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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ReviewsClint Mansell @ The Royal Concert Hall, 29 Mar
A world away from his bombastic Pop Will Eat Itself days, former lead singer Clint Mansell has returned to Scottish shores as a metamorphosed man, after a le... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
PreviewsNorthwest Gig Highlights – April 2016
Kaleidoscopic creatives Animal Collective, raucous rockers Ought and sensitive souls Money are among our gig picks this month Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
PreviewsScottish Gig Highlights – April 2016
Take no heed of the doom-mongers; taps aff season is just around the corner. Chris Cornell walks in right on cue Read more »| 31 Mar 2016 -
Reviews
The Duke Spirit @ Deaf Institute, 23 Mar
Four years since they last pitched up round here, no new material to promote, and for the first time in living memory touts ply their greasy wares outside De... Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Other Worlds 2016: Festival Watch
Sun, sea, sex and sand? Other Worlds festival, this April’s adventure of the senses, can’t promise all four – but it’ll give it a jolly good try. Read more »| 25 Mar 2016 -
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SxSW Music Diary: Sugarmen, Fizzy Blood & Demob Happy
Sugarmen impress and Fizzy Blood deliver a manic set that will stand out as a high point of the conference, but Demob Happy underwhelm. The Roots jam session turns away hundreds of hopefuls, highlighting the problems of Sx's unchecked growth. Read more »| 20 Mar 2016
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SxSW Music Diary: Duncan Fellows, Joseph & Sylvan Esso
A lightning storm threatens to halt proceedings on a day where folk acts Joseph and Sylvan Esso are standouts, plus local band Duncan Fellows share their thoughts on surviving South-by craziness. Read more »| 20 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsSxSW Music Diary: CHVRCHES, KLOE & Earl Sweatshirt
CHVRCHES take time out to talk about returning to Austin, KLOE reflects on her first Austin experience, 2 Chainz liights up a rooftop party, and the enigmatic Earl Sweatshirt continues to struggle to find himself in a show at Moody Theater. Read more »| 19 Mar 2016 -
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Cosmosis Festival @ Victoria Warehouse, 12 Mar
Manchester's annual Cosmosis Festival returns beefed up and slicked up. Last year's sell-out event took over Rusholme's Antwerp Mansions with a savvy sourcin... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
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SxSW Music Diary: WOMPS, Hinds & Iggy Pop
Glasgow's WOMPS win American fans early in the day, heavily hyped Hinds charm the patrons of a packed barbecue house, and Iggy Pop brings a hailstorm of expletives and dark prophecy to an unforgettable set at The Moody Theater on Wednesday night at SxSW. Read more »| 17 Mar 2016 -
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SxSW Music Diary: Big Boi, Gymshorts, Yonatan Gat
It's 3:42 pm on a Tuesday in Austin, Texas. Pumped out of The Lodge at 411 6th St. – a bar beloved by UT Austin undergrads – is a ... Read more »| 16 Mar 2016 -
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Grimes @ Glasgow ABC, 13 Mar
"If you're looking for your dream girl / I'll never be your dream girl," Claire Boucher sings, beaming, on mid-set track Butterfly. There's no mistaking her ... Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
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Wolf Alice @ Manchester Academy, 9 Mar
Sometimes the good guys win. Not as often as good sense and good taste demands, but in this cruel and crackpot world you pick your battles. As Wolf Alice ret... Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
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Errors / Bossy Love @ La Belle Angele, 5 Mar
It’s a brave band that allows Bossy Love to open for them. Pure heat from the very first bar, the Glaswegian trio transform a sparse, early doors crowd... Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
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The Coral @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 March
The Coral were so prolific in the 2000s that no one could begrudge them a break when they announced their hiatus. The Hoylake group released six albums and 1... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016