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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Previews
Tiger Lillies @ Usher Hall
Deftly combining jaw dropping virtuosity with Bible-black comedy, the Tiger Lillies are truly an unmissable live act Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Previews
Live Music Roundup - August
Dinosaur Jr hit up Edinburgh once again in their original formation on 27 Aug Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Slint @ ABC
Slint's first show in Glasgow since they reformed two years ago has been moved to ABC1 on Sauchiehall Street. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Reviews
Say @ The Loft, 7 Jul
With tinkling bells, bright colours and enthusiasm to spare, Say instantly appeal to the inner child in us all Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Reviews
Broken Records @ Octopus Diamond
Shot through with a dirty, dark country-rock grit. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Previews
Easy Star All Stars @ The Arches
Gonna move mi backside ova to de Arches, bad like yaz, wen we be trooly havin' a hoopty ride man Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Reviews
CocoRosie @ The Arches
CocoRosie come close to pulling it off. And tonight, that's enough Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Festivals
My Festival's Better Than Yours: Loch Lomond
Guitars and decks reunite as the rock DJ heads for the Bonnie Banks... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Previews
The Drum and Bass Curriculum Highlights
It's safe to say that the Scottish scene is thriving Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Previews
Roskilde
Read on and believe. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Festivals
My Festival's Better Than Yours: Latitude
The realisation that there might just be leverage in staging intimate and relaxed events in surroundings that don't resemble a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah is worthy of a few Hosannas.
Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
The Primary 5 @ Cabaret Voltaire
It might be 2007 but with the sound of The Primary 5 and The Fast Camels, tonight feels like a return to the swinging sixties. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Festivals
Leith Festival Sessions: St Judes Infirmary @ LE3 @ Ocean Terminal
The most enduring themes are of innovation and eclecticism... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Reviews
Sparklehorse @ Oran Mor
Undoubtedly perfectly played, but the sleepy, crackly charm wears off after the first few. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Slim Francis / Baillie and the Fault @ Cabaret Voltaire
Those bittersweet melancholy sounds that whisky is guzzled to after a break-up Read more »| 10 Jul 2007