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Biffy Clyro: Only (New Year's) Resolutions
It’s one of the world’s top festivals, and this year’s Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations place Biffy Clyro right at the epicentre. Not that t... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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Kathryn Joseph and James Graham on Out Lines
“A few people listened to the record and said, 'it’s quite dark' – well, what the fuck were you expecting?” It’s fair to ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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Northwest Gig Highlights – August 2015
There's one thing we'll say for the quieter summer months – with the usual suspects off the road and in the fields, you've the opportunity to take a pu... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Chromeo: Funkin' Fancy
Late last year the electrofunk phenomenon Chromeo shone some light on the Scottish winter when they tore up Glasgow with their dancefloor-ready beats and let... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
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Scotland Gig Highlights – November 2013
Forget April, November is the cruellest month. The encroaching consumerist spend-fest that is Xmas approaches (we refuse to call it Christmas, not this ... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Top Events Scotland 4-11 Jun: Neu! Reekie!, Meadows Festival + Talbot Rice's 40th
1. BOOKS | Neu! Reekie: #UntitledLive Central Hall, Edinburgh. 9 Jun, 6pm, £18 (£15) here Follow... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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What's On Scotland 12-19 Oct: Birthday Parties
Honestly, you wait all year for a birthday, then three come along at once. On Fri 13, Glad Cafe celebrates a half-decade via an "appropriately... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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Top Ten Events Scotland 20-27 Feb: Cairn String Quartet, Glasgow Film Festival + Nymphomaniac
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 20-27 Feb: Cairn String Quartet, Glasgow Film Festival + Nymphomaniac &n... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Aereogramme - no really, everything's fine
Heard of Aereogramme? If so, you're likely to be in a puzzling minority. The Glasgow band are about to release their fourth (yes, fourth) LP, but have yet to... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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Top Ten Events 8-15 Nov: Sonica, Buck 65 + French Film Festival UK
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 8-15 Nov: Sonica, Buck 65 + French Film Festival UK &nb... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 13-19 Jan
Marie Davidson (Minimal Wave) @ The Flying Duck, Fri 13 Jan Marie Davidson is one of Montreal's finest electronic exports. Her third solo effort, last year'... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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Heads Up 21 & 22 August
21st August There's a real twister for your fringe sensibilities on the Friday 21st bill, as each slot in today’s Heads Up is punctuated by the frankl... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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The Democratic Circus: Art pop dreamteam David Byrne and St Vincent discuss their ongoing collaboration
By the time Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, was born in September 1982, David Byrne’s Talking Heads were at work on their fifth album Speaking In Tongues... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Live music in Liverpool this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
We dive into the listings to bring you this essential guide to gigs in Liverpool this week – plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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Hector Bizerk: "Drums and rap. That’s the core of it"
Hector Bizerk are a young band – formed eighteen months ago by rapper Louie (who had already made a significant contribution to the Scottish hip-hop ... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
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The Dirty Dozen - September, 2009
It’s an added bonus when a song expands your vocabulary. Stellify (**, 21 Sep) is the new single by unlikely wordsmith Ian Brown, but it’s also a... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Mogwai: Rock Action, By The Book
“Glasgow remains the band's hunting ground, providing a source of continuing inspiration - the sounds of urban fracture, of desperate nights, fights an... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 10 April
MUSIC WORLD REACTS TO THATCHER'S DEATHUnless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few days, it's a fair bet you'll be aware of the passing of reviled... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
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What's On Scotland 24 Sep-1 Oct: Neu! Reekie!
1. MUSIC | Neu! Reekie!: Edinburgh and Copenhagen Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh. 26 Sep, 7pm, £10 (&... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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Emma Pollock on Record Labels and Solo Careers
The Electric Bar in Motherwell was the unlikely venue for a music summit involving one of the most acclaimed Scottish groups of recent times and a DJ whose i... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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The Metal Column – May 2011
The transition from spring to summer has got to be the worst time of year for metalheads. Autumn is when life begins its annual descent into decay, cruelly f... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 20 May
GENERATION: 25 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN SCOTLANDRunning from June until October next year, GENERATION is an important new exhibition showcasing the best ... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
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Ballads of the Book @ Tramway
Support Your Local Poet. Thus ran the tag line to Idlewild's 2002 tour of their album, The Remote Part. It's testament to the conviction behind lead singer R... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
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An Honest Romance: PAWS revisit Youth Culture Forever
Phillip Taylor is in high spirits as we catch him preparing for a gig at Glasgow’s newly opened venue The Hug and Pint, and with good reason too. His G... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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House of Techno March 2007
You like? Our columns are expanding faster than our pages so we can get indepth and informative for all you house and tech-heads. Watch this space for exclus... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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Cloud Sounds #17: with Buzz Osborne, Liars, Black Pus, Rose Windows and more
On this week's Cloud Sounds, a weekly playlist of new music curated by The Skinny, we bring you a selection of the finest indie rock from... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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What's On Scotland 2-9 Mar: IWD
Women. Worth celebrating, right? Correct. Well, It's International Women's Day on 8 Mar and there's a whole loada lady-praising to be done. Edinb... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Babes Never Die: Honeyblood interviewed
“It was David Bowie who said you should always be just outside of your comfort zone when you’re creating stuff, and now I know how that feels. Th... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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The Inquisition: Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan has been making records since 1990, when he tended to lay his hands on whatever plastic utensil or out of tune furniture was nearby and release... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
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Prefuse 73: A Profuse Talent
Guillermo Scott Herren is a producer and multi-instrumentalist who lives and breathes the music he performs through various guises. Dave Kerr talks to Herron... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago