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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ReviewsJagwar Ma @ Academy 2, Manchester, 21 Oct
You’ve had the worst day. Not just a bad day at work. A real dozen kicks to the balls kind of a day. And Jagwar Ma are there to take you into their lov... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsSelector Dub Narcotic @ Nexus, Manchester, 21 Oct
2016's been a right old twat of a year, hasn't it? Just ask Calvin Johnson. In February of this year, it was reported that K Records, the legendary... Read more »| 28 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsJamie T @ Apollo, Manchester, 20 Oct
Wimbledon's premier troubadour turns in an energetic set that forgoes his new ideas Read more »| 28 Oct 2016 -
PreviewsScottish Gig Highlights: 27-31 Oct
It’s not all about Halloween this weekend, so don’t be scared to leave your house for something other than a fancy dress party, or to go trick or... Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
Festivals
A Carefully Planned Festival 6: Review
Carefully Planned cast a bewitching spell across Manchester's Northern Quarter with its most ambitiously sprawling line-up yet – a DIY festival unlike any other. Read more »| 27 Oct 2016 -
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Sleaford Mods @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 19 Oct
Sleaford Mods may be the most unlikely stadium act of this or any era. The Nottingham-based duo are not yet at the stage of booking Hampden or Wembley for th... Read more »| 27 Oct 2016
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Previews
Live music in Liverpool this week: 26-31 Oct
Music Week provides the biggest thrills in Liverpool this week, but elsewhere there's psych-pop magnificence and chiptune Halloween bashes on offer Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Previews
Live music in Manchester this week: 26 Oct-2 Nov
High octane stuff from the likes of Cabbage and Fucked Up this week, before Halloween draws closer with a live-scored screening of Psycho and a gig from the master of horror himself, John Carpenter. Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsKhruangbin @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 20 Oct
There’s an audible relief in the sweaty basement when the Texan trio’s guitarist tells everyone how to correctly pronounce the band’s name.... Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
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Porches / Japanese Breakfast @ The Hug & Pint, 21 Oct
The Hug and Pint's basement is packed out; we're standing on benches, perched on chairs and tucked in, shoulder to shoulder, in a bid to see the stage. It's ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Music
Dundee DIY Newsletter: Venues, Scenes & Spaces
In our latest missive from Dundee's DIY music scene, Derrick Johnston of Make-That-A-Take looks at the changing state of gig venues in the City of Disco... Read more »| 24 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
Richmond Fontaine @ Deaf Institute, 17 Oct
"I've always thought of Richmond Fontaine as an old van," Willy Vlautin told The Oregonian earlier this year, explaining why the band were calling it a day.&... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
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Angel Olsen / Little Wings @ SWG3, 15 Oct
A lot’s been said (and written) about Angel Olsen’s phenomenal new record My Woman, but to see is to truly, deeply believe: a 1000+ sold-out crow... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
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Kano @ The Garage, Glasgow, 16 Oct
For all that grime has been the hottest international trend of 2016, Kano seems pretty unfazed by it all. The East London veteran might not have the pulling ... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
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Arab Strap @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 15 Oct
In the decade since Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton amicably, but devastatingly, called time on Arab Strap, both have navigated successful projects on the... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016