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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ReviewsThe War On Drugs @ O2 Academy, Edinburgh, 18 Apr
Fronted by Adam Granduciel, The War On Drugs rattle through an extensive setlist which sadly lacks in dynamic variation Read more »| 21 Apr 2022 -
PreviewsRecord Store Day 2022: What's On in Scotland
With Record Store Day back in its rightful place in the calendar, we take a closer look at what some of Scotland's record shops have in store on Saturday 23 April Read more »| 14 Apr 2022 -
ReviewsMdou Moctar @ Drygate, Glasgow, 10 Apr
Nigerien guitarist Mdou Moctar transcends the language of rock on a Sunday evening in Glasgow Read more »| 13 Apr 2022 -
FestivalsScottish Music Festivals: Our 2022 Calendar
With festival season just around the corner, here's a handy calendar featuring all the key Scottish dates for the year ahead Read more »| 05 Apr 2022 -
ReviewsThundercat @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 29 Mar
Thundercat and his band are on scintillating form on their return to Glasgow Read more »| 01 Apr 2022 -
ReviewsJPEGMAFIA @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Mar
JPEGMAFIA brings a night of extreme intensity, mass water bottle throwing and Carly Rae Jepsen covers to the Barrowlands Read more »| 01 Apr 2022
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PreviewsScottish Live Music Highlights: April 2022
Music festival season gets underway this month, and the gig calendar is busier than ever with rescheduled tours and album tours galore Read more »| 30 Mar 2022 -
ReviewsThe Skinny @ SXSW 2022
Lucy Hunter, our photographer at this year's SXSW, reports back from her first few days of the festival featuring Moonchild Sanelly, Nuha Ruby Ra, CMAT and Gallus Read more »| 16 Mar 2022 -
ReviewsCHVRCHES @ SWG3, Glasgow, 12 Mar
CHVRCHES return to Glasgow for a long-overdue hometown show and bring with them bags of charisma, drama and brilliance Read more »| 16 Mar 2022 -
PreviewsFontaines D.C. play St Patrick's Day livestream for Jameson
Jameson Irish Whiskey team up with Fontaines D.C. this St Patrick’s day for a free global Jameson Connects Livestream Read more »| 14 Mar 2022 -
ReviewsYves Tumor @ The Garage, Glasgow, 6 Mar
Yves Tumor's about-turn towards rock stardom is almost complete, and they've got the songs, flair and hair to prove it Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
PreviewsScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2022
March is hella busy for gigs and we're actually feeling pretty queasy at the thought of it all. Here's an attempt to highlight everything we wish we could go to Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
FestivalsConnect Festival 2022: Massive Attack, The National headline
Connect Festival in Edinburgh announces a lineup topped by Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, The National, Jon Hopkins, Mogwai and more Read more »| 23 Feb 2022 -
ReviewsDry Cleaning @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 18 Feb
Dry Cleaning bring the expected inscrutable tales, but also plenty of muscular rock to Edinburgh's Summerhall Read more »| 22 Feb 2022 -
ReviewsLos Bitchos @ Stereo, Glasgow, 18 Feb
Los Bitchos bring surf rock fun with punk energy – and plenty of bongo solos – to a sold-out Stereo in Glasgow Read more »| 22 Feb 2022