Search Results

To call CHVRCHES' rise to fame meteoric is to underestimate – in an age of instant one-hit wonders, it might have seemed tempting to dismiss them ... Read more »

JIM CARREY'S KICK ASS 2 ABOUT-FACEJim Carrey has spoken out to disown his new movie Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to the ultra-violent superhero movie based on the ... Read more »

Nipping to the shops no longer demands three layers of thermals! Great, isn’t it? Now, we’re not saying 'summer is coming!!!!' or anything, becau... Read more »

They create the costumes in the TV shows you are addicted to, make the sound effects for the computer games you can’t get enough of, design award-winni... Read more »

When unsigned Scottish bands announce they have a gig on the west coast, they usually mean somewhere like Greenock. Lional are no exception. Until recently, ... Read more »

It's 5:30 in the morning when we meet Tuff Love at Glasgow Airport. By the time we arrive back from Reykjavik two days later, the band will have travelled ov... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 14-21 May: LightNight Liverpool, Manchester After Hours + Manchester Camerata 1. ART | Lig... Read more »

Set deep in the West End of Glasgow, the Rio Café feels like the ideal place to interview Sons and Daughters. It has that classic feel of 1950s Americ... Read more »

"The usual failure is, weirdly, the biographical one; where the writer steadfastly follows the main story of the artist's life. But then they couple it with ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 2-9 May: Big Day In, Brew at the Bog + Dirty Beaches     &nbs... Read more »

Despite the forecasts of heavy rain, the positive mood of Saturday’s festival crowd never dampens. It's the day of the Scottish heavyweights on the mai... Read more »

Tut Vu Vu describe themselves as the love child of Anaïs Nin and David Lynch, and that's a reasonable metaphor for the strange dark brew of Musique Conc... Read more »

We chat with Jono and Gabriel of Jagwar Ma about recording their new album Every Now and Then, working with Earl Sweatshirt and Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa... ... Read more »

“These situations aren’t supposed to happen to somebody like me,” states a humble John Stanier, having already served time as the rhythmic ... Read more »

Top Ten Events Northwest 23-30 Jan: East India Youth, 10 Bands 10 Minutes + Mogwai         . &nbs... Read more »

RIP H.R. GIGERThe designer of the 'xenomorph' from the Alien franchise; celebrated concept artist, sculptor and designer; maker of furniture, architectu... Read more »

"Poetry sort of tumbled into my life," explains Michael Pedersen, when asked how this all started. 'This,' being his recently released and critically lauded ... Read more »

It’s a strange thing, speaking to Jason Lytle via Skype. This was the man who, at the turn of the century, foresaw a digital society that was riddled w... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 30 Aug-6 Sep: Music Language, Africa Express + Jaws Vs Jurassic Park!     ... Read more »

Kevin McHugh is a master of understatement. Ever-present in the world of underground electronic music yet never known to seek the limelight, his output since... Read more »

Once a week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from Scotland's cultural calendar to give you this guide to the most exciting goings on in the we... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 29 Mar-5 Apr: Spaced In The City, The Twilight Sad + Sub Club Turn 25!   &nbs... Read more »

It's official: British festivals don't cut it anymore. With tickets selling out in a few milliseconds six months before the line-ups are announced and no gua... Read more »

With tickets sold out before the party begins, there is a sense that Kelburn Garden Party has come of age this year, cementing its position as one of the jew... Read more »

You walk down Duke Street in Glasgow, carrying your electric guitar, your effects pedals, heading to your first away gig – a major coup for an Edinburg... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP           THE WEEK AHEAD It's February! Our new issue is o... Read more »

"Whitesnake at Preston Guildhall, 1981. I grew up loving heavy rock.” Eyes lit up with childlike enthusiasm, Stewart Parsons describes his first ever g... Read more »

1. FILM | Take One Action Various venues, Edinburgh & Glasgow. 16-27 Sep, various times, booking here Take... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 24-31 May: James Yorkston, John Peel's Shed + Whisky Stramash     ... 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 »