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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PreviewsThe Metal Column – January 2010
The Southern State of Georgia has become an unlikely metal mainstay of sorts over the last decade in a grassroots rebranding feat that draws attention away f... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights - January, 2010
There's a pretty good case to be made for Henry Rollins being the hardest-working man in the music industry. Whether you're talking about his brilliant radio... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
PreviewsBuy Tickets Now: Midlake @ ABC, 15 Feb
Texans premiere third album, hoping to provide some post-seasonal cheer Read more »| 18 Dec 2009 -
Reviews
The Pogues @ Manchester Apollo, 13 Dec
The Pogues series of annual Christmas gigs continue to impress Read more »| 17 Dec 2009 -
Previews
Sick Kids Sunday 2 @ The GRV, 31 Jan
All-day charity event at The GRV featuring Alasdair Roberts, Sparrow and the Workshop, Eagleowl and Meursault. Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
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Depeche Mode @ SECC, 12 Dec
It's been a long time coming and – against all fads and health scares – a sold out Hall 4 marks a hero's return. Since last gracing the Playhouse... Read more »| 15 Dec 2009
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Reviews
Malcolm Middleton @ Òran Mór, 10 Dec
The Òran Mór is laid out in seated rows like a Sunday service as tonight's preacher-in-residence, and one of Scotland's prime purveyors... Read more »| 14 Dec 2009 -
ReviewsModest Mouse @ ABC, 10 Dec
Modest Mouse may enter to the sound of World War II air sirens whilst spotlights swoop the sold out ABC, but the precision deployment of their openin... Read more »| 14 Dec 2009 -
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The Mars Volta @ HMV Picture House, 9 Dec
Tonight’s two-hours of tantric prog makes their slot T in the Park this year seem like a desolatory cry-wank by comparison. Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
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Broadcast @ Stereo, 9 Dec
Currently operating as a two-piece, tonight Broadcast seriously up the ante in the visual stakes, Trish Keenan seemingly having just escaped from the Jonesto... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
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Deer Tick @ The Dulcimer, Manchester, 3 Dec
American pseudo-hillbillies turn suburbian Chorlton into the OK Coral Read more »| 10 Dec 2009 -
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ O2 Academy, 4 Dec
With the Yeah Yeah Yeahs it can be hard to cut through the fashion and get to the music. The queue outside buzzes mostly with conversations about Karen O&rsq... Read more »| 10 Dec 2009 -
ReviewsHomecoming Live: The Final Fling @ SECC, 28 Nov
The Final Fling marks the end of the year's Homecoming festivities, showcasing some of the finest musical talent the country has to offer. Stalwarts such as ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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Skeletonwitch @ Ivory Blacks, 30 Nov
Tonight is proof positive that the thrash resurgence continues to gain momentum, with mobs of younger fans wholeheartedly embracing the sounds of vintage met... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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Homecoming Scotland- The Final Fling
Photography - Sarah Roberts Read more »| 06 Dec 2009