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Wickerman 2010: Saturday
Day two began waking wearily from again more revelry in the Headphone Disco tent and the fuzzy memory of standing with fists in the air to John Farham’... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Music
Women in Music: Scotland’s Shifting Music Scene
The Skinny meets Sharleen Spiteri on the morning of Texas' ninth album drop. Over a cuppa outside Facebook’s London headquarters, where the band i... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Festivals
Hydro Connect 2008 @ Inveraray Castle, 29-31 Aug
The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going fo... Read more »| Updated almost 17 years ago -
Festivals
T Break: United Fruit
But enough already, here's the story so far from one of the bands we dig the most on this year's T in the Park bill. Sunday night in out-patients anyone?Back... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 12-19 Apr: Graham Coxon, Bass Face + RoboCop!
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 12-19 Apr: Graham Coxon, Bass Face + Green Door Weekender  ... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Music
SxSW Music Diary: CHVRCHES, KLOE & Earl Sweatshirt
Iain Cook, Martin Doherty, and Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES are waiting for The Skinny in the lobby of the W Hotel looking patient, gentle, and perfectly... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Festivals
T in the Park 2016: Sunday, 10 July
By the third day, things are always going to be a little worse for wear. Non-stop overnight rainfall continues well into Sunday morning, with the resultant q... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events Scotland 1-8 Aug: The Pale Imitation Festival, Armellodie on Tour + Record Fair
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events Scotland 1-8 Aug: The Pale Imitation Festival, Armellodie on Tour + Record Fair ... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
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Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Revolution
"First thing I want to talk about," insists Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman, diving straight in to lead the conversation, "is the hilarious idea of cal... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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T in the Park 2015: Sunday, 12 July
By Sunday, the ground at Strathallan is 'spongy' at best. An overnight deluge has added to the weekend's sogginess and a few early revellers cowp into the mu... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events Northwest 25 Apr-2 May: Underachievers, Washington Irving + Discoteca Poca
Top Ten Events Northwest 25 Apr-2 May: Underachievers, Washington Irving + Discoteca Poca THE WEEK AHEAD Imagin... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Music
Run The Jewels on people, politics and powerful moments
The ascent of Michael Render, aka Killer Mike, and Jaime Meline, aka El-P has been spectacular and apparently unstoppable, but it has to be said that it&rsqu... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Students
Glasgow West End & Southside: Student Venue Guide
Juice Garden223 Byres Rd@juice_gardenIt might make you feel a bit like a Kardashian, but you’re just going to have to overlook that. Juice Garden&rsquo... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Film
Superstar in Waiting: Paul Kelly on Lawrence of Belgravia
Ever since D.A. Pennebaker’s landmark documentary Don't Look Back, where the sardonic backstage antics of a young Bob Dylan proved as entertaining... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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Awake On Foreign Shores: Trans Musicales 2011
Trans Musicales curator Jean-Louis Brossard presents a varied and eccentric bill; forging an unlikely alliance between young electronic and indie rock acts w... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 22-29 Mar: Save The Bongo Rave, Feist + Literary Death Match
Top Ten Events 22-29 Mar: Save The Bongo Rave, Feist + Literary Death Match TH... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Music
Indy Rock: Mogwai talk zombies, Thatcher and the coming referendum
On the day that Thatcher died, Mogwai’s Barry Burns was in his adopted home of Berlin, missing out on the George Square Thatcher Death Party his band h... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Events Northwest 18-25 Sep | The Companion, Manchester Food and Drink + Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Top Events Northwest 18-25 Sep | The Companion, Manchester Food and Drink + Bloomberg New Contemporaries A... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events 7-14 Mar: Tenement Trail, LadyFest + All Night Horror Madness!
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 7-14 Mar: Tenement Trail, LadyFest + All Night Horror Madness! ... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Music
Running With Knives: Introducing Outblinker
An industrial estate on the edge of the city. Up a rust-flaked staircase, the room large and dank, dubious stains on one wall, kitchen knives embedded in ano... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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SXSW Music Diary: The Austin Invasion, Rhymesayers 20th, and Swervedriver's survival guide
Unrelenting rain thins the numbers and shows our schedule the window when the festival should be in full swing. There’s an appointment to keep wit... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Music
Restless Natives sets up in Glasgow's East End
As the home of the famous Barrowland Ballroom, a relic of the 1960s dancehall era that later reinvented itself as a leading gig venue, it's easy to presume t... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Music
Pulling on Threads: Paolo Nutini ruminates on Caustic Love
Paolo Nutini’s been listening to a lot of Arab Strap recently. “I was out in Glasgow and saw that album on the shelf. Monday at the Hug & Pin... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Books
Paradigm Shift: Now Turn the Page
The Scottish writer Ewan Morrison, who recently began a satirical, dystopian series on the future of publishing for the Guardian, believes the restructuring ... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Festivals
Kelburn Garden Party 2017: The Review
The word on the grapevine is that The Kelburn Garden Party is the hidden jewel in the crown of the Scottish festival scene. Or perhaps not so hidden, as orga... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Festivals
The SxSW Diaries: Casual Sex vs Texas
Day 1: Monday 10th March A surprisingly painless ten hour flight from London later and we arrive in Dallas to see the sunset. Certainly, a nice greeting for... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago