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Self-confessed “depressing, moany bastard” James Graham isn’t half as depressed as his lyrics might make him out to be. Over the course of ... Read more »

Soma's whippersnapper of a sibling, Slam, will be eight years old this November, and they've snagged a host of underground house and technoids to celebrate. ... Read more »

Those festivals, eh? Coming over here, taking up our streets, plying us with all the things we love the most. Brilliant things like jokes, drama, glitter, bo... 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 »

There’s an audible relief in the sweaty basement when the Texan trio’s guitarist tells everyone how to correctly pronounce the band’s name.... Read more »

In medieval times it was widely held that your state of mind was inseparably tied to your state of body. Hence all the talk of apothecaries in Shakespeare an... Read more »

Franz Ferdinand have taken their stylish brand of angular art-rock all over the world on tour, sold millions of records, and were responsible for the definit... Read more »

Last time Neil Diamond visited Hampden, the crowd was forced to brave the elements for a taste of his glittering back catalogue. Not so on this occasion, as ... Read more »

It’s been almost twenty years since Kendrick Jeru 'the Damaja' Davis unleashed his seminal debut The Sun Rises in the East (co-helmed by... Read more »

Every week The Skinny team hand pick a spread of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the best entertainment and goin... Read more »

NEW ALICE IN CHAINS DOCUMENTARYAlice In Chains have a new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, out on 27 May. It seems the seminal grunge metallers have foun... Read more »

Back in 2009, when The Skinny met with Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones to reappraise Idlewild’s sophomore album 100 Broken Windows, we noted that the Edinb... Read more »

The summer is quietly dying and in come the longer nights, harsh winds and pouring rain of October - but not to fear! October also offers up a glut of excell... Read more »

Fife’s own King Creosote and Glasgow hip-hop group Hector Bizerk are among the acts lined up for this weekend’s Dunfermline Live all-dayer. KC &... Read more »

It's June! With the festival season well and truly under way in Europe, and reports trickling in from Primavera and other gatherings, it's time to start gett... Read more »

Most important question first: Tell us about your show. OK, It's going to be songs from the new album Bang! Is This Your Vehicle, Sir? and songs from the ot... Read more »

In their own right, Mogwai are amongst the great survivors of both post-rock and the Glasgow scene from which they emerged in the mid-nineties; they are now ... Read more »

THE PICTISH TRAIL UNVEILS SECRET SOUNDZ VOL. 2 DOCUMENTARYTo commemorate the release of The Pictish Trail's new LP, Secret Soundz Vol. 2 (our album of the mo... Read more »

HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS: TOO BIG TO FAIL?An article this week on io9.com looked at the economics of so-called 'tent-pole' or summer event movies, analysing th... Read more »

Amidst the elegant Victorian splendour of the Paisley Town Hall for the second year running (in support of the town's City of Culture 2021 bid), the sixth Sc... Read more »

The Easy Gramophone was a monthly column written by Sean Michaels which ran in The Skinny from 2006 to early 2008. As the title suggests it was intended as a... Read more »

First thing's first, IT'S MOTHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND. You're welcome (we nearly forgot too). If she's in town, why not peruse our Food & Drink Survey... Read more »

The centrepiece of this year's Celtic Connections programme is a 20th anniversary celebration of the late Martyn Bennett's second album Bothy Culture.&n... Read more »

Summer has come! Enjoy 11pm plays of light, midges on the Isle of Skye and open-topped convertibles screeching towards euphoric sunsets as you blast through ... Read more »

Music 1. Musik / Reise Platform, Glasgow. 10 Jan, 7pm, £10 here   We kick off our very first Z... Read more »

Like returning comets, Broken Records shows don’t come around so often these days. Perhaps it’s the lesser-spotted nature of their live appe... Read more »

The story of Glaswegian quartet Q without U is one that has been unfolding gradually since the band's formation in 2003, but these are undoubtedly exciting t... Read more »

Although their debut album Checkmate Savage was in the can and awaiting release, a slew of ever-changing names had helped keep the Phantom Band under all but... Read more »

As their dazzling new album 'Fangs' suggests, you'd be hard pressed to find a more entertaining interviewee than Dawn of the Replicant's front man and lyrici... Read more »

Doctor Who and candy canes; tinsel and tantrums; boozy chocolates and just straightforward booze: we had a lovely Christmas day 2011, since you asked. Yet am... Read more »