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Festivals
T in the Park 2016: Friday, 8 July
It seems 2016 will be remembered as the year T in the Park finally made itself at home in Strathallan. The teething problems of last year's event feel ... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Festivals
On Tour: Owls, The War On Drugs, First Aid Kit, plus the latest festival news
Chicago experimental rockers Owls are on tour throughout the UK in September, playing Glasgow's Audio on 16 September, Manchestser's The Deaf Institute on 17... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Festivals
What's On at Jura Unbound 2015
Sun 16 AugustTrading StoriesJura Unbound 2015 takes flight with a night of seductive international short stories. Join us on our journey with Denmark’s... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Music
Disco Inferno: Belle & Sebastian revisit 'Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance'
Belle and Sebastian, by their own once prolific standards, have had what you could reasonably term a fallow decade. This is a band who put out their first tw... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Scotland 30 Apr-6 May: #UntitledOne - Open House - Sub Club SoundSystem
1. BOOKS | Neu! Reekie!: #UntitledOne, The Launch La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. Fri 1 May, 6pm, £5... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Books
Poetry News – Scotland, August 2016
The thing I love most about festival season as a whole is the welcome it gives to fresh faces as much as seasoned ones. Edinburgh International Book Festival... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Festivals
Wickerman 2010: Friday
“Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man” So said Lord Summerisle in the original 1973 film and I, like many others made th... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Music
Laeto drummer Robbie Cooper unveils Human Is Not Alone
4 May, 1999, and DIY icons and post-hardcore figureheads Fugazi have reached the northernmost date of a pretty exhaustive UK/Ireland tour promoting what woul... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 17-24 Aug: Glasgow Pride
First up, we're taking a step back from the Fringe to noise you up about something equally important at the other end of the M8 this weekend: Glasg... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 12 April
SCOTT WALKER BOX-SET ANNOUNCEDDetails have emerged of plans to release legendary songwriter Scott Walker's first five albums as a deluxe vinyl and CD box-set... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Scotland 8-15 May: Tectonics, Psychedelic Forest Disco + Future Shorts
Top Events Scotland 8-15 May: Tectonics, Psychedelic Forest Disco + Future Shorts Music 1. Tectonics F... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 14 Nov
SLINT TO REFORM?Music blogs and the post-rock Twitterati are all abuzz today with the rumour that seminal, nay godlike math-rock noiseniks Slint are to refor... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Music
Live Music Highlights – October 2012
Never to be confused with the French metal progenitors (nor the teenaged Belgian Eurovision contenders) of the same name, Toronto duo Trust have enjoyed a st... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 28 Jun-5 Jul: Kelburn Garden Party, Leith Late + Jesus H. Foxx
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 28 Jun-5 Jul: Kelburn Garden Party, Leith Late + Jesus H. Foxx &nbs... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Music
Phantom Band frontman Rick Redbeard unveils solo debut
An ominous text message arrives half an hour before The Skinny’s appointment with Rick Anthony: “Ate too many chips… feel a bit sick.&rdqu... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 1-8 Mar: Withered Hand, Lambchop + Geek Film Night!
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 1-8 Mar: Withered Hand, Lambchop + Geek Film Night! ... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 18-25 Oct: Bat For Lashes, Efterklang + David Shrigley
Top Ten Events 18 Oct | Bat For Lashes | Efterklang | David Shrigley ... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Music
Done is Done: Young Fathers put 'Dead' to rest
For Young Fathers, looking backwards doesn’t come easy. The group’s approach to writing and recording is brutally fast: take a week in the studio... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Festivals
Green Man 2017: The Review
Happy fifteenth birthday, Green Man! While the Brecons Beacons-set event has one or two rivals for the title of Britain’s coolest festival, surely none... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On North 23-30 Jun: Summer Arts Market
Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of the best events from the Northwest cultural calendar to provide you with this here top ten guide to the mo... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Videos
Video Premiere: Lady North – 'Bum Jiggy'
Having proven their worth on the live scene over the last four years, instrumental rock trio Lady North announce Stellar, their debut full length LP due for ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Music
The Bones of Us All: Kathryn Joseph revisits her debut
Music as escapism isn’t a particularly uncommon occurrence; it’s a much rarer event, however, to be transported not only out of your own world bu... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Music
Get Wide: Wide Days 2017 preview
"It's a music industry event with a difference," enthuses festival director Olaf Furniss. "I've worked for a lot of different music conferences and showcase ... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Festivals
Festival Season 2013: Carry Me Home
OUTSKIRTS (20 Apr, Platform, The Bridge, Westerhouse Road, Glasgow)Glasgow-based Outskirts' comparative modesty of size seems inversely proportionate to... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Music
Trembling Bells' Alex Neilson: "I’d probably be a professional footballer if it wasn’t for Trout Mask Replica"
Alex Neilson’s musical calibre is not something to be questioned, as the list of his collaborators will no doubt pay testament to. Jandek, Current 93, ... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – January 2013
January is traditionally a bit of a featureless wasteland in the club scene, with punters too broke to go out, and promoters unwilling to gamble money on a b... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 26 Apr-3 May: Outskirts Festival, Matthew Dear + Cry Parrot Turn 5!
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 26 Apr-3 May: Outskirts Festival, Matthew Dear + Cry Parrot Turn 5! ... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Northwest 1-8 May: Sounds from the Other City, Writing on the Wall + Immix
Top Events Northwest 1-8 May: Sounds from the Other City, Writing on the Wall + Immix Music 1. Sounds f... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Music
From Russia with Love: Happy Meals interviewed
It is New Year's Eve in Moscow and a party is in full swing. Russian men dressed in ski suits dance on the frozen ground, seemingly oblivious to the minus-22... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 17-24 May: Stag and Dagger, Simian Mobile Disco + ECA Fashion Show
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 17-24 May: Stag and Dagger, Simian Mobile Disco + ECA Fashion Show ... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago