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MusicNot Bad for Starters: Happy Meals on 'Apéro'
It's nearly two weeks since the Scottish Album of the Year shortlist was announced, but Happy Meals' Suzanne Rodden still brims with the reactionary enthusia... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
MusicMaple Leaves: Twee Will Rock You
Twee: a word which packs an incredible punch in certain musical circles. Whether that punch is one to the pus of the purveyor or to the ears of the listener ... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen - January, 2009
Travis have moved on from the traditional method of singing pop songs for other people. Now they sing a Song To Self (**, 5 Jan). Like much of their output s... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
MusicState of Play: An Economist's Overview of the Music Industry
The economic sketch We at PRS for Music estimate the total value of the UK music industry in 2008 to be £3.6bn (it takes half a year to bre... Read more »| Updated about 16 years ago -
ClubsHogmanay Clubbing: There's a Lot Going on Underground
Out with the old and in with the new, as the saying goes. So let's start the rundown of high quality festivities taking place on the 31st of December with a ... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
MusicRewilding: The Pictish Trail interviewed
A geological movement called rewilding proposes that, rather than micromanage every aspect of nature, we should simply sit back and allow it to be. In doing ... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Things To DoEvents Calendar – Scotland, September 2015
i AM 5.1Tue 1 Sep Resident i AM young guns Beta & Kappa ripen to the grand old age of five, celebrating with i AM 5.1 in their beloved Sub Club lair, ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicStop the Presses: October
Artists & Designers: Fruit Tree Foundation Needs You! You may recall that last year the Fruit Tree Foundation brought together a stellar... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 18-25 May: DJCAD Degree Show
Over the next month or so, students of Scotland's art schools lay down their tools / paintbrushes / Oxy Acetylene welders and usher in the general ... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events 14-21 Jun: Insider Festival, Malcolm Middleton + EIFF
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 14-21 Jun: Malcolm Middleton, Insider Festival + EIFF ... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
MusicYoung Fathers Get Back to Business
They do funerals differently in New Orleans. Rather than mourn the death, they celebrate the life of the deceased. A brass band leads a procession to and f... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 12 December
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE ANNOUNCE SUMMER 2013 TOURRock legend Neil Young returned to the fray with his band Crazy Horse this year with the album Psychede... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Things To DoTop Events Northwest 10-17 Jul | Theo Parrish, Neil Young + Owen Pallett
Top Events Northwest 10-17 Jul | Theo Parrish, Neil Young + Owen Pallett Music 1. Theo Parrish The Ritz, M... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
FestivalsMusic: Beyond the edge picks
Alan Cumming If your plan for a Fringe show is to stand alone on a stage for 90 minutes talking about yourself, you'd better bring some ammunition. Fortunat... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events Scotland 6-13 Jun: GSA Degree Show, Fence Records + RockNess
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 6-13 Jun: GSA Degree Show, Fence Records + RockNess  ... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
VideosTen Rapid: the best new music videos with Gruff Rhys, Thee Oh Sees, and Daniel Avery
Welcome back once again to Ten Rapid, where we showcase a selection of the week's best new music videos, as curated by The Skinny's music team... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 March
T BREAK 2013 OPENS FOR SUBMISSIONSSince 1996, T in the Park's T Break stage has offered a vital opportunity for up-and-coming Scottish bands to get their mus... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
MusicOkkervil River - our life is not a movie
Whilst it's undeniable that revelations write headlines, it's also incontestable that sometimes such revelations can be uncomfortable. It will come as no sur... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
MusicThe Last Big Weekend: Saturday, 30 August
It’s been a summer like no other in Glasgow. In July the city was transformed for what’s being widely recognised as being the most successfu... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
ClubsSwingingman: Their Feet Don't Touch The Ground
FBC are one of Edinburgh's best-loved hip-hop crews. With several satellite members, they memorably appeared at T in the Park in 2004, but it was core MCs So... Read more »| Updated over 19 years ago -
ClubsAmon Tobin: Ever Falling
Having caught everything from the skewed sounds of a running motor bike to the brittle steps of an ant strutting around inside an aluminium container, it's a... Read more »| Updated about 19 years ago -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 19 July
FESTIVAL WATCH: WE REVIEW T IN THE PARK & KELBURN GARDEN PARTY, AND TAKE A LOOK AT WICKERMAN & DOUNE THE RABBIT HOLEAs the summer festival season rol... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
MusicBe Charlotte: Dundee's new pop revolutionary
It's a long way from Dundee to Austin, Texas, but that's just one career milestone that Charlotte Brimner has already taken in her stride. We talk to the inn... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
MusicLive Music Highlights - May, 2009
Lush, grand, but undeniably pop, A Camp get the month off to a classy start with a gig at Glasgow ABC2 on 2 May. Ostensibly the side project of The Cardigans... Read more »| Updated almost 17 years ago -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen - November, 2008
And November’s single of the month goes to... Razorlight. Sorry, wrong envelope. I meant to pick up the one for 'Most nauseous, mock-sincere rock balla... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
FestivalsElectric Fields 2017: The Review
Electric Fields squeeze a lot of good music into two days and a handful of stages; as you drive over the stone bridge at Drumlanrig Castle, it’s easy t... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
FestivalsFestival Season 2013: The Flock of the New
The music festival has become such an integral part of the summer season in Scotland that it can be hard to recall what made these events so damn popular in ... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
FestivalsEurosonic Noorderslag 2013: Day 2
The daylight hours of Eurosonic seem to be all about the networking aspect of the festival where business cards are exchanged, deals are done and lots of cof... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events 21-28 Mar: Lapalux, Edinburgh Science Festival + Reel Iraq
Top Ten Events 21-28 Mar: Lapalux, Edinburgh Science Festival + Reel Iraq THE WEEK AHE... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events 1-8 Nov: Spaced in the City, Matthew Herbert + Galápagos
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 1-8 Nov: Spaced in the City, Matthew Herbert + Galápagos &n... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago