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Concept albums tend to divide opinion. The best reveal a loose theme that binds songs, but a rigid template can as easily suffocate creativity as inspire it.... Read more »

When it comes to christening new work, The Twilight Sad have always had an ear for evocative and ambivalent turns of phrase. From debut single At Home, I Had... Read more »

Nu-Disco has never been a boundary pusher, and that’s never been the point. Intergalactic builds, gooey nostalgia, fun, cheesy dance songs to, y’... Read more »

The video for Flesh without Blood and Life in the Vivid Dream showcases two of the fourteen tracks on Grimes' new album – read the full tracklist,... Read more »

The SAY Award opens up public nominations for the 6th edition of the award, as the process of picking this year's winner gets underway The Scottish Album of... Read more »

The lineup for this year's Coachella Festival (11-13 & 18-20 Apr) was announced this week, the big news being that Atlanta rap duo Outkast have reformed ... Read more »

This year, The Wedding Present celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut album George Best. Since its release, the band have released a further eig... Read more »

Explosions In The Sky will play gigs in Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton and London next April – get the full details below. The instrumental qu... Read more »

Death Grips have reemerged with a video for ‘Inanimate Sensation’, taken from the second half of their final double album The Powers That B. The... Read more »

Though a band on stage, Caribou is really just Canadian musician Dan Snaith’s main incarnation: he used to be Manitoba, and occasionally prefers Daphni... Read more »

Metallica will headline at next summer’s Reading and Leeds festivals, with Swedish punk pioneers Refused and all-conquering rap duo Run the Jewels also... Read more »

The Scottish Album of the Year longlist will be unveiled at a gig at the ABC in Glasgow next month Admiral Fallow, Mungo's Hi-Fi and an acoustic set from fo... Read more »

Idaho’s Boise Metropolitan Area is commonly known as the ‘Treasure Valley’, and as the area's most celebrated indie rock troupe, Doug Marts... Read more »

Blanck Mass is the stage name of Benjamin John Power’s solo project, when he’s not acting as one half of drone outfit Fuck Buttons. Blanck Mass&r... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 31 Jan-7 Feb: Manipulate, Wee Dub Festival + Vintage Kilo Sale       ... Read more »

Atlanta rapper Killer Mike has dropped a belated video for one of the highlights from his 2012 album R.A.P. Music, Ghetto Gospel. The track, which ... Read more »

Scots-Anglo-Irish art-rockers Django Django have unveiled First Light, the first track from the highly anticipated follow-up to their Mercury-nominated ... Read more »

At a time when angular guitars and art-school pretensions were achingly popular, it wasn’t clear if Maximo Park were leaders or followers of the trend.... Read more »

Canadian noise rock trio METZ originally came together in 2007, when vocalist/guitarist Alex Edkins and drummer Hayden Menzies began playing DIY shows togeth... Read more »

Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced their new album Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, due for release on 31 March. The new alb... Read more »

The longlist for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY) has been announced today. The second in the initiative's history, the inaugural prize was aw... Read more »

New Order will release their first studio album in a decade this autumn, with Music Complete due for release this September. The new album will be the ... Read more »

There are many stories we could tell you about champion goofball Mac DeMarco. Born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV, his mother changed his name, aged five,... Read more »

The title of the 24th film in the James Bond series has been revealed, with Spectre starring Daniel Craig and directed by Sam Mendes set for cinemas next Nov... Read more »

The shortlist for the second annual Scottish Album of the Year Award was announced at Glasgow's CCA last night, with a few surprises in the final ten. Whittl... Read more »

Self-proclaimed futurists and punk/rap/electronic fusionists Death Grips have been pretty quiet since the release of their last, free-to-download album ... Read more »

Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001, ‘ambient punks’ Deerhunter’s line-up has ever since been based around a core of guitarist, vocalist and... Read more »

Tonight is Washington Irving’s second visit to ABC as part of Celtic Connections 2012. The first occupied the smaller ABC2, but the band seems undaunte... Read more »

Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat have announced the release date and tracklist for their long-awaited second album, entitled The Most Important Place In The World... Read more »

Kevin Macdonald is a tough director to pin down. He’s probably best known for two documentaries, 2003’s Touching the Void, which recreated the pe... Read more »