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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ReviewsPINS @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 15 Apr
If you haven’t seen PINS live, you may very well not understand the hype. It seems like music journalists have been hammering on about them for eons bu... Read more »| 21 Apr 2017 -
FestivalsFive to see at Wrong Festival
The "festival for the freakscene" comes to Liverpool – we sift through the line-up to reveal some of our faves... Read more »| 20 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
PWR BTTM @ CCA, Glasgow, 15 Apr
PWR BTTM’s Ben Hopkins makes a crucial observation about the difference between British and American crowds halfway through tonight's show at Glasgow's... Read more »| 20 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsLUCIA + The Ninth Wave @ The Berkeley Suite, 9 Apr
What does £3 buy you on a Sunday night in Glasgow? A whole lot of style, and substance too. For three quid tonight we're treated firstly to an unexpect... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Live music in Liverpool this week: 19-25 Apr
Wrong Festival, Geno Washington and Happyness are among this week's highlights – hey, even Chris de Burgh makes an appearance Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Pink Kink @ Castle Hotel, Manchester, 14 Apr
The hype surrounding Pink Kink is fast reaching fever pitch. The five-piece band, whose members each hail from different European countries, have managed to ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017
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Reviews
Cameron Avery @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 12 Apr
It’s hard not to feel that spending the majority of last year in the company of Alex Turner and Miles Kane has done Cameron Avery more harm than good. ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
Sounds From The Other City: 2017 preview
Sounds from the Other City festival is famed for its mind-bending atmosphere, and this year things get distinctly occult with its 'Sound of the New Dawn' theme. We got our ouija boards out to assess the supernatural superpowers of its line-up Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 18-24 April
Our live music round-up, with Record Store Day and Wide Days leading a packed week in Edinburgh and Glasgow's venues Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
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Hot 8 Brass Band @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Apr
The Hot 8 Brass Band arrive in Edinburgh this evening to a busy and excited crowd at The Liquid Room. Touring their new album, On the Spot, the group origina... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Live music in Manchester this week: 13-18 Apr
Chelsea Wolfe, Laetitia Sadier and The Paperhead are all among our highlights for the week... and that's before we even get into Salford's Fat Out Fest... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
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Twelfth Day @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 April
For a few reasons, Glasgow's Hug & Pint is the perfect venue for Scottish folk duo Twelfth Day to launch their new album. The room is cosy and intimate, ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
UK Festivals Guide 2017: Scotland
No idea what to spend your hard-earned money on this festival season? Look no further than The Skinny's ultimate guide to festivals in Scotland Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
FestivalsSnowbombing 2017: Festival Review
We head to Snowbombing in the Austrian Alps for a week of top-notch electronic music in some spectacular – and unexpected – surroundings Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Pulled Apart by Horses @ Sound Control, Manchester, 6 Apr
The reviewing ideal? A detached and humble scribe at the back of a sweaty room scratching at a pad (or tapping at a phone) – pure head, no heart, ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017