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 Streets @ Barrowland, 4 Oct
“I want to try something out,” Mike Skinner declares. He wants the crowd to wait for the appropriate moment, then – basically –&lsquo... Read more »| 08 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsPivot @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 3 Oct
When Australian math rockers Pivot take the stage at Nice ‘N' Sleazy, it’s almost a challenge to the audience. Addressing an assembly of hipsters... Read more »| 07 Oct 2008 -
Previews
James Yorkston @ Carmelite, Aberdeen, 27 Nov
Since receiving a helping hand from John Peel back in 2001, James Yorkston has been busy crafting songs with the Athletes and lending his talents to the band... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
PreviewsNoah and the Whale @ Fat Sam's, 24 Oct
Noah and the Whale might be sailing the seas of some pop success, but what's at the bottom of these waters? Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
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Desalvo @ Mono, 28 Sep
Lit strikingly from beneath, a heavy-set man in a butcher's apron and pig mask lurches into the midst of the swaying audience and a sweaty path is cleaved th... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Black Kids @ ABC, 26 Oct
Arriving earlier this year amidst a furore of hype, Reggie Youngblood and his Jacksonville cohorts’ debut E.P. Wizard of Ahhhs mixed up Robert Smith st... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008
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Reviews
Ladyhawk at Nice 'n' Sleazy Review
The Canadian quartet treats Glasgow's lucky minority to some of the most well-crafted and unaffected rock music since Sebadoh's heyday Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
PreviewsFrank Turner @ Oran Mor, 23 Oct
Formerly of hardcore upstarts Million Dead, Frank Turner has spent the last three years touring and refining his punk-folk sound across the UK. And while son... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
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Seasick Steve @ The Music Hall, 23 Oct
Dodging a beer cup thrown from the T in the Park crowd, Seasick Steve barked in his deep southern drawl: “Anyone throws any more shit at me and I&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Mogwai @ The Corn Exchange, 21 Oct
There's probably someone out there that hasn't heard about Mogwai. Some bearded, shuffling hermit, dragging behind him a shopping bag full of old newspapers.... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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Metal Up Your Ass - October, 2008
For those of us not fooled by rampant tapping, This is Our Battlefield collective delivers a gig of some substance as Gainesville's Young Livers hit the 13th Note on the 10th Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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Live Music Highlights - October, 2008
Superhotrightnow threepiece Johnny Foreigner deal in adrenalin-soaked scuzz pop and their gig at Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire is one of this month’s hottest tickets Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Tune Up 2008/09 @ Various Venues Across Scotland, Oct-Jan
With the four major cities in Scotland blessed with vibrant music scenes, it's easy to assume that the quadrant that exists between The Lemontree, The Barrow... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Tindersticks @ City Hall, Glasgow, 5 Oct
11 years is an eon in musical terms: between the years 1997 and 2008 we have borne witness to the demise of Britpop, the stillbirth that was nu-metal, and th... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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The Spinto Band @ Oran Mor, 29 Sep
When the six zany members of The Spinto Band hop, skip and jump on stage to play their equally mental brand of kazoo-fusion indie-pop, pulling funny faces an... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008