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A quick glance at The Twilight Sad's previous album titles gives a good insight into the sort of subject matter they're concerned with: Winter... Read more »

It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one when I say that a lot can happen in ten years. In 2010, audio and video streams didn’t contribute towar... Read more »

The Scottish Album of the Year Award, aka The SAY Award, is back for its 11th edition, and the window is now open for artists, bands, labels and music-lovers... Read more »

How do you get yours? Blaring LOUD from your car radio? On a playlist a pal made you? On shiny, special edition vinyl? On... cassette? When was the last time... Read more »

Hip-hop’s influence on contemporary music and society in general is huge, although here in Scotland the genre still remains on the periphery, despite t... Read more »

Anna Meredith is the irrefutable queen of this year’s Edinburgh Festival. The composer has returned to the city in which she was raised this month with... Read more »

This year's Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival will explore the theme of ‘Beginnings’, with a focus on young people to coincide with the Scotti... Read more »

Escape the ever darkening days and duck into a magical world of sugar plum fairies, dancing dolls and scheming mice in this gorgeous production of Tchaikovsk... Read more »

Sometimes we are transported back to a particular night without warning. It might be spurred on by a dog-eared ticket found down the back of the sofa, or the... Read more »

Margaret Gallagher lives in a cottage in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. There’s no electricity, no internet, no running water. Eighty-one years ag... Read more »

Following one of the hardest years many of us have ever known, this year's Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is a moment of welcome and compassionate resp... Read more »

Sacred Paws last brought us an album in 2019, and after some disbelief and a few failed attempts at addition we work out that that was six whole years ago. B... Read more »

#10: Big Thief – Double Infinity The present moment is a bridge between two infinities: the forever of the past and the forever of the future. The t... Read more »

Grosvenor House Hotel, London, 2006 As my three-year stint as a judge on the Mercury Prize ended, it seemed like the last days of Rome for the album and the... Read more »

Shaheeda Sinckler could never be described as a one trick pony. On top of her already established presence within Scotland’s music scene as a DJ, produ... Read more »

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Bossy Love here at The Skinny so we were overjoyed to hear the news that the wait is finally over for thei... Read more »

Things are tough for musicians at the best of times, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit the music scene particularly hard. With live music on hiatu... Read more »

It’s the age-old cliché: local band gets successful, moves to America and makes record with big name producer. While many have fallen into this ... Read more »

When Interpol released their seminal debut album Turn on the Bright Lights in 2002, indie rock was at its peak and everyone wanted to be one of The Strokes. ... Read more »

“It’s just… I don’t know. Different? Better? It’s not like other stuff you hear constantly. It’s so much more fun!&rdquo... Read more »

It’s been a while since Strike the Colours have made any kind of noise in the music world – nine years in fact since they graced us with their la... Read more »

By now, everyone who’s anyone knows Glasgow groundbreaker TAAHLIAH and her exemplary contributions to the world of Scottish music. If you're in any way... Read more »

As the summer days start to dwindle, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) is giving us something to look forward to with the launch of their gorg... Read more »

Celebrate Chinese New Year this weekend by indulging in some delicious dumplings, scrumptious spring rolls and the best bao buns in the city at the Old Town ... Read more »

It's the thirteenth year of the Scottish Album of the Year Award, or SAY Award for short, and the long process of picking 2024's winner begins today. Step o... Read more »

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is heading to Edinburgh for the first time when the event takes place in September. Previously held in Paisley, t... Read more »

At the end of October we reached out to our music team, asking for their top ten albums of the year in order of preference; from 35 submissions we were ... Read more »

This year's Scottish Album of the Year award ceremony is just two weeks away, with the £20,000 prize due to be handed out at Stirling's Albert Halls on... Read more »

Two days on from the rescheduled date for the 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony, which saw Little Simz scoop the top prize for her outstanding 2021 album Sometimes... Read more »

With a Mercury Prize and a Scottish Album of the Year award already under their belts, Kayus Bankole, Alloysious Massaquoi and Graham ‘G’ Hasting... Read more »