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Rip It Up: Where Does Scottish Music Fit on a Global Scale
To write the story of music in Scotland from the perspective of the people at the very heart of it, we contacted a few of Scotland's most celebrated musician... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: Roseability - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues with a radically reworked acoustic rendition of Roseability from their 2000 breakthrough 100 Broken Windows, whic... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: Make Another World - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues with the title track from the indie veterans' 2007 LP Make Another World, where the band sought to establish... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: Too Long Awake - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues with Too Long Awake, taken from the band's 2005 full-length release Warnings/Promises, recorded at the ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: Every Little Means Trust - Exclusive live session
Seven Days Of Idlewild, our week-long acoustic takeover with the Edinburgh-formed outfit, concludes with a brand new track from their seventh LP Everyth... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: A Film For The Future - Exclusive live session
The Skinny recently sat in on an acoustic rehearsal with the resurgent Idlewild, who gave us reinterpreted renditions of moments from across their catalogue ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: Take Me Back To The Islands - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild acoustic series, charting the band's past and present ahead of their new album release, continues with Take Me Back to the Islands... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Idlewild – Everything Ever Written
For context’s sake, let’s just clear one thing up: Idlewild’s days as oblique-angled indie-punkas (“A flight of stairs falling down a... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Seven Days Of Idlewild: You held The World In Your Arms - Exclusive live session
Our Seven Days Of Idlewild series continues today, as this expanded iteration of the group reworks You Held The World In Your Arms, the majestic lead single ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Idlewild release 'Every Little Means Trust' video starring Jay Baruchel
Idlewild have released the video for their new single Every Little Means Trust, featuring How To Train Your Dragon and This is the End star Jay Baruchel. Th... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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A Distant History: Idlewild mark their return with Everything Ever Written
Back in 2009, when The Skinny met with Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones to reappraise Idlewild’s sophomore album 100 Broken Windows, we noted that the Edinb... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Jay Baruchel to star in Idlewild video for ‘Every Little Means Trust’
Canadian actor Jay Baruchel, of How to Train Your Dragon and This is the End fame, is to star in the video for Idlewild’s new single Every Little Means... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
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St. Vincent, The Prodigy and Idlewild set for T in the Park 2015
The initial lineup for the 2015 edition of T in the Park – the first at its new home at Strathallan Castle – has been unveiled, with Idlewild, St... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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The Twilight Sad @ Cabaret Voltaire
It's been a good year for Scottish music and tonight's bill at Cabaret Voltaire offers up three reasons why. First up are Chutes who manage to pull in an ear... Read more »| Updated almost 17 years ago -
Festivals
The Pop Group, Wildbirds and Peacedrums confirmed for Supersonic Festival 2015
Experimental music and arts festival Supersonic has unveiled a first wave of line-up announcements for its 12th edition, to take place in Birmingham this Jun... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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RM Hubbert, The Phantom Band, Honeyblood set for Summerhall gig series
The initial line-up for the ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here’ gig series at Summerhall in Edinburgh has been unveiled, with RM Hubbert, Randolph’... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Top Events Northwest 5-12 Feb: Warhol Tate Closing Party, Queer Contact + Mercury Fur
Top Events Northwest 5-12 Feb: Warhol Tate Closing Party, Queer Contact + Mercury Fur Art 1. Warhol After D... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Top Events Scotland 5-12 Feb: The Art School's 1st Birthday, No Manifesto + The Wave Pictures
Art 1. The Art School's 1st Birthday The Art School, Glasgow. 5 Feb, 11pm, £6 (£5) here ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Bands 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 9 years ago -
Festivals
Festival Season: A Summer Wasting
So. Many. Festivals! We feared a cull during the first wave of the recession (what, did you think we were done yet?) but it seems that despite these impecuni... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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T in the Park 2008 @ Balado, 11-13 Jul
After breaking the undercarriage of the Skinnymobile on its rocky exit from T in the Car Park last year, much to the peculiar amusement of an onlooking polic... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago