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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The world of independent Scottish record labels is a small one. People know each other by first name and a spirit of affable collaboration prevails. So when ... Read more »

The Arches' arts programme will continue as planned until June, after the Glasgow multi-arts venue announced that Creative Scotland and Glasgow Cit... Read more »

MUSIC 1. Doogie Paul Memorial Concert8 Aug, The Assembly Rooms, 9pm, £18 Some of the finest minds in contemporary Scottish music celebrate the life o... Read more »

The Bongo Club Bongo favourites Mutiny and Technical Resistance have come together to present drum and bass duo The Panacea and Limewax for their Scottish d... Read more »

The lineup for this year's T Break stage at T in the Park (11-13 Jul), showcasing unsigned and emerging bands at Scotland's largest outdoor festival, has bee... Read more »

We dive into the listings to bring you the essential guide to gigs in Liverpool this week – plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements ... Read more »

Today the retrospective for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (21 Jun-2 Jul) has been announced, with a programme of films that are sai... Read more »

Boxcutter's Glyphic, Planet Mu's Sacred Symbols and, of course, Burial's Untrue have all impressed in 2007, despite the inordinate amount of hype surrounding... Read more »

First up at the Cowgate's live music hub are Irish songstrels Villagers on 6 Aug. Comparisons with Sparklehorse seem fair, and frontman Conor J. O'Brien is n... Read more »

We dive into the listings to bring you this essential guide to gigs in Manchester this week plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements and more. T... Read more »

“The froth is ice, like, the head is ice.” Chet ‘JR’ White is marvelling at the frozen crest on the pint of cider he’s just bee... Read more »

Lily Allen’s continuing success is a mystery to this writer. Granted, when she first emerged with her headstrong girl-about-town shtick, she seemed a b... Read more »

It’s the hottest day of the year, and the heat threatens to stifle the energy inside a packed Art School. Indeed it might have, if this wasn’t su... Read more »

Formed off the back of a rural songwriting retreat some three and a half years ago, The Burns Unit are a Scottish-Canadian all-star collective that boasts Em... Read more »

It’s November and Christmas is nearly upon us. Buchanan Street is starting to sprout red and green buboes. You’ve spent your day scouring St. Eno... Read more »

STILL GAME LIVE AT THE HYDRO – MORE DATES ADDEDReuniting the original cast for the first time in six years, Still Game is coming to the stage... Read more »