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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PhotosArcade Fire
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ReviewsFrightened Rabbit @ Barrowland, 6 Dec
A two night sell-out at the Barrowlands is the stuff dreams are made of round these parts, and Scott Hutchison isn’t hiding his glee tonight. It’... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
ReviewsHog The Stage - Live Final @ HMV Picture House, 21 Nov
On reflection, it's easy to see why this quintet of acts was chosen to participate in the final of Hog The Stage, beating out hundreds of other entries to vi... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
ReviewsThe National @ O2 Academy, 26 Nov
A steady ascent is a rare thing in the contemporary indie rock landscape, but from the humble success of Alligator onwards The National have become an increm... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
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Jenny & Johnny @ Cabaret Voltaire, 30 Nov
“Here's one about being bound and tied up in a dungeon – not unlike this club.” Jonathan Rice informs the Cabaret Voltaire crowd, finishing... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
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Jenny and Johnny
Read more »| 01 Dec 2010
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Previews
Forest Fundraiser @ Pilrig Church, 3 Dec
A group of promoters and musicians from across disparate areas of the Edinburgh music scene and beyond will converge this Friday (3 Dec) for a charity gig at... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
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Pulled Apart By Horses, Gay For Johnny Depp, Bronto Skylift, Young Legionnaire
Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
ReviewsPulled Apart By Horses @ Òran Mór, 23 Nov
Bronto Skylift kick-start a crammed bill at the Òran Mór tonight like the reliable sonic jackhammers we know and love, doling out thick cuts of... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
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Torche @ Stereo, 24 Nov
Torche are a conundrum. Like: Are they even metal? Coming into Glasgow's Stereo, the band's got a low end that could rattle fillings loose and a massive soun... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
Previews
The Metal Column – December 2010
It's December. The nights have not so much been drawing in as they have been choking us of all life, the weather's miserable and worse yet – it's nearl... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
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Live Music Highlights – December 2010
When afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti died in 1997 he left a legacy of musical innovation and political dissent that is quite unique. His son Femi Kuti has since p... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
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Atari Teenage Riot @ The Arches, 24 Nov
Alec Empire could hardly have timed the return of Atari Teenage Riot more astutely. Inactive since 2000, the Berliners’ hyper-politicised take on disto... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
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Fear Factory @ QMU, 16 Dec
Pop had John and Paul; folk had Simon and Garfunkel; and industrial metal had Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares. Rightly or wrongly, if you were a Kerrang!-rea... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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The Phantom Band @ Òran Mór, 21 Nov
It was a no-brainer really. With nary a bad song in their repertoire and playing the superb Òran Mór to an eager, almost ecstatic, homecoming c... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010