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“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 »

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 »

The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 7-14 Feb: Glasgow Short Film Festival, High Sheen + Long Live The Little Knife   &nb... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Top Ten Events 19-26 Jan: Frightened Rabbit, Tubelord + Explosions In The Sky      ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“Those nerves about writing the difficult second album – we never really had them, which was weird.” Really weird, when you consider that ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

1. BOOKS | Rally & Broad: 50th Show Special The Bongo Club, Edinburgh. 15 May, 7pm, £5 here Having... Read more »

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 »

Top Events Northwest 28 May-4 June: Earth, INPRINT Festival + John Doran 1. MUSIC | Earth The Kazimier, Liver... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

Top Events Northwest 2-9 April: Samuel Kerridge, Errors + Plastic Figurines 1. CLUBS | Samuel Kerridge 24 Kitchen Street, Liverp... Read more »