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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ReviewsSebadoh @ The Classic Grand, 25 Apr
Gaffney’s opening gambit is slurring, lost, terminally tragic, and deflating Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
ReviewsClinic, Errors, RememberRemember @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Apr
RememberRemember's (***) Graeme Ronald chose his new musical moniker wisely, because by the end of every 'song' (in the loosest possible sense) the minimalis... Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
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Andrew Bird @ The Classic Grand, 28 Apr
Given the challenge of warming up for the irrepressible Andrew Bird are Baltimore post-rockers Human Bell (***). Appearances are deceiving as these Hell's An... Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
ReviewsPortishead @ Corn Exchange
The core style of the old Portishead now informs the 'filler' of the new Read more »| 03 May 2008 -
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Space Odyssey Party
Website launch party. Thanks to everyone at SWG3, The Local, Tennent's, Martin Miller's Gin and Havana Club for your support. Thanks to the DJs for rocking i... Read more »| 02 May 2008 -
Previews
Your Sound: Is it any good?
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut will play host to Glasgow rockers 1990's who will be spinning on the decks a selection of tunes from unsigned acts on Sunday afternoon.... Read more »| 01 May 2008
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Previews
J-Live & Cadence Weapon @ The Voodoo Rooms, 19 May
Two of hip-hop's most intelligent wordsmiths and rhyme-merchants are brought together for a unique double bill by those generous people at the Voodoo Rooms Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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2 Days in Stereo @ Stereo, 23-24 May
This is no breach of any trade descriptions act, to be sure Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
ReviewsJamie Lidell @ The Liquid Room, 26 Apr
Jim might have received mixed reviews from critics thus far, but the general consensus is that Lidell truly shines as a live performer Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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Dirty Projectors @ Cabaret Voltaire, 25 Apr
Not a band you’d want to listen to on an empty stomach, but tonight they offer just enough sustenance Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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RZA (as Bobby Digital) @ The Arches, 26 Apr
The normally cavernous walls of the Arches were fit to burst tonight, as the RZA took to the stage and set off the crowd like a mortar in a bus shelter. Desp... Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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Joe Acheson Quartet @ The Jazz Bar, 25 Apr
Despite being one of the strangest Triptych line-ups yet, there was still some magnificently forward thinking music in the program this year, though not strictly limited to it Read more »| 26 Apr 2008 -
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Wake the President, Glasgow School of Art, 5 Apr
Tonight’s New Breed night delivers exactly what it should Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Previews
Tigerfest 2008, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 14-18 May
Remember, the Forth Road Bridge is toll free now Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Black Mountain, Stereo, 14 May
A night big on damn fine facial hair, riffs and melodies Read more »| 22 Apr 2008