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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ReviewsRob Zombie @ O2 Academy, 20 Feb
Skindred are an exceptionally apt choice for supporting Mr Zombie tonight; both acts have inimitable frontmen, both have an impressive live track record, and... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
ReviewsAidan Moffat's Valentine Revue @ Òran Mór, 16 Feb
Though ostensibly a Valentine revue, Aidan Moffat ain't buying the billing. “Did ye have a good one?” he asks. “If ye did yer a fucking suc... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
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Allo Darlin' @ Captain's Rest, 28 Jan
On their self-titled debut, musical-magpies Allo Darlin’ emerged thoroughly wrapped up in the cuddly cardigan that is indie-pop, quoting openly (a rhym... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
PreviewsFu Manchu @ The Cathouse, 3 Mar
Orange County stoners Fu Manchu will be hitting up our shores in March for another evening of big cars, bigger riffs and huge chemical consumption. Ten album... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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Anathema @ The Cathouse, 10 Feb
It takes a special kind of band to fill a venue with aging rockers, 20-something chin-strokers and weekend goths, but that is precisely what Anathema have ma... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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Wire @ King Tut's, 9 Feb
Opening to a sold-out King Tut’s, San Francisco’s Weekend proffer a deceptively intricate strain of feedback-driven post-punk. Although only a th... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011
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ReviewsZoey Van Goey @ Classic Grand, 5 Feb
Preceding the shy stature of Malcolm Middleton with a mass choir – The Sirens of Titan, who enter from a balcony perch wearing sunglasses and chanting ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
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NME Awards Tour @ O2 Academy, 3 Feb
Many have yet to arrive when The Vaccines (***) take the stage, the poor punctuality particularly pronounced when compared with previous NME tours, when the ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
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NME Awards Tour at Glasgow O2 Academy, 3 Feb
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Band of Horses @ O2 Academy, 27 Jan
A seemingly relentless touring schedule finds Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses making an early 2011 return to these shores following their high profile su... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
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Twin Shadow @ Captain's Rest, 27 Jan
For a ‘bedroom artist’, George Lewis Jr is quite the consummate frontman, more confident than the relatively low-key romanticism of his debut alb... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – February 2011
Blending druggy guitars, sinister ambience and wordy, gothic lyrical themes, Esben and the Witch are one of the more intriguing acts currently threatening to... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
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Efterklang @ Òran Mór, 24 Feb
Still fresh from their elegant masterpiece of last year, Magic Chairs, ambitious Danish posse Efterklang head back to Glasgow's Òran Mór for a ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
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Mogwai
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Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2011: The Music Strand
Gigs are conducted on stages in music venues; films are shown in cinemas. In its third year, the Glasgow Music and Film Festival takes such received wisdom a... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011