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Gigs in Edinburgh this week Start 2 End: Jeff Buckley's Grace @ Sneaky Pete's, 27 Jun They've tackled Daft Punk, My Bloody Valentine and Radi... Read more »

Live music in Edinburgh The London Astrobeat Arkestra @ Summerhall, 15 JulJonathan Demme’s live Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense is a thi... Read more »

Gigs in Edinburgh Siobhan Wilson @ Hidden Door, Leith Theatre, 30 MayWhile there's loads happening this week at Hidden Door, the night featuring Siobhan Wil... Read more »

The short but sweet Rock Action may have set a new course for Blur-botherers Mogwai, but Happy Songs For Happy People was where the journey really began. Ope... Read more »

Live music in Glasgow Desperate Journalist @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 31 Mar Fresh from their five-star new album Grow Up, the London post-punks head nort... Read more »

Let’s open with a titan. James Kelman, the Booker Prize botherer and master of formalism is set to have his new novel Dirt Road (Canongate) p... Read more »

It could be argued the The Great Escape festival, taking place in Brighton next week (18-20 May), is the most important new music festival and conference pla... Read more »

Tuesday 17 May - CCA From 6.30pm, Glasgow-based artist Rob Churm talks about his ongoing comic project Exhaustion Hook in CCA with Director Francis McKee. H... Read more »

Writing a guide to Scottish university life is simple: drink whatever’s cheapest, eat whatever revives you after a night spent drinking whatever’... Read more »

“Enjoy it while you can, because it won’t last long…” So sings Malcolm Middleton over the characteristically resolute backdrop of Th... Read more »

Music is one of the things this country does best, so it’s not enough to just recognise 500 Miles, Take Me Out and The Mother We Share. Here’s 12... Read more »

The pleasure of watching a great performance can be greatly enhanced by the surroundings. Venues don’t need to be pretty – some of the best ... Read more »

Initially hampered by constant comparisons to Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura have picked up that baton and accelerated away. Established now as one of... Read more »

Tue 14 Feb: The Old Hairdressers Head to the Old Hairdressers tonight for Glasgow Open HouseParty a silent auction from 7-9pm followed by a party on til lat... Read more »

To say that Uncle John and Whitelock were a good live band would be an egregious understatement. Helmed by demonic Bowie-doppelgänger Jacob Lovatt [now ... Read more »

A few years ago, to all but the close-knit, dedicated community of fans within Scotland, Scottish hip-hop was often treated as a joke. The accent was seen as... Read more »

The world is set up wrong. We know this now. While Glasvegas gallivant around the globe, filling stadiums with their sing-along dogshite nonsense, another gr... Read more »

Kilsyth's Twilight Sad are set to perform their first Scottish headline gig of the year when they play The Skinny Dip at Edinburgh's Bongo Club next Thursday... Read more »

We begin with the second round of this year’s degree shows, with Edinburgh College of Art and the City of Glasgow College this week presenting the... Read more »

While Apple continues to change the goalposts for any independent band or label seeking to distribute their music on what was once presented as an ‘alt... Read more »

Idlewild have today announced their eighth studio release – titled Everything Ever Written – which is due for release on 9 Feb. Th... Read more »

Listen to an exclusive stream of The Grand Gestures' remix album, ahead of their final live show in Glasgow later this month.  Remixed features re... Read more »

Idlewild will play a one-off gig with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Paisley Abbey as part of the Spree Festival this October. The quintet, who re... Read more »

It’s just about safe to say we’re officially through degree show season – except for the Phoenix Bursary exhibition, which is open to the p... Read more »

The Bones of What You Believe, the debut album by Scottish synth-pop trio CHVRCHES, has topped the official BAMS (Scottish Blogs and Music Sites) 2013 poll, ... Read more »

The three members of PAWS are looking queasy. Phillip Taylor, Josh Swinney and Matt Scott are sitting in a leatherette booth in Edinburgh’s City Caf&ea... Read more »

The seven bands set to fly the flag for Scottish music in Creative Scotland’s showcase at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival have been... Read more »

In her short time releasing music, Katie Buchan – aka Best Girl Athlete – has toured America, supported the likes of Richard Hawley, been pushed ... Read more »

We start this week in Dundee, where as part of the Men Gather, in Speech... exhibition at the Cooper Gallery at Duncan of Jordanstone art college, the s... Read more »

2. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST Through no fault of their own, sometimes great bands acquire unhealthy legacies: Nirvana, I'm looking at you particularly. One ... Read more »