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As something approaching veteran status of the Scottish indie scene, Edinburgh-based FOUND have been scratching away at the fringes of art and music for what... Read more »

The outrageously talented Meursault take November by the scruff of the neck with a trio of dates at Dundee Dexters on 4 Nov, Aberdeen Beach Ballroom on 5 Nov... Read more »

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

Debate has raged in the northeast of Scotland about whether it will see any lasting benefits from its time as Western Europe’s number one fossil fuel p... Read more »

Come May we ought to be preparing ourselves for four months of long hot days lounging about in beer gardens in a sun-drenched reverie, complemented by Grease... Read more »

The image of the folk singer is often a very solitary one – travelling troubadours with guitars on their backs and notebooks scrawled with ideas and co... Read more »

STUART BRAITHWAITE, AIDAN MOFFAT & MORE TO PLAY SIGHTHILL STONES BENEFIT GIGThe Sighthill Stone Circle in Glasgow was erected in 1979 by the Gl... Read more »

Taking place on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd of July and marketing itself as a ‘boutique festival’, the Kelburn Garden Party provides a tantalising... Read more »

ConvergeMetalcore has tendency to be quite tacky and formulaic (we’re looking at you Motionless in White), but Converge have never been in a band to pl... 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 »

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 »

“Sorry I’m late,” gushes Liza Marie as she arrives for the interview. She’s been travelling all day and rushing to keep time, but she... Read more »

GLASGOW.MUSIC.NOW. The name says it all really. For the first time in history, the MOBO awards are moving to Glasgow and it's a pretty big deal. To celebrate... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP           THE WEEK AHEAD It's a good week that start... Read more »

Coachella Festival (Indio, California), 13-15 April It’s hard to sum up what makes Coachella such an amazing festival. There’s no single ele... Read more »

Last month we sort of lost our shit over Angel Olsen's new album My Woman so it's only fair we continue the jubilation in anticipation of... Read more »

Not only are temperatures predicted to soar into certain taps aff territory this week (at the time of writing, at least), the Central Belt is also ... Read more »

Ryan AdamsAn inarguable Mountain Stage headliner, the key with Adams, as ever, is to expect the unexpected. His stage-vaulting, limb-fracturing days may be b... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival is off to a wicked start after launching yesterday with a movie our film section declared their "best opening film... 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 »

After the hedonistic madness of Hogmanay, we raise our bleary-eyed fizzogs and look towards the dawn of a new year, safe in the knowledge that the Mayans wer... Read more »

All around the world, trans and non-binary artists are using digital media to transform their practice and make a difference, and now The National Theatre of... Read more »

Konx-Om-Pax roughly translates to ‘light from a single beam’, a fitting moniker for multifaceted artist Tom Scholefield. Based in Germany but hai... Read more »

The Solus Tent looks like a familiar festival platform on paper – get new bands in, stick them on a stage – but the thinking behind it ... Read more »

Don’t let the title of Perfume Genius’s second LP confuse you – Put Your Back N 2 It is no fragrant tribute to Ice Cube. Rather, it’s... Read more »

By now, given the interminable flow of electronic music from the city of Berlin, you could be forgiven for not always believing the hype on encountering anot... Read more »

Signed to Sub Pop, lauded by broadsheets – THEESatisfaction are 2012’s leftfield rap-crossover of choice, and for good reason. Stasia Irons and C... Read more »

The drum & bass scene in Scotland takes no prisoners, and over the years it has witnessed its fare share of ups and downs, casualties and successes. Thankful... Read more »

Who are Broken Records? The short answer: a much-hyped seven piece indie-folk outfit based in Edinburgh. Helpfully, Ian is on hand to provide the background... Read more »

Merrill Garbus blindsided us all with the sheer inventive strength of w h o k i l l in 2011; tUnE-yArDs' second album was a considerable step up from her lo-... Read more »