Live Music
The Skinny's guide to live music in Scotland. Our highlights of the best live gigs, and reviews of shows at venues large and small across Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond, plus previews of the summer's best music festivals.
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ReviewsThe Goon Sax @ Headrow House, Leeds, 28 Sep
The Goon Sax don’t like to talk about their ties with The Go-Betweens all that much. Despite the obvious semblances – particularly Loui... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
FestivalsLiverpool Psych Fest: Saturday 24 Sep
The second day of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia can be a tough proposition for any true cosmonaut who entered the abyss the evening bef... Read more »| 04 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
The Kills @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 29 Sep
Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart kick off their first UK tour in five years in incendiary style in Manchester Read more »| 04 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsCatholic Action @ King Tut's, 25 Sep
If you thought there was no place for 70s glam rock in 2016, Catholic Action are here to prove you wrong. The Glaswegian four-piece, fronted by the long-lock... Read more »| 04 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsHoneyblood @ The Hug & Pint, 26 Sep
With their second album Babes Never Die out on FatCat in November, Scottish duo Honeyblood are back with a reinvigorated performance that showcases the bulk ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
Previews
Do Not Miss: Future Echoes, Leith Theatre, 1 Oct
Lost Map are throwing an entire day of revelry in the Leith Theatre on Saturday, 1 Oct Future Echoes is a "space-warped cosmic party" which will celebrate t... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016
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Music
On The Trail: Tenement TV Turns Five
Tenement TV mark a whopping half a decade of DIY live music sessions in their West End flat with Tenement Trail, a one day, 50+ band Glasgow spectacular Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Things To Do
Live music in Manchester this week: 28 Sep-4 Oct
This week's got everything from rising Aussies The Goon Sax and local acts aplenty at the Oxjam Takeover in Chorlton, through to electro heads Moderat and legendary folktronica pioneer Beth Orton. Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Colleen Green & Cassie Ramone @ The Castle, Manchester, 26 Sep
The north-east U.S. double act are on fine individual form in the Northern Quarter Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Stay Fresh Fest at The Deaf Institute
Manchester's Deaf Institute hosted its first Stay Fresh Fest in September, with some of the most exciting bands in the North on the bill. The Skinny teamed ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Natalie McCool @ Electric Circus, 21 Sep
This year's dropped more indicators than usual that the world we occupy is a crooked, unjust place. Still – if there's any decency left in 2016, then N... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Liverpool Psych Fest: Friday 23 Sep
From Super Furry Animals to Silver Apples, we take in the sights and sounds of day one at Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Deap Vally @ Invisible Wind Factory
Setting the tone for the night are local outfit Indigo Moon. A unique blend of modern psychedelia and blues, their trippy, fuzzy guitar loops are combined wi... Read more »| 22 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Nothing @ Deaf Institute, 14 Sep
Now touring their second album Tired of Tomorrow, Philadelphia four-piece Nothing have something of a chequered past. Given the band’s nihilistic back ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2016 -
Things To Do
Live music in Manchester this week: 21-27 Sep
We're taking to The Deaf Institute for Stay Fresh Fest on Saturday with Cowtown, Peaness and others, while Thursday provides more than ample choice with Plaid, Father Murphy and a Faitala EP launch. Read more »| 21 Sep 2016