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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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Top Events Scotland 8-15 May: Tectonics, Psychedelic Forest Disco + Future Shorts Music 1. Tectonics F... Read more »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 28 Jun-5 Jul: Kelburn Garden Party, Leith Late + Jesus H. Foxx     &nbs... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 1-8 Mar: Withered Hand, Lambchop + Geek Film Night!       ... Read more »

  Top Ten Events 18 Oct | Bat For Lashes | Efterklang | David Shrigley         ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

"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 »

OUTSKIRTS (20 Apr, Platform, The Bridge, Westerhouse Road, Glasgow)Glasgow-based Outskirts' comparative modesty of size seems inversely proportionate to... Read more »

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 »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 26 Apr-3 May: Outskirts Festival, Matthew Dear + Cry Parrot Turn 5!     ... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 1-8 May: Sounds from the Other City, Writing on the Wall + Immix Music 1. Sounds f... Read more »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 17-24 May: Stag and Dagger, Simian Mobile Disco + ECA Fashion Show     ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 24 Nov-1 Dec: Withered Hand, Django Django + Vintage Kilo Sale     ... Read more »

Become Unbound every night from 12-27 August in The Guardian Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. A... Read more »

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 »

It’s hard to believe that we’re a third of the way through this year already. The nights have been flowing thick and fast, with a range of promot... Read more »

“What’s the cheapest bottle you’ve got?” James Graham rattles loose change around in his fist as he surveys the selection behind a Sa... Read more »