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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 »

Well, that was quite something. I’ve now got a proper-sized keyboard, so hopefully there’ll be less typos in this one [I’ve just read it ... Read more »

Our fourth day at SxSW starts with a fork in the road as half of our team heads off early to follow Honeyblood around town (but not in a creepy way), while t... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 5-12 Sep: Music Language Festival, Cassette Store Day + Street Food Cartel   ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 16-23 Feb: Glasgow Film Festival, Rob St John + Vintage Village Fete     ... Read more »

The Saturday forecast is a little grim, but what’s T in the Park without a little drizzle? The likes of The Last Shadow Puppets and The 1975 attem... Read more »

Nearly ten years in the making, The Crimson Wing follows the lives and deaths of the flamingos of Lake Natron, a Northern Tanzanian salt lake uninhabitable f... Read more »

BREW AT THE BOG2-3 May; tickets £55 The word ‘boutique’ gets thrown around a lot these days, and strangely often with regards to commodi... Read more »

Books 1) Karl Geary & Samanta Schweblin: Deeply Unsettling Secrets Books Editor Alan Bett’s main reason for turning up at this event will be to ha... Read more »

It is early evening in the basement venue of Glasgow bar Nice N Sleazy and Howie Payne is excitedly talking up the new group he is co-managing. The... Read more »

“I'm learning so much from the things that terrify me,” says Kate Tempest, taking a call in the middle of a rammed few weeks. (She's a new book o... Read more »

Being the first band on at any show can be a daunting experience. Sparse crowds, indifferent punters and the constant din of bar conversations are all obstac... Read more »

Top Ten Events Scotland 16-23 May: Stag and Dagger, Mount Eerie + Southside Film Festival         ... Read more »

Top Ten Events Scotland 16-23 Jan: The Skinny 100, Celtic Connections + The Colour Ham         ... Read more »

As club culture has branched off in various distinct directions over the years, electronic music and DJing have increasingly acquired a more sophisticated st... Read more »