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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ReviewsRuby Gaines @ Mono, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Two very different special guests help launch neo-soul EP Heavy Good – but without a doubt, Ruby Gaines is the shining star of the evening Read more »| 05 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsPJ Harvey @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 26 Sep
PJ Harvey’s perpetual strive for unpredictability shows its face once more as she welcomes the eager crowd of Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom into the ambitious, archaic world of her new album – I Inside the Old Year Dying Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
PreviewsScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2023
Scottish gig super-fans have their hands full this October, with plenty festivals, all-dayers and record launches Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
ReviewsThe National @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 24 Sep
The National weaponise a near quarter-century of experience; a juxtaposition of the solemn and the sublime that enraptures Glasgow’s OVO Hydro Read more »| 26 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsNabihah Iqbal @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 21 Sep
If you’re searching for a striking, multilayered and beat-driven performance with equally ruminating sounds, Nabihah Iqbal's Dreamer is the show for you Read more »| 26 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsShania Twain @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Sep
Rhinestones, horse-shaped motorcycles, audience participation, iconic outfits – Shania Twain's Queen of Me Tour has it all and more Read more »| 18 Sep 2023
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ReviewsSupersonic Festival 2023: The Report
Marking 20 years of forward-thinking noise, Supersonic Festival returns in the same form as ever, as one of the UK’s most exciting, necessary festivals Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsChristine and the Queens @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8 Sep
The latest incarnation of the chameleonic Christine and the Queens is heavy on melodrama, but the music more than matches the spectacle Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsEthel Cain @ SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Aug
In an intimate gig, Ethel Cain proves she's a singular type of superstar, working a sombre catalogue to euphoric effect Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
ReviewsConnect Festival 2023: The Report
Now into its second year at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Showgrounds, Connect Festival still seems to be casting around for its defining identity, with a weekend’s lineup that swerves from 90s survivors to contemporary chart toppers Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
PreviewsScottish Live Music Highlights: September 2023
National Playlist Day, the first ever Edinburgh Psych Fest, and the return of We Are Here Scotland's AMPLIFI night makes September a stellar month for Scotland's gig-goers Read more »| 30 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsAmyl and the Sniffers @ O2 Academy, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Frenetic frontwoman Amy Taylor and her motley crew of Melburnian miscreants bring danger and delirium to the Edinburgh stop of their Europe and UK tour Read more »| 30 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsSnail Mail @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 21 Aug
Snail Mail take a break from festival slots for a headline show at Glasgow's Saint Luke's Read more »| 24 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsThe Walkmen @ SWG3, Glasgow, 21 Aug
Hamilton Leithauser and co make a seamless return after a decade away with a sharp performance that dissolves the intervening years Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
ReviewsIchiko Aoba @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
As part of this year's contemporary music programme at Edinburgh International Festival, Ichiko Aoba holds the audience enrapt in the palm of her hand Read more »| 22 Aug 2023