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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PhotosArctic Monkeys @ SECC, 8 November
All photography by Euan Robertson Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsGhostface Killah @ The Liquid Room, 9 November
Eight months after his Cuban Linx co-host claimed The Liquid Room, Ghostface Killah shows up to mirror Raekwon’s inebriated triumph – tonight&rsq... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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Acid Mothers Temple / Vars of Litchi @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 November
The brilliance of virtuoso post-rock duos like Hella and Lightning Bolt has waned of late, stymied by its own frantic complexity, but Glasgow’s Vars of... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsDananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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The Dead Man's Waltz @ The Old Hairdressers, 27 October
A relatively new haunt in Glasgow’s gig-going community, The Old Hairdressers is, for want of a better term, low-key but for tonight’s evening of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011
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Kono Michi @ The Caves, 27 October
As a virtuoso violinist and regular collaborator with Yo Yo Ma, there is an expectaiton amongst the small audience in The Caves this evening for Michi Wianck... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds @ The Usher Hall, 27 October
Six years ago, a guitarist walked off this very stage with the band he will forever be synonymous with. Since then he has become a husband again and a father... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Yann Tiersen @ O2 ABC, 23 October
Should anyone still be attending Yann Tiersen shows solely on the back of the Amelie soundtrack that broke his name outside France, the absence of an accordi... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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Ugly Duckling @ King Tut's, 28 October
Ugly Duckling take the stage after rousing support slots from local hip-hop heroes, beatboxer Bigg Taj, a stalwart of the local scene, and Hector Bizerk. Taj... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Previews
The Metal Column – November 2011
To Mexicans, November is a time to honour the departed. For Accident & Emergency workers, it’s a time to stifle a giggle as another hapless chap is... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – November 2011
King Creosote & Kid Canaveral play a slew of dates this month in support of their forthcoming collaborative 7" single. Perky indie-pop vibes and top-draw... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
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Envy @ Stereo, 24 October
Tonight, Envy are awesome in the truest sense of the word. Their set isn’t exactly varied, but it is consistently soul-stirring: guitars start out icy ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2011 -
Previews
Hot Ticket of the Month: 20 Years of Sleaze
We're not usually big on birthdays, but Nice N Sleazy turns 20 this month, and it seems like an appropriate moment to get a little misty eyed about a venue t... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011 -
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Bon Iver @ The Usher Hall, 22 October
Dwarfed and surrounded by the overwhelming array of instruments belonging to the nine piece Bon Iver, Canadian singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards confronts t... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011