Music

From the moment Annie Clark – A.K.A St. Vincent – steps onstage, her moniker makes poetic sense. Her presence hushes the crowd, as though she wer... Read more »

Barely a year old, this autumn's third Shred Yr Face tour segues on from the successes of previous DIY dream teams which featured Los Campesinos!, No Age and Times New Viking, not to mention February's zero BS punk rock combo of The Bronx, Fucked Up and Rolo Tomassi. The Skinny profiles two of the three bands comprising this leg's 'psych-folk' contingent before they roll into Scotland. Here come Espers... Read more »

In a bustling and typically cramped Friday night at Sneaky Pete's, alternative folk music - especially as subtle and nuanced as the gentle, harmonic undulati... Read more »

Let's give Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Ben TD the benefit of the doubt and say that his confused lyrics in Leaves are actually purposefully garbled. "I s... Read more »

He's been ignored by the public and shunned by his former comrades, but former Stranglers singer Hugh Cornwell is fighting back with his strongest solo offering to date. He spreads the gospel to The Skinny Read more »

Now experiencing a surge of attention and belated popularity after spending the best part of 30 years somewhat in the dark, Lips, the animated frontman of Canadian Metallers, Anvil, tells Ryan Drever how it feels to still be pounding metal after all these years. Read more »