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Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the most exciting goings on i... 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 »

"I was hearing all of this amazing music that wasn’t being played anywhere else, and it struck a chord straight away. It was mainly old stuff from the ... Read more »

Arab Strap, Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton's seminal indie pop project, have announced a second Glasgow show as part of their 20th anniversary reunion. ... Read more »

1994 – The Delgados set up Chemikal Underground and release their first single, Monica Webster, in June 1995. 1996 – Bis play Top of the Pops, t... Read more »

Welcome back to Ten Rapid, where we showcase a selection of the week's best new music videos, as curated by The Skinny's music team. This week's playlis... Read more »

Each year, Scotland's biggest music festival, T in the Park, endeavours to present the best-of-the-best from Scotland's emerging bands and musicians, showcas... Read more »

R.I.P. IAIN BANKSIain Banks, one of Scotland's best loved authors, passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. The author of 29 novels, including the a... Read more »

Broken Records have had a tumultuous journey over the past three years. Lauded as Scotland’s answer to Arcade Fire by critics who seemed to be fixated ... Read more »

Sitting with the four core members of Penpushers (MCs Lifeboy and Obsolete, and DJs / producers The Brain and Dr Hands Zharkov), in the luxury confines of Ed... Read more »

Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and US hip-hop duo Run the Jewels have been added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties Iceland 2015 ne... Read more »

May we present to you a smattering of the bands that The Skinny reckons could be making waves in 2008, locally, nationally and - fuggit - internationally.Wit... Read more »

So far this summer Barclay Crenshaw, aka Claude VonStroke, has been one very busy man. In the space of two months, he has released an exquisite compilation f... Read more »

The wonderfully named Tickle & Asthmatic Astronaut provide strong support tonight. The latter is a founder of the Black Lantern Music collective that has... Read more »

Summerhall have announced details of their theatre and music programmes for the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The multi-arts venue's sixth Edinburgh Fring... Read more »

Beginning life as a modest bedroom endeavour, Woodenbox has since spawned into a vibrant, proficient musical collective. "I did the first album as a little t... Read more »

To celebrate the end of the final year of the decade Optimo are once again hosting their annual Hogmanay party at the beloved Fruitmarket venue. This year&rs... Read more »

Fresh from the success of First Edition, the Fruit Tree Foundation's first album, we are "sprouting a new branch" to our organisation and looking for singer-... Read more »

Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Grace Jones, Slayer, Van Morrison and The xx will also top the bill in Barcelona While other festivals drip-feed their li... Read more »

When hosts Vic Galloway and Janice Forsyth take to the stage to officially open the fourth Scottish Album of the Year Award ceremony, few in the audience can... Read more »

It seems the old adage 'One good turn deserves another' is about to come true for the volunteers of ProjectScotland. As a reward for their hard work througho... Read more »

NEW ATOMS FOR PEACE TRACKAtoms For Peace, the new 'supergroup' founded by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, veteran producer Nigel Godrich, Flea from Red Hot Chili Pep... Read more »

On this week's Cloud Sounds, a weekly playlist of new music curated by The Skinny, we feature some of the best new emerging music from Scotlan... Read more »

When The Skinny first spoke to Frightened Rabbit's Grant Hutchison last year his band were still lurking behind a seemingly intentional cloak of enigma. No s... Read more »

The return of the SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) sets the tone for a particularly cinematic Zap this week. We're truly buzzing ... Read more »

Kenny Anderson expects to be feeling a bit light-headed by the end of the day SkinnyFest catches up with him. Although the sun is blazing down outside, his p... Read more »

Derrick Johnston runs DIY institution Make-That-A-Take – he puts out records, puts on shows, and once a year he throws Dundee a whole damn music f... Read more »

We See Lights Who are We See Lights? "We See Lights are from lots of places," they say, including Airth, Bo'ness, Edinburgh and Milngavie, and have been ab... Read more »

Lewis Cook has a level-headedness that belies his youth. When most teenagers fly the family nest for the boundless freedom of university life, their first ye... Read more »

Ask many folk in Scotland about music festivals in their homeland and the first response you’re likely to receive (aside from inevitable mutterings abo... Read more »