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 Black Keys @ O2 Academy, 28 Oct
This Ohio duo, comprising guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, have been having a good year. With their latest release Brothers shooting to num... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Wilco @ Barrowland, 16 Sep
There are presumably few more comfortable bed-rocks from which to launch a solo project than having Radiohead listed as a current employer. To make things si... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsWolf Parade @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Sep
When Wolf Parade played Glasgow back in May, third album Expo 86 had yet to be released and they were just starting a new tour. Four months and many more sh... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
Previews
Eastern Promise @ Platform, 1-2 Oct
Platform’s Easterhouse-based cultural centre adds another string to its bow in October with Eastern Promise, a two-day festival boasting local talent a... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan @ O2 ABC, 8 Sep
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are a picture as they take to the stage, she in white and he in black. The angel-devil binary is so explicit they would look... Read more »| 13 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsThe New Pornographers @ Òran Mór, 7 Sep
For Freelance Whales, Postal Service is a name that will surely haunt any review. The whirring keyboard is there, and the unashamedly North American, adolesc... Read more »| 10 Sep 2010
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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
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Reviews
Fever Ray @ O2 ABC, 6 Sep
Wisconsin based Nika Roza Danilova – known tonight as Zola Jesus – takes to the stage for her third Scottish show in only 48 hours, yet the trans... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsMogwai @ Stereo, 29 Aug
There are things in life that you really need to have been there to appreciate; tonight’s low-key Mogwai show is undoubtedly one of those occasions. Op... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Jónsi @ O2 Academy, 5 Sep
Tonight’s backdrop animations – woodland creatures; a wolf prowling the forest – make compelling viewing, affirming what television produce... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Minus the Bear @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
The Bear is slow to emerge from hibernation this Tuesday night, but the high octane combo of My Time/Secret Country from the Seattle group's latest collectio... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Doves @ Òran Mór, 2 Sep
Back in April, off-hand comments from Jimi Goodwin suggested Doves’ then impending Greatest Hits tour would be their last. Though apparently misquoted,... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Festivals
Music Like A Vitamin
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Detour's Wee Jaunt 2
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Previews
Live Music Highlights – September 2010
September's gig schedule is completely stacked, and NYC posse Cymbals Eat Guitars will set the bar high at Glasgow Stereo on 4 Sep. With a fantastic debut un... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010