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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FestivalsÒran Mór @ West End Festival, 10-27 June
Standing under its own tall spire on the corner of Byres and Great Western Road, the converted church that is Òran Mór will be a highly visible... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsThe Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ Stereo, 25 May
There's something distinctly ostentatious about Eighties Matchbox. Whether it’s the jauntily angled hats, decorative shirts or flamboyant hair, it's a ... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
ReviewsSlayer @ Barrowlands, 27 May
After multiple postponements, Slayer finally navigate their murder machine back to Scotland, with a mended Tom Araya out in front to set the record straight:... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – June 2010
Blunts on standby, motherf**kers – Cypress Hill are in town! Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Previews
The Metal Column – June 2010
Satan Rules. Both literally and figuratively. He just does, like it or not. And if you’re reading this column, you’re most likely already well aw... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
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Stag and Dagger 2010 @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 22 May
While not as dependent on the weather as its field-based brethren, wandering between city-festival venues is infinitely more pleasurable on a balmy, pre-summ... Read more »| 26 May 2010
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Festivals
Stag and Dagger
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ReviewsSoulfly @ Studio 24, Edinburgh, 19 May
After an intensely hot 45 minute wait, the crowd are already sweating as the intro to Blood Fire War Hate – from Soulfly's 2008 album, Conquer &nd... Read more »| 26 May 2010 -
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ O2 ABC, 18 May
Newcombe and his band dispatch the hits with relentless purpose Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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Dinosaur Jr / Built to Spill @ O2 ABC, 13 May
As double-headers go, seeing slacker rock brethren Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr share a bill feels well-matched like a Hansel vs Zoolander walk-off. Tonigh... Read more »| 21 May 2010 -
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Hole @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 3 May
From America’s Sweetheart to Nobody's Daughter, Courtney Love shouldn’t need Billy Corgan’s advice to know that partial band reformations n... Read more »| 20 May 2010 -
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Wolf Parade @ Òran Mór, 19 May
“Where’s Spencer?” shouts a hil-arious (or possibly just confused) member of the crowd. “Er, he’s there” deadpans Dan Boe... Read more »| 20 May 2010 -
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Nice'N' Sleazy, 15 May
Sadly, the A Sunny Day In Glasgow founding member who would be most excited about playing with his band on an actual sunny day in Glasgow has left the group,... Read more »| 18 May 2010 -
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Gil Scott-Heron @ HMV Picture House, 26 April
"I did not disappear…wish I knew how." And so poet, novelist and self-proclaimed 'Bluesologist' Gil Scott-Heron shrugs off troubled times and goads hi... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
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Pavement @ Barrowlands, 5 May
“It’s good to be back, underneath all these lights,” squints a visibly uncomfortable Scott Kannberg. Undoubtedly, the trend for 90s alt-ro... Read more »| 11 May 2010