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MusicSpice Up Your Life – Mel C interviewed
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 »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
MusicHome Comforts: Wooden Shjips' Ripley Johnson on Back to Land
“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 »| Updated about 12 years ago -
MusicLucid Dreaming: Patterns' hallucinatory pop
Patterns frontman Ciaran McAuley’s back is turned The Skinny and his bandmate Laurence Radford, as he concentrates, instead, on a Moroccan-style terrin... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events 7-14 Feb: Glasgow Short Film Festival, High Sheen + Long Live The Little Knife
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 7-14 Feb: Glasgow Short Film Festival, High Sheen + Long Live The Little Knife &nb... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
ClubsClubbing Highlights Scotland – July 2015
First up this month, we look in the direction of the Sub Club and the return of Leisure System, the celebrated Berghain residency which first set up shop her... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – July 2015
Heavenly Records celebrate their 25th birthday at the Kazimier on 5 July, with a lineup typical of the label’s sungaze-y sound, including The Wytches, ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicLive Music Highlights – September 2011
Music is the Music Language is a promising new festival dedicated to showcasing the diversity of Scotland's underground music scene. Taking place on 3/4 Sep ... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Things To DoTop Ten Events 19-26 Jan: Frightened Rabbit, Tubelord + Explosions In The Sky
Top Ten Events 19-26 Jan: Frightened Rabbit, Tubelord + Explosions In The Sky ... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
MusicLA Songwriter Julia Holter on Gigi, Lynch and Loud City Song
In The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon describes the joy of the simple pop song: 'When those kids sing about "She loves you," yeah well, you know,... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 28 January
IS THIS THE END FOR THE MARS VOLTA?In a story first reported by Prefix, experimental Texan prog rockers The Mars Volta have confirmed their sp... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
MusicJason Lytle on the return of Grandaddy
It’s a strange thing, speaking to Jason Lytle via Skype. This was the man who, at the turn of the century, foresaw a digital society that was riddled w... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
MusicInto The Wild: Errors Interviewed
When George Orwell travelled to Jura in 1946 to write what would become his seminal, eerily prescient tome 1984 he didn’t do it by halves. Despite bein... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicWolf Alice on epic second album Visions of a Life
“Those nerves about writing the difficult second album – we never really had them, which was weird.” Really weird, when you consider that ... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
StudentsNow & Then: An A-Z of Scottish Music
Admiral Fallow Indie folk sextet Admiral Fallow have been furrowing away since 2007 under the guidance of singer-songwriter Louis Abbott. His heart-on-sleev... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 17 December
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 »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
MusicCloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi on Life Without Sound
Five albums deep, Dylan Baldi wonders if he might have found some perspective. Maybe. “I mean, every record kind of feels like I’ve reached &lsqu... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
MusicNew Order: “Hooky’s not spoken to us in God knows how many years”
It’s been an uncertain era for New Order since Peter Hook declared, in a blaze of acrimony, that the dance rock innovators were finished upon his d... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 5 June
LOVE WILL TEAR US ATARI: JOY DIVISION, THE VIDEO GAMEAlthough not created in collaboration with any of the original Joy Division members nor officially sanct... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
MusicBands That Built Us: The Skinny at 10
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 »| Updated about 10 years ago -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights – April 2016
We start in Glasgow, where CHVRCHES kick off the month (2 Apr) by rocking up at the Hydro alongside the Twilight Sad boys for their biggest headline sho... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
ClubsGuest Selector: Theo Kottis
Theo Kottis is certainly a local talent on the rise – since the release of his debut EP Waiting Game on the Moda Black label in late 2014, he's already... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
MusicBack and Forth: Slam's Orde Meikle recaps 'Reverse Proceed'
“One of the things that attracted us to techno is that it’s a genre that doesn’t want to be liked,” begins Orde Meikle, one half of p... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicCatching Up With Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat
2007: Alex Salmond becomes the SNP's first First Minister. There's been an inconceivable number of political changes over these past ten years... "The ... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Things To DoTop Events Scotland 14-21 May: Rally & Broad, Saint Etienne + Summerhall Beer Festival
1. BOOKS | Rally & Broad: 50th Show Special The Bongo Club, Edinburgh. 15 May, 7pm, £5 here Having... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 12-18 Oct
We dive into the listings to bring you the essential guide to gigs in Liverpool this week – plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements ... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Things To DoTop Events Northwest 28 May-4 June: Earth, INPRINT Festival + John Doran
Top Events Northwest 28 May-4 June: Earth, INPRINT Festival + John Doran 1. MUSIC | Earth The Kazimier, Liver... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
MusicMark Eitzel on Hey Mr Ferryman
It’s become a cliché. We’ve all seen the clickbait, the articles in the broadsheet newspapers. The best singer you’ve never heard of... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
MusicScotland Gig Highlights – May 2013
On 2 May, all-female post-punk innovators Savages come to Glasgow’s SWG3. Anticipation is building for their debut album Silence Yourself, due out on 6... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
MusicSAY Award 2016: A guide to the longlist
If the average length of an album is half an hour, the 20 LPs which make up the 2016 SAY Award longlist comprise some 600 minutes of recorded music. That's a... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
MusicLiverpool Psych Fest 2015: The Review
“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago