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At a time of year when other trees are shutting down shop for the long winter ahead, The Fruit Tree Foundation, an independent project which aims to highligh... Read more »

Top Ten Events 19-26 Jan: Frightened Rabbit, Tubelord + Explosions In The Sky      ... Read more »

Having earned their place in the great alternative rock pantheon as one of the big four alongside Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Alice in Chains reached... Read more »

It’s a sunny morning in Glasgow, and almost all of hometown indie icons Belle & Sebastian are present and correct for breakfast. Stuart Murdoch, Sa... Read more »

Sun 11 Aug – MULTIPLESTo celebrate the UK publication of the translation-themed issue of McSweeney's he guest edited in 2012, novelist Adam Thirlwell a... Read more »

Founded in 2007 in Baltimore, Record Store Day has become a global phenomenon – each year thousands of vinyl enthusiasts and music lovers cram the... Read more »

Recent tourist board adverts have set out a persuasive argument for holidaying at home this year. “Where are the passports?” blusters a harried f... Read more »

A 365-day programme of cultural events and creativity 'inspired by the city and told to the world', Hull UK City of Culture 2017 has been in the offing since... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 19-26 Sep: Human Is Not Alone, Dark Road + Doors Open Day     &nb... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 17 Jan: Randolph's Leap, Celtic Connections + Make Do       ... Read more »

With the imposing Drumlanrig Castle to the left, and acres of verdant Dumfries forestry encircling the festival’s footprint, on the surface Electric Fi... Read more »

Rain is the enemy of the Scottish festival. While Doune The Rabbit Hole 2017 put up a good fight, the poor weather is sadly not the only obstacle it comes up... Read more »

If there’s one label RM Hubbert doesn’t want applied to his delicate, sad, soothing, searing, subtle, turbulent music, it’s ‘wanky&rs... Read more »

Kicking things off in Glasgow, the i AM crew continue to defy the notion that nothing much really happens on a Tuesday night when they invite local DJ extrao... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 28 May-4 June: Earth, INPRINT Festival + John Doran 1. MUSIC | Earth The Kazimier, Liver... Read more »

The contrast between too-cool-for-school M83’s Anthony Gonzalez (leather jacket, nonchalant je ne sais quoi) plus touring members Mikala Taylor (glitte... Read more »

Ever since Liz Fraser and Robin Guthrie ascended to another world from their Scottish home of Grangemouth in the early 1980s, a certain fear of interpretatio... Read more »

What do you ask a man who has been the driving force behind not one, but two independent record labels – Postcard Records, co-founded with Alan Horne, ... Read more »

SUNDAY 13 AUGUSTThe Art of NeuroscienceA unique creative collision of words, music and aroma, bringing together stories and curiosities from the world of neu... Read more »

The likes of the Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene and Goldie Looking Chain, though worthy in their own right, may not be enough to draw Scottish clubbers to th... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 7-14 May: Leeds Indie Food Festival, Rites + Unheard Party 1. FOOD | Leeds Indie Food Fe... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 24-31 Oct: Warpaint, Bold Souls + Conquering Animal Sound     ... Read more »

For a maiden festival, Electric Fields gets quite a few things right, location being not least of all. Set on the grounds of the stately Drumlanrig Castle, p... Read more »

Top Events Scotland 29 May-5 Jun: Duke Street Expo, SAY Art Award + The Phantom Band Music 1. Duke Street E... Read more »

Ben Gibbard, singer, songwriter and founder of professional heartstring-tuggers Death Cab For Cutie, is recovering from a badly broken wrist. Tripping on a f... Read more »

Founded by brothers Tommy and Bobby Perman, Surface Pressure is an Edinburgh-based label home to a small but broad spectrum of pop, folk, hip-hop and electro... Read more »

SATURDAY “You stand more chance of seeing Nessie in the zoo than you do a decent band at Rock Ness 2008.”That was the warning angled our wa... Read more »

Dundonians are used to defending their city. In times gone by, Dundee was besieged by armies from both the north and the south. Today, it is the frequent but... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 25 Apr-2 May: Cry Parrot's 6th Birthday, Death Grips + Beltane    ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 3-10 May: Brew at the Bog, Andrew Weatherall + Terminator!     &nbs... Read more »