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We’re more than halfway through October, firmly into prime touring season, and there are some pretty big guns passing through Edinburgh and Glasgow ove... Read more »

Live music in Glasgow Ladyhawke @ The Art School, 9 Feb The New Zealand songwriter returns to Glasgow with her blend of synth-pop, new wave, and AOR; suppo... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh: May 2016 Veteran cinematic favourites don’t come much bigger than the evergreen Tindersticks, who continue to confound both genre a... Read more »

The Premieres Opening the festival this year is one of many Scottish premieres: MicMacs (18 Feb 19.30, 20.15) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. His distinguished style... Read more »

With StAnza Festival currently underway, it’d be easy to assume that little else is going on in the poetry world, but that’s far from the truth.&... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh this week Ryan Adams @ Usher Hall, 15 SepFresh from a headline slot at this year's Green Man festival, Adams hits the Usher Hall to showca... Read more »

Trembling Bells @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 26 Jul"Seek[ing] to reanimate the psychic landscapes of Great Britain and relocate them to some vague, myth... Read more »

We kick off in Glasgow where Pressure and Electric Frog have the Easter weekend covered, with SWG3 hosting a diverse line-up across the three days. Friday&rs... Read more »

While October may be the month for kissing any few remnant sunny days goodbye, burying heads in textbooks, and carving pumpkins in preparation for Halloween,... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh Fuzzystar @ Leith Depot, 12 OctCheck out Andy Thomson's off-kilter indie pop, filled with rich lyrical storytelling and lo-fi melodies, in... Read more »

This March sees the British Art Show 8 continue across Edinburgh, with events throughout the month, as well as a new exhibition from Sara Barker, and the Sco... Read more »

It's easy to cast the mind back to the dawning of the millennium and perhaps fondly recall a pre-9/11 sense of optimism and renewal – I mean, the bug d... Read more »

We made it! Flush from the most joyous payday of the year, and released from January’s usual bout of forced frugality, we’re now free to irrespon... Read more »

Gigs of the week Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 15 AugIt’s been a few years since Frànço... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh this week Kate Nash @ The Queen's Hall, 1 AugHard to believe, but Kate Nash's breakthrough record Made of Bricks is a decade old... Read more »

Joseph's debut album – which received the Scottish Album of the Year Award in June 2015 – topped the poll of more than 30 writers and publication... Read more »

With sold out shows aplenty across the Central Belt this week from the likes of LCD Soundsystem, The National, Sparks, and The Jesus & Mary Chain, we tak... Read more »

Scottish Album of the Year winner Kathryn Joseph is nominated in the Best Live Act category alongside fellow SAY nominees Errors and emerging Highland six-pi... Read more »

Another forward-thinking head-scratcher from the vaults of Chemikal Underground, Sleep and Release elicited genre-bending sloganeering like ‘dream meta... Read more »

When placing Idlewild’s sophomore album 100 Broken Windows into the context of Scottish albums of the decade, it becomes all too clear how much the mus... Read more »

Last month FOUND launched their debut LP 'FOUND Can Move,' on their own Surface Pressure Records. With their first single Mullokian playlisted by Radio 1 and... Read more »

I feel a bit awkward telling you my 'Scottish Album of the Decade'. I'm an avid record collector – pretty much every penny I earn is ploughed into the ... Read more »

Live music in Glasgow Loyle Carner @ Garage, 3 Feb The South London MC (and part-time food educator) returns with tracks from his new album Yesterday'... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh Vukovi @ The Mash House, 24 May Angsty Glasgow four-piece Vukovi head east with tracks from their self-titled debut album. We ca... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh this week Blanck Mass @ Summerhall, 22 AugBenjamin John Power was once described by his Fuck Buttons cohort Andrew Hung as the ‘fuck... Read more »

If 1998's Music has the Right to Children was the record that opened up modern electronic music to whole new vistas of possibility – both in terms of i... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh Mac DeMarco @ Usher Hall, 30 Aug A+ songwriter and loveable goofball, Mac DeMarco pitches up at the Usher Hall tonight to put a ... Read more »

When I was thinking of a few good reasons why this was my pick for the Scottish album of the decade, I realised it had nothing to to do with it being 'The Be... Read more »

Live music in Edinburgh Her's @ Sneaky Pete's, 16 MayThe Liverpool dreampop duo (and their Pierce Brosnan-decorated drum machine) have been making waves sin... Read more »

Admiral Fallow Indie folk sextet Admiral Fallow have been furrowing away since 2007 under the guidance of singer-songwriter Louis Abbott. His heart-on-sleev... Read more »