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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 »

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 »

Sharam Jey, Afterdark presents Kink, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 19 MayWhen you think of Germany in clubbing terms, images of industrial techno and freaked out m... 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 »

Sun 10 AugEmpire Café Jura Unbound opens with a celebration of Glasgow's Empire Café project created by Louise Welsh and Jude Barber to explor... Read more »

Returning to Platform for its seventh year, Glasgow’s Eastern Promise festival is branching out by adding theatre performances from some of Scotland's ... Read more »

The Ashton Weekender is like a Spotifyied version of a music festivals where the initial cost is extremely low (or in this case, free) and you are served up ... Read more »

So what happens when you survive ‘second album syndrome’? Where do you go next – stadium tours, mid-table obscurity or fade into oblivion w... Read more »

RIP JEFF HANNEMANJeff Hanneman, a founding member of Californian thrash titans Slayer, has passed away due to liver failure. It is not yet known whether his ... Read more »

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 »

You may recall that last year the Fruit Tree Foundation brought together a stellar array of Scottish songwriting and recording talent to make an album and se... Read more »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

1. BOOKS | Neu! Reekie: #UntitledLive Central Hall, Edinburgh. 9 Jun, 6pm, £18 (£15) here Follow... Read more »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 20-27 Feb: Cairn String Quartet, Glasgow Film Festival + Nymphomaniac   &n... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 8-15 Nov: Sonica, Buck 65 + French Film Festival UK       &nb... Read more »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »