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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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

In the popular imagination, the phrase Live at Leeds is always going to evoke memories of The Who’s legendary 1970 recording at the University’s ... Read more »

RIP CHI CHENGToday the music world mourns the passing of founding Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who died in the early hours of Saturday morning at the age of 4... Read more »

Film 1. From Scotland With Love: Live Score Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 22 Jan, 7.30pm, from &poun... 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 »

Experimenting with Richard Wiseman - Sunday 14 AugustPsychologist and best-selling author of Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There, Rich... Read more »

You can put her on stage but can ye Makar sing? Yes and no. Our ex national Bard updates poet Clare Mulley on her Unbound night of folk, pop, poetry and jazz... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE! LISTEN TO A NEW TRACK BY THE TWILIGHT SADThe Twilight Sad are one of the bands who made 2012 really special for us here at The Skinny. Their stark... Read more »

As the second Bank Holiday weekend in May draws closer, it’s once again time to don those dancing shoes, keep fingers crossed for sunshine, and ready o... Read more »

For many across the country, July’s clubbing agenda revolves around one event. T in the Park has been the nation’s most celebrated music festival... Read more »

International Cassette Store Day returns on 14 October, for its fifth year, in record shops across the world. Founded in 2013 by Radio 1 DJ Jen Long along wi... Read more »

NEW ALBUM FROM DAWN MCCARTHY & BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLYWe've been trying to deny it, trying to put it off – but there's no avoiding it. Whether you ca... Read more »

RM HUBBERT WINS SCOTTISH ALBUM OF THE YEAROur warmest congratulations to RM Hubbert, who last night took home the coveted Scottish Album Of The Year Award&nb... Read more »

A member of The Hives should need no encouragement to exercise his vocal chords in interview. Recall if you will: they are the band from Sweden who swept in ... Read more »