for new acts to appear at this year's event, to be held in Inverness over 11th and 12th June 2009. At... Read more »

Scottish Ballet's latest work brings together a modern version of a classic and a ferocious contemporary short. Gareth K Vile talks about the classic updated with rising star Daniel Davidson Read more »

There’s been a lot of talk about the narrative behind Mastodon’s fourth LP proper – blown up to the heavens as a transcendental dream set in Tsarist Russia. But what about the way it actually, y’know, sounds? Before they unleash the devil and take to the road to play the album in its entirety, the explosive Atlantan quartet provide an exclusive track-by-track insight into the way songs were conceived, written and recorded – a firsthand account on the architecture of Crack the Skye. Guitarist Bill Kelliher picks up the story… Read more »