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Edinburgh We focus on the capital first, with the Nightvision series returning for 2016 with a bass-heavy soiree at The Liquid Room. First teaming up in 200... Read more »

Certified royalty when it comes to British indie discos, Bloc Party have dominated dancefloors since their foundation. It’s well-worn urban myth that t... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE! LISTEN TO A NEW TRACK FROM RICK REDBEARD'S DEBUT ALBUM Rick Redbeard is the solo moniker of The Phantom Band's Rick Anthony. Eight years ago, he b... Read more »

We start off in Glasgow with the visit of the multi-talented Madlib. Working with some of the most talented names in modern hip-hop over the years, releasing... Read more »

Over 51 Bandcamp albums Greta Kline records her world with microscopic detail; stay a while, and you'll be introduced to her family, friends, pets and d... Read more »

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

Lauri Saine is a friendly Finnish bloke who spends most of his time welding chugged-out house grooves with a snappy hip hop aesthetic. Based in Helsinki, he&... Read more »

“The sound of the earth vomiting” is how co-founding drummer Paul Ferguson describes Killing Joke, which is entirely in line with the band’... Read more »

COM TRUISE REMIXES EVERYTHING EVERYTHINGAfter a high-profile remix for Scotland's own The Twilight Sad, Com Truise delivers another re-rub of a high profile ... Read more »

1. CLUBS | Soup Kitchen's 5th Birthday Sou... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE! LISTEN TO A NEW TRACK BY THE TWILIGHT SADThe Twilight Sad are one of the bands who made 2012 really special for us here at The Skinny. Their stark... Read more »

MY BLOODY VALENTINE: SURPRISE RELEASE OF M B VAfter years of rumour, My Bloody Valentine's follow-up to 1991's shoegaze classic Loveless was released on... Read more »

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY for short) Award was launched in 2012 to recognise outstanding talent within Scotland’s thriving music scene. This ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 14-21 Feb: Glasgow Film Festival, The Pictish Trail + PAWS       ... Read more »

Despite a reported revitalisation of album sales in the UK and USA in the past year, you’d be foolish to think that the annual Record Store Day celebra... Read more »

Faced with overwhelming choice, some will retreat, daunted, while others will leap gleefully into its volumes of possibility. For example: at the end of Febr... Read more »

Griffin James aka Francis Inferno Orchestra has been a part of Australia’s burgeoning underground scene since 2010, alongside fellow up-and-comers Andr... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 21-28 Feb | The Bongo Re-Opens | Frightened Rabbit | The Twilight Sad     ... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 28 Feb-7 Mar: GSA Fashion Show, Deap Vally + Kid Canaveral       ... Read more »

Top Events Northwest 13-20 Nov | Ben Frost, Video Jam + Hankering for Classification Music 1. Ben Frost Go... Read more »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 19-26 Jul: The Unwinding Hours, Screen Banditas + Surge Festival     ... Read more »

The snow has passed, hopefully for good, and as this column is written a low winter sun is shining over Glasgow, promising a mild spring and an early summer ... Read more »

Bridging the gap between jazz and electronic music, Glasgow-based DJ/producer Rebecca Vasmant has cemented her name with her Made In Glasgow and Kn... Read more »

Self-confessed “depressing, moany bastard” James Graham isn’t half as depressed as his lyrics might make him out to be. Over the course of ... Read more »

Over the past five years or so, Edinburgh composer and producer Joe Acheson’s Hidden Orchestra project has established itself as one of the most intere... Read more »

  “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone, cheeks were flushed, the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in ... Read more »

Two years after taking their major label breakthrough Meantime on a worldwide victory lap, this autumn New York crushers Helmet are dusting down an... Read more »

GRIMES: "HOW CAN YOU HATE BEYONCE?"In a considered post on her Tumblr this week (6 Feb), Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, published a critique of anti-pop mu... Read more »

We caught up with Mel C ahead of Christmas to chat about the Spice Girls, her new solo album Version of Me and her plans for 2017 At the end of November, we... Read more »

“In a big city you have to be driven because the scenes there are so competitive and people really take it seriously. It’s nice here; you can tak... Read more »