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The great and good of Scotland’s music scene gathered tonight (6 Nov) in Dundee to celebrate the biggest prize in Scottish music: the Scottish Album of... Read more »

When I found out Scott had died in May 2018, I ran out of the office and cried in a toilet cubicle. I didn’t know Scott that well, but our paths had cr... Read more »

A lot can happen in 20 years. Since The Skinny first hit the shelves in 2005, Scotland’s music scene has kept reinventing itself – giving us char... Read more »

There's loads going on this week across the central belt in the world of music, which should come as no surprise to you. The likes of Bill Ryder Jones (Summe... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh this week Jane Weaver @ Pleasance, 17 OctTaking a break from the full band thing on her new Loops in the Secret Society tour, Jane We... Read more »

With Sometime During the Night We Fell Off the Map, Roddy Woomble has now released almost as many solo records as he has fronting his band Idlewild. This is ... Read more »

Tim Darcy is a little flustered at the moment. “I’m a little out of breath right now because I just ran up a flight of stairs,” he laughs. ... Read more »

While rehearsing for Swing Time alongside Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers saw her white dancing shoes turn red with blood due to the strain of repeated takes. Th... Read more »

"I’m no David Bowie, and I’m not trying to be. The person I’m best at being is James Yorkston." The thing is, it’s been a while sinc... Read more »

There can be real magic in the mundane. We see it every day – in the small, unremarkable actions of regular people which turn into extraordinary feats.... Read more »

The pairing of flamenco-tinged, twisted troubadour RM Hubbert and sharp-tongued bard Aidan Moffat was always going to work, if their 2012 collaborative track... Read more »

The 1950s and 1960s in Scottish Music 1955: Lonnie Donegan’s Rock Island Line is released. Originally recorded by the American blues singer Leadb... Read more »

If suffering is indeed that which distinguishes the artist from the dilettante, then Claire Boucher is well on her way to greatness. Having subjected he... Read more »

Now firmly established on Glasgow’s spring gigging calendar, Stag and Dagger has endured huge extremes of weather in the city. As music fans trooped fr... Read more »

Welcome to the first NETVERK, The Skinny's new monthly column about the world of netaudio, netlabels and online music. Over the coming months, we'll be bri... Read more »

With regret, let's kick off this month's NETVERK with a grumble about SoundCloud. Now, I don't want to give the impression that I am anti-SoundCloud – ... Read more »

2012 was the year that dance music and classic songwriting re-engaged – as evidenced by the move towards electronica by veterans such as Liars, as much... Read more »

Oh summer, with your long lazy days, your football tournaments and music festivals; the galavants abroad, the carefree attitude. You end up giving us such a ... Read more »

Speaking from his Brooklyn home, Company Flow and Def Jux founder El-P, real name Jamie Meline, is pleased to hear that his dark, intense return to the hip-h... Read more »

Attack on Memory’s introductions came way back in November 2011, when lead single No Future/No Past prowled online to throw expectations askew. Just te... Read more »

Much of the initial critical response to Swing Lo Magellan, the sixth album from this precociously talented Brooklyn sextet, focused upon the record’s ... Read more »

Without a doubt, 2012's musical landscape was dominated by one band – hailing from Sacramento, California, and trading in a feral, cathartic, punk-infu... Read more »

For a nation perceived as being scabrous, angry and dour, Scotland has provided more than its fair share of upbeat, psychedelic, wonk-pop bands over the year... Read more »

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 »

Still Flyin' – Spirits (Highline, 4 Jun)Dean McClure: Described as 'San Francisco's favourite hammjammers.' I'm putting San Francisco and 'hammjammers'... Read more »

Club Noir, the world's largest burlesque club, has teamed up with The Grosvenor in Glasgow and the Playhouse in Perth to add a touch of glamour to the m... Read more »

Oh yes, there's an abundance of catastrophic live acts to be savoured in the flesh this November. First up are Anti-Nowhere League – don't miss them kn... Read more »

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 »

Dead Sea Souls – Trendsetter (Big Rock Candy Records, 5 Nov)Aidan: Well first off, this is far too chirpy for my frame of mind. I’m glad the... Read more »

Future of the Left: Contrarians 2.0 Any album that even threatens to contain a track called Robocop 4: Fuck Off Robocop deserves all the anticipation your... Read more »