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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Lucinda Williams @ Barrowlands
tasteful arrangements prevent the gig from exploding. This is more a celebration of her success than evangelism. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Kathryn Williams @ The Arches
Gentle passion has never sounded so vital Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Jet @ Barrowlands
Live, there is no doubt that Jet are one of the finest rock bands on the planet Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Ordinary Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps (B-Unique)
a tragically limp record determined to ride the crest of an opportunist wave Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Datsuns @ Cabaret Voltaire
Rock n roll was never meant to be this boring. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Chicks on Speed / The Wraiths @ The Caves
paint and strobe were splashed everywhere, and nudity erupted on a wide scale
""they are the channelled spirits of two fourteenth century monks"" Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Calexico & Beirut @ ABC
Calexico may be tonight's headliners, but in the months to come it'll be the sound of Beirut that fiddles its way into your heart. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Twilight Singers @ Oran Mor, 12 Dec
Bar-room keyboards tinkle in the softer moments, the band are by turns reflective and aggressive Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Glasgow School
everything from free jazz through to perfect pop is echoing through the halls bedecked with holly Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Aliens @ King Tut's
The Beta Band may be dead but the Aliens have taken their music to another level, and another planet Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Muse @ SECC, 6 Nov
Underneath the lights and effects the band are still a three piece rock act, albeit a great one. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Art Brut @ ABC2
Still predictable, still ironic, still catchy. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Warchild Benefit @ Bannermans
Good times... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Rifles @ King Tuts
Generic but laudable gut-punch rock Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Zero 7 @ Usher Hall
a suitable match to the grandeur of the band's sophistication. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006