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

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

1. MUSIC | Neu! Reekie!: Edinburgh and Copenhagen Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh. 26 Sep, 7pm, £10 (&... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

Built on bricks of sisterhood, sequins and sleek, shiny pop, TeenCanteen’s Say It With A Kiss is as warm and welcoming as a rare sunny day in... Read more »

“Rick can be quite hard to get a hold of,” is the apologetic response from the Phantom Band’s record label as The Skinny struggles to pin d... Read more »

Edinburgh Science Festival's got it all this year, with an expansive programme spilling geeky goodness between 1-16 Apr across Edinburgh. Whether you're into... Read more »

Following 2007’s The Midnight Organ Fight can hardly be described as a pressure-free endeavour. Frightened Rabbit’s often stark, heart-on-sleeve,... Read more »

Guy Gerber is maybe not so different to hundreds of other DJs as he sits in his studio and discusses the track he's finishing. “It’s going to be ... Read more »

BILLY CORGAN'S MUSICAL CHAIRSBilly Corgan: self-styled frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins, dubiously qualified new-age guru, poet, unlikely wrestling promoter... Read more »

Spring is here! No, really, it is! The frost is thawing, the Easter Bunny is preparing her list of good girls and boys so they can receive their annual choco... Read more »

STREAM DAVID BOWIE'S NEW ALBUM IN FULLAlmost everything we know about the new David Bowie album so far has been a surprise, from the announcement of the albu... Read more »

NEW MUSIC: CHVRCHES, BATHS & COKIYU, !!!, COLIN STETSONMore new music now, this time from deservedly-hyped electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, currently Glasgow's... Read more »

Despite taking place during the second Scottish winter in six months, Wickerman was spared the worst of the July weather on Friday. So when the rains arrive ... Read more »

NEW DOCUMENTARIES: THE STONE ROSES, THE NATIONALMade of Stone is a new documentary about The Stone Roses, directed by celebrated UK film-maker Shane Meadows ... Read more »

With a sound that is only slightly edgier than Bob Holness in oven gloves, much touted Sheffield lads Little Man Tate nevertheless look set to provide a poli... Read more »