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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ReviewsBaio @ King Tuts, 23 February
Chris Baio is one rather clever little cookie. On top of a Columbia University degree in Russian and mathematics and comprising one third of Ivy League afro-... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
PreviewsScottish Gig Highlights – March 2016
Wave goodbye to dark days and let in the light. Well, if you equate the likes of Pelican, Clint Mansell and Grimes with springtime cheer Read more »| 29 Feb 2016 -
PreviewsNorthwest Gig Highlights – March 2016
March madness takes hold of the music calendar, with out-there experiments from Ryoichi Kurokawa, A-Bound festival and FutureEverything all on offer this month Read more »| 27 Feb 2016 -
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Savages / Bo Ningen @ The Art School, 21 Feb
Savages’ sound check starts, and a heavy, heavy kick-drum reverberates through everyone’s stomachs. “Ooft,” gasps a very bearded man,... Read more »| 24 Feb 2016 -
FilmWhere You're Meant To Be @ Glasgow Barrowland, 19 Feb
Aidan Moffat unveiled intimate Scottish travelog Where You’re Meant to Be at Barrowland followed by a live performance full of bawdy limericks and bittersweet comic punch Read more »| 23 Feb 2016 -
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Julia Holter @ Manchester Gorilla, 16 Feb
Julia Holter takes a sip from her glass, flashes a knowing smile: "Wine makes me sing better." She's not convinced but we're open to persuasion. Later, she r... Read more »| 22 Feb 2016
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!!! / Stereolad @ Glasgow CCA, 14 Feb
“‘Allo Glasgow! Ve are Stereolad and ve are very ‘appy to support the legends Chkchkchk on their tour!”Don’t rub your eyes, you... Read more »| 22 Feb 2016 -
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White Denim @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 15 Feb
White Denim’s cult appeal remains intact, apparently, despite stylistic chopping and changing and a reshuffle of their lineup. A packed Deaf Insti... Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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Tame Impala / Jagwar Ma @ Manchester Arena
Tame Impala hit Manchester the day after Mark Ronson shared videos for Summer Breaking and Daffodils, two songs he worked on with frontman Kevin Parker for U... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Foals / Everything Everything @ The SSE Hydro, 12 Feb
Everything Everything are on expert form tonight, an overqualified support act blowing the lid off an almost-too-good-to-be-true bill for fans of complex art... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
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Eliza and the Bear / Into the Ark / Michael Cassidy @ Electric Circus, 11 Feb
It’s hard to say whether Electric Circus being almost at capacity by 7pm is testament to the keenness of the headliner’s fans, or to the respecti... Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
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PINS @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 13 February
If you’ve ever wondered how Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit in the Sky would sound gone deliciously wrong, Manchester’s leather-clad urchins Peac... Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
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Floating Points @ The Ritz, 12 February
Beneath the truly gorgeous spirographic neon display looming over the packed-out Ritz, a slow exposition of eastern-influenced electric piano and warm, melli... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
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NZCA Lines @ Soup Kitchen, 10 February
For second album Infinite Summer, Michael Lovett fleshes out his electro stratagem with creative support way beyond off-the-shelf hired hand input. To his ri... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
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Suede @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 8 Feb
“I don't have the means of expression/to explain my obsessions” bemoans Brett Anderson in sonorous, spine-tingling fashion during the Bowie-esque... Read more »| 12 Feb 2016