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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ReviewsMachinedrum @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 16 October
Wednesday night club events are usually the sole reserve of students and die-hard fans. As such, it's no surprise to find the Oxford Road corridor’s pr... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsGhostpoet @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 19 October
If nothing else, you have to give Ghostpoet – real name Obaro Ejimiwe -– his due for not swaying in the face of popular pressure. His lyrical con... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Photos
In Pictures: The Pleasance Sessions
The Skinny Presents... Rick Redbeard / LAW / Siobhan Wilson / Honeyblood @ The Pleasance Sessions, 12 October Edinburgh University Students' Association's P... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
The Mountain Goats @ The Arches, 10 October
Under his Mountain Goats moniker, John Darnielle has produced an inspiring body of work, and he’s on engaging form tonight – joking with the audi... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsCHVRCHES @ O2 ABC, 11 October
It would be hard to name any band who could pull off two sold-out nights at the O2 ABC after just a little over a year of touring and releasing music. Yes, C... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsNo Age @ Korova, Liverpool, 4 Oct
“Can someone turn that light off?” asks Dean Spunt, referring to a tiny bulb that illuminates the front row. “I think it’s making you... Read more »| 11 Oct 2013
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Reviews
Oneohtrix Point Never @ The CCA, Glasgow, 1 October
The music of Brooklyn-based producer Oneohtrix Point Never is a tricky beast from which to attempt to wrest meaning. The intersection of live visuals with hi... Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
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Manic Street Preachers / Public Service Broadcasting @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 29 September
With prop televisions screening cut-and-paste newsreel and a sound that marries krautrock jams with clipped RP samples, Public Service Broadcasting’s h... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
Festivals
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp and Furnace, 27-28 September
As one of the most anticipated dates in Liverpool’s gigging calendar, this year the onus on Psych Fest was to open the weekender to a bigger audience t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – October 2013
Ah, October. Trees are getting bare, nights are drawing in and strange children are preparing to turn up at your door with outrageous demands for free sweets. Not to worry, there’s plenty more on offer, like Bonobo! And Willis Earl Beal! And... M People Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Jon Hopkins @ Gorilla, Manchester, 24 September
A screen lowers, and a single synth-drone reverberates around the room before buzzing into Abandon Window from Jon Hopkins' latest album, Immunity. The twice... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Previews
Down at the Mill: Islington Mill's autumn season
Reasons to visit Salford's premier home of the weird and wonderful this, er, fall. Yes, fall Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
PreviewsScotland Gig Highlights – October 2013
October's gig highlights in Scotland, with the return of The Vaselines at Eastern Promise, Oneohtrix Point Never, King Krule, Rick Redbeard, Russian Circles, Warpaint, No Age, plus a very special (and strange) tribute to Nick Cave Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Previews
O2 Love Music Column – October 2013
Variety’s the order of the day, with jazz, soul, synthpop, and some good old fashioned gee-tar on the menu at Glasgow’s O2 ABC this October. ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Tim Hecker / Pete Swanson @ The Old Fruitmarket, 20 Sep
The Old Fruitmarket is a wonderful venue, and it is relatively rare to get to watch avant garde or experimental electronic music in such a cavernous and beau... Read more »| 27 Sep 2013