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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

IS THIS THE END FOR THE MARS VOLTA?In a story first reported by Prefix, experimental Texan prog rockers The Mars Volta have confirmed their sp... 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 »

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 »

When we created Unbound at last year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival we really didn’t know what to expect. We knew what we wanted to do. ... Read more »

The Duke Street Expo, taking place in Glasgow on 31 May as part of the East End Social, have just announced a brace of new names for the pop-up music stages ... Read more »

The way people talk about the Edinburgh Fringe, you’d think either it or indeed the capital was the only source of culture in the Known Universe. This ... Read more »

Canongate are a true Scottish success story. Founded in 1973, they were for many years a small, but well-respected independent publisher, producing limited p... Read more »

Melting Pot with Detroit Swindle @ The Admiral, Sat 28 Jan Melting Pot is back for 2017, with a debut for none other than Amsterdam house/disco duo Detroit ... Read more »

John Baillie Jr: Let's go into it blind… David Roy: What if we slag off someone we know, though? Grinderman – Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man... Read more »

This is a year of change for Wickerman. The festival occupies its usual scenic plot among the rolling hills of coastal Kirkcudbrightshire, but regular attend... Read more »

“You know what, I’m half asleep,” yawns Stuart Braithwaite. Mogwai’s lead guitarist had best cram in some shuteye while he can; not o... Read more »

HippFest returns next month (22-26 Mar) with another tantalising lineup of silent cinema classics, unearth gems and new musical commissions and live performa... Read more »

KILLING JOKE ANNOUNCE 35-YEAR 'BEST OF' AND WORLD TOURThe quintessential British post-punk / proto-industrial band Killing Joke formed in 1978, and released ... Read more »

When asked, one year on, to reflect upon the night that Thirteen Lost & Found was announced as Scottish Album of the Year by award hosts Vic Galloway and... Read more »

As October begins and Halloween beckons, you've got two choices – stay at home for the whole month carving pumpkins and readying your costume... Read more »

Duglas T. Stewart is the founder of BMX Bandits; a pop spokesman for love, magic and fairytales. Whilst BMX Bandits have shared members with many brilliant G... Read more »