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After twenty years in the business, John Grant’s rolodex of musical collaborators spans punk rock heroes, pioneering producers and powerful pop queens ... Read more »

MY BLOODY VALENTINE: SURPRISE RELEASE OF M B VAfter years of rumour, My Bloody Valentine's follow-up to 1991's shoegaze classic Loveless was released on... Read more »

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.After being picked up for broadcast by US network ABC, the first teaser trailer for Joss Whedon's hotly-anticipated Agents of S.H.I.E.L... Read more »

When unsigned Scottish bands announce they have a gig on the west coast, they usually mean somewhere like Greenock. Lional are no exception. Until recently, ... Read more »

When George Orwell travelled to Jura in 1946 to write what would become his seminal, eerily prescient tome 1984 he didn’t do it by halves. Despite bein... Read more »

It’s mid-afternoon when Samuel T. Herring, roundly stuffed with bangers and mash, calls off group naptime to Skype in from the 4AD band flat in Wandswo... Read more »

We start in Glasgow, where CHVRCHES kick off the month (2 Apr) by rocking up at the Hydro alongside the Twilight Sad boys for their biggest headline sho... Read more »

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2013 PROGRAMMEThe Edinburgh International Festival opens on 9 August and runs until 1 September, welcoming artists... Read more »

Moomin releases his long-awaited second album, A Minor Thought, this month – nets at the ready It feels wrong to big up Sebastian Genz too much. Here'... Read more »

Top Ten Events Northwest 30 Jan-6 Feb: Horse Meat Disco, Sharon Lockhart + Independent Venue Week       &n... Read more »

On the day that Thatcher died, Mogwai’s Barry Burns was in his adopted home of Berlin, missing out on the George Square Thatcher Death Party his band h... Read more »

Micky Rourke’s ‘Ram Jam’ Robinson was many things in 2008 film The Wrestler, but as he lurched from mounting debts, to painkiller addiction... Read more »

Fans of a knotty story are spoilt for choice this month with the arrival of three fine, idiosyncratic songwriters: Waxahatchee, Natalie Prass and Jenny Hval,... Read more »

Just how do you sum up Sparks, exactly? If you’re a fan, they’re the ultimate cult band – a madcap sonic circus where weirdo pop meets avan... Read more »

It's the second day of groundbreaking French music festival Trans Musicales de Rennes, and the contingent of journalists from the UK, including The Skinny's ... Read more »

Ben Johnston of Biffy Clyro discusses the making of the band's new album Ellipsis, and the eclectic influences that fed into the record It may be an ugly wo... Read more »

COM TRUISE REMIXES EVERYTHING EVERYTHINGAfter a high-profile remix for Scotland's own The Twilight Sad, Com Truise delivers another re-rub of a high profile ... Read more »

1. CLUBS | Soup Kitchen's 5th Birthday Sou... Read more »

2007: Alex Salmond becomes the SNP's first First Minister. There's been an inconceivable number of political changes over these past ten years... "The ... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 24-31 Jul | Pride At The Pictures, Eccentronic Research Council + Immix Film 1. Pride ... Read more »

STREAM DAVID BOWIE'S NEW ALBUM IN FULLAlmost everything we know about the new David Bowie album so far has been a surprise, from the announcement of the albu... Read more »

How is John Grant? “Well, you know, I’m not sure how I am.” It is perhaps a fair response to the standard how-are-you conversation opener. ... Read more »

“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »

In addition to pioneering Asian Blues with Aziz Ibrahim and working with musicians such as The Stone Roses and Paul Weller, Dalbir Singh Rattan is now one of... Read more »

BLOODY SCOTLAND 2013 PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEDAt last year's Bloody Scotland event - the first Scottish literary festival to focus exclusively on crime f... Read more »

“Bloody hell, I wasn’t expecting to be reminded of that!” To be fair, New Order’s Stephen Morris has a number of reasons to be exaspe... Read more »

Top Events Scotland 12-19 Jun | Electric Nights, GSA Degree Show + Edinburgh Film Festival Music 1. Electri... Read more »

We begin in Edinburgh with the Wee Dub Festival, a three-day celebration of the reggae-derived sounds of roots, dub, dancehall and jungle, held over five ses... Read more »

You may already know Matthew Benn and Christopher Duffin via their respective work with psych explorers Hookworms and DIY dreampoppers Deadwall, but the pair... Read more »

Top Events Scotland 7-14 Aug | Meursault, Book Festival + Short Com Music 1. Meursault: Final Gig! The Que... Read more »