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Bands like Foals are a rarity, a true natural phenomena. When was the last time you saw a kooky math-pop band turn into riff-crunching arena-filling rock mon... Read more »

Thom Isom is a freelance graphic designer and artist. He works with artists, musicians and cultural organisations from around the UK. He’s been designi... 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 »

Killer Mike and El-P have released the first track from their third album as Run The Jewels Talk To Me features typically high-octane verses from El-P and K... Read more »

German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have announced details of their first UK tour for more than a decade. The group will bring their 3D live show to ... Read more »

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

Future of the Left have announced a series of UK gigs to coincide with the release of their crowd-funded fifth album, The Peace and Truce of Future of the Le... 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 »

Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld has joined forces with prodigious saxophonist Colin Stetson for a new album, entitled Never were the way she was. The du... Read more »

A Mote of Dust sees Craig B take a stripped-back, acoustic approach; taking its title from a quote by cosmologist Carl Sagan, the nine-track album focus... Read more »

Killer Mike and El-P – aka Run The Jewels – have added a fresh Scottish date to their UK tour this December. The duo will make their debut in th... Read more »

Kendrick Lamar is hitting the road early next year for his first headline gigs in the UK since 2013. Lamar's record label boss Anthony 'Top Dawg' T... Read more »

Any title that dedicates a lot of time and effort to music can only be as good as the groups and solo artists that it writes about. We've been lucky to have ... Read more »

Vukovi release their debut album on 10 Mar via LAB Records – the first single to be taken from the album was La Di Da, accompanied by a music video whi... Read more »

Boards of Canada blend sounds from hundreds of sources, including recorded nature and computer-made beats, into warm, evocative collages, rarely with obvious... Read more »

Indie rock trio Ex Hex formed in Washington DC in 2013. Led by Mary Timony – ex of Dischord Records notables Autoclave and 90s noise-poppers Heliu... Read more »

The longlist for the third annual Scottish Album of the Year Award has been unveiled today, with recognition for some of Scotland's best-known and most estab... Read more »

KILLING JOKE ANNOUNCE 35-YEAR 'BEST OF' AND WORLD TOURThe quintessential British post-punk / proto-industrial band Killing Joke formed in 1978, and released ... Read more »

Glasgow indie pop titans Belle & Sebastian’s debut album Tigermilk first appeared in 1996, through Stow College’s in-house independent label ... Read more »

Following in the footsteps of an iconic musical father is no easy task, as the likes of Ziggy Marley, Julian Lennon and Teddy Thompson will attest. It’... Read more »

Reading this month’s Scottish edition, you may well have noticed that The Skinny has reached its 100th issue north of the border – an impres... Read more »

It's well known that synth-pop band Chvrches ditched the "u" in their otherwise holy moniker to avoid coming a cropper on religious Google searches. This is ... Read more »

"You know, a bad chair can ruin everything." Eleanor Friedberger shuffles and shifts her position. "I have this perfect little stool at home – may... Read more »

Mogwai are one of Scotland’s greatest rock bands, but they’re not rock in the conventional style of the Rolling Stones or U2 or a million other m... Read more »

THE CLASH UNVEIL 5-ALBUM BOX SETThe Clash are in many ways the quintissential punk band - raw, politicised, and with a dedicated army of followers who worshi... Read more »

The Bookshop Band makes a very welcome return to Jura Unbound after the success of their 2013 debut. Once more they are set to beguile and charm with their o... Read more »

Shining a light on female artists is very much at the forefront of this year’s Celtic Connections festival, so what better way to kick off proceedings ... Read more »

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

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) have joined forces to present two awards for both establish... Read more »

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