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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ReviewsShred Yr Face @ Glasgow School of Art, 18 Oct
Even the art school kids can let loose tonight. Times New Viking inaugurate both the shredding of yr face and the mutualisation of yr Tennent's with a handfu... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
PreviewsDe Rosa versus Found @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 15 Nov
De Rosa versus Found, Chemikal Underground versus the Fence Collective, Glasgow versus Edinburgh, poignant and delicate melodic folk-pop versus eclectic expe... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
PreviewsTV on the Radio @ ABC, 16 Nov
If you could have levelled one accusation at TV on the Radio following their 2006 breakthrough record Return to Cookie Mountain it might have been a certain ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
ReviewsSeasick Steve @ Barrowland, 21 Oct
“I took the train from Liverpool today,” drawls Seasick Steve, and the crowd inexplicably woop and cheer. It appears that, much like his music, t... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
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Funeral For A Friend @ ABC, 18 Oct
Welsh emo stalwarts return with phoned-in crowd pleaser Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
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The King Hats @ King Tut's, 20 Oct
Hyperactive local boys let rip with energetic punk racket Read more »| 27 Oct 2008
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Previews
Bulleit Originals @ The Arches, 7 Nov
With his dubious experiments of 1907, Dr Duncan MacDougall “proved” that the human soul weighed 21 grams. If it’s true though, the upcoming... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Festivals
Oxjam Festival @ Ashton Lane, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Since its humble beginnings as a 19th century backstreet of stables, Ashton Lane has grown to be one of the coolest streets in Glasgow. This Sunday, there&rs... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Previews
GZA / Genius @ ABC, 12 Nov
Glasgow - you'd best protect ya neck, because the Wu-Tang Clan's most potent lyrical swordsman - the GZA (aka The Genius) - is about to tear up the ABC with ... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Okkervil River at Òran Mór, 9 Nov Preview
Penners of The Stage Names return to Ecosse Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
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Bloc Party @ Barfly, 19 Oct
Indie heroes fail to disappoint at tiny Glasgow show Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Ladytron @ ABC, 26 Nov
Ladytron’s last Scottish show saw the band battling not only the elements and a crowd subdued by drizzle at the Hydro Connect festival, but also a mid-... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
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Jenny Lewis @ QMU, 18 Oct
Her diminutive form weaves awkwardly among her band like a newborn deer, but Jenny Lewis’s solo efforts away from Rilo Kiley have a bluesy, brassy solidity t... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
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Night Marchers @ Captain's Rest, 18 Oct
John “Speedo” Reis' golden touch doesn't appear to have deserted him yet. Along with fellow ex-Hot Snakes Gar Wood and Jason Kournikos, he again ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
Previews
Bombay Bicycle Club @ Barfly, 23 Oct
In an effort to equate cutting-edge music with, um, jeans, Levi’s has been picking up-and-coming bands to hit the road on their Ones to Watch tour. The... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008