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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The Fratellis @ The Liquid Room
The Fratellis have tapped a bankable niche of youthful rebellion, but it's impossible to ignore the fact that their limited three-piece formula will only have a limited shelf-life. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Slow Motion Replay @ The Ubiquitous Kings of Rhythm & The Unexplainable
An awesome energetic debut performance from Slow Motion Replay Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Peter, Bjorn and John, Nice 'n' Sleazys, Glasgow, August 9
sometimes simplicity is underrated Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Mt. / Upcdowncleftcrightcabcandstart @ Bannerman's
A lesson in ripping the arse out of it. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Maximo Park @ Corn Exchange
blistering yet scalpel-sharp Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Previews
Live Music Roundup for September
only the most sour-faced Cradle of Filth fan could fail to be melted by Aberfeldy Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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Previews
The Glasgow School
Add a yoof edge to the geriatric parping Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsDananananakroyd and Errors @ White Heat, 16 Aug
A strange, but brilliant, combination Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsiLiKETRAiNS @ The Arches, 11 Aug
With a name like iLiKETRAiNS, playing a disused tunnel in which you can hear the faint rumblings of passing carriages must be a wet dream. But unleashing slo... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Festivals
The Hairth
one the most relaxed, friendliest, and playful festivals around Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Beautiful Girls @ Cabaret Voltaire
The chilled out tunes they produce are lovely to listen to, washing over you like afternoon sunlight Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen (SkinnyFest3)
If ever there was a time for Austrailian polka loving comedy bands, then surely this is it. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Eric Bogle (SkinnyFest3)
this is easy listening folk, smoothed and tamed, dealing in generalisation and rarely evoking poignancy Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Corn Exchange
If you didn't know one Michael Franti tune or had never even heard of him it wouldn't have mattered, this was a perfect gig Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Spaghetti Western Orchestra (SkinnyFest3)
a tight show coupled with comic theatre and the ability to leave any audience in fits Read more »| 14 Aug 2006