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Theatre
The Skinny on... Grant Stott
What’s your favourite place to visit?Tenerife. For the last few years we've bookended the panto with a quick week in Tenerife for a bit of winter sun. ... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Slime City
Possibly Glasgow's only trio of Michaels, Slime City release their debut album on Friday 19 May, and it's loads of fun. Filled with big riffs, laugh-wor... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Festivals
Fun in the Sun: The Skinny at Kelburn Garden Party
“Kelburn has the friendliest vibe of all the festivals I’ve been to. It’s a great place to meet other musicians and get chatting to new peo... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Lost Map presents Weird Wave
As the iconic Scottish indie label Lost Map Records turns ten this year, label boss Johnny Lynch – aka Pictish Trail – has teamed up with seven o... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
Paolo Nutini @ Corran Halls, Oban, 28 May
Paolo Nutini strolls into our lives again with an Italian breeze and Scottish edge that is only too familiar, and before festival season, Nutini is allowing ... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
Music
The Power of Free Love
Free Love radiate energy. Whether through their ferociously inventive music or exhilarating live shows, the duo of Suzi and Lewis Cook are masters of stirrin... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
TRNSMT: Arctic Monkeys @ Glasgow Green, 1 Jul
It’s day three of this year’s TRNSMT festival and we’re basking in another day of glorious sunshine as Glasgow’s heatwave continues. ... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
More Than Conscious: Akala on Hip Hop and Beyond
It's a curiously overlooked fact that hip-hop has overtaken rock as the most popular style of music on the planet in the last few years, at least if streamin... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Film
Scotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson on Pumpkin Guts
Of all the talented young filmmakers working on the Scottish short film scene, the most visually distinctive might be Bryan M. Ferguson. His early work is di... Read more »| Updated 4 months ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 26 Sep-3 Oct: Samizdat Film Festival & more
The third edition of Samizdat, Scotland’s film festival dedicated to cinema from Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, is filled w... Read more »| Updated 7 months ago -
Art
A Kaleidoscopic Smattering: Gray's Degree Show 2018
Generous exhibition spaces at this year's Gray’s School of Art degree show allow for a collection of confident solo presentations from the 2018 graduat... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
John Carpenter on his newfound life as a rockstar
Name a god-like carpenter with the initials JC? If you’re a movie disciple the first deity to pop into your head should be John Carpenter, the don of g... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Things To Do
The Skinny's Christmas Gift Guide 2020
Riso Club I am obsessed with pretty printed paper things (I too have a fierce eye on the East End Press garlands on Polly's list further down the page) an... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Help Musicians Scotland: Do It Differently fund with Stina Tweeddale
As we delve into the fourth feature as part of our media partnership with Help Musicians Scotland, following on from conversations with BMX Bandits’ Du... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Counterflows 2025: The Report
Counterflows starts with a scream. A stop-start surge of a grinding, piercing sound somewhere between the internal monologue of a knackered old Dell and a to... Read more »| Updated 22 days ago -
Music
The Skinny On... Callum Easter
Callum Easter is a true wonder of the Scottish music scene, with releases on Lost Map Records and Moshi Moshi. Last month he helped open the new live space a... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Walt Disco on their new EP and flamboyant live shows
Gathered together one afternoon in a busy West End drinking spot, the members of Walt Disco are recounting the chance meeting in Glasgow that led to the band... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
Live scores at GFF 2018: Mica Levi and Sacred Paws
Glasgow Film Festival know how to match a movie with music. Recent highlights from their always vibrant Sound & Vision strand have included a folk concer... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 2-9 Nov: Bonfire Night
If, like us, your invitation to Frank Ocean's 30th birthday party seemed to have got lost in the post then indulge in a celebration of ballroom culture at SW... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
Rip It Up: Most Iconic Gigs in Scotland
To write the story of music in Scotland from the perspective of the people at the very heart of it, we contacted a few of Scotland's most celebrated musician... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Festivals
World Building: Exploring SQIFF 2020
This year has been stranger than fiction. Queerer than science fiction. And SQIFF has revelled in exactly that through its Every Utopia is a Dystopia collect... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Housekind
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jam; wine and cheese; salty crisps and an ice cold beer. The union between OK Pal Records and Edinburgh-based... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 10-17 May: Because You Are A Girl
The Spice Girls gave us girl power, Beyoncé told us they run the world, and this weekend Because You Are A Girl will continue to show that girls reall... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
Supersonic Youth: Hairband on their debut EP and Green Door Studios
Hairband aren't your typical supergroup. Featuring members of Glasgow bands Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, Lush Purr and Kaputt, the five-piece are all regul... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Music
Roskilde Festival 2023: The Report
A couple of months ago an argument broke out on Twitter about volunteering at music festivals. Screenshots detailing a volunteer deposit system at a Scottish... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
Love Letters Zine on Gender Equality in Music
Are you sick of seeing guy-bands overpopulate playlists and festivals in equal measure? Are you filled with gratitude towards the femme and non-binary musici... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
Tracyanne Campbell on Camera Obscura and working with Crybaby
“I realised there wasn’t going to be something coming out of the ocean telling me to hurry up and finish the record. You’ve got to do it yo... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Festivals
Jupiter Rising 2019: Festival Report
An environment more akin to a cult, Jupiter Rising blossoms into its second year in a mood that resonates as less of a festival, but rather more as some sort... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Clubs
Austin Ato & Mind Yer Self on club culture and mental health
Mind Yer Self is the brainchild of Glasgow-based students Ruaridh Gill, Matty Lech and Cammy Macphail. The trio host bi-monthly nights at The Berkeley Suite,... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Art
State of the Art: Tramway and The Common Guild
The Common Guild’s In the Open and Tramway’s new Instagram-based Tramway TV represent a gentle artistic intervention by Glasgow arts spaces into ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago