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 Metal Column – December 2012
It's no lie: December's a tough one. Record releases begin to slow down, and a lot of touring bands tend to slip into hibernation. You're going to need som... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
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O2 Love Music Column – December 2012
Having emerged as an avant-garde synth group in the late seventies, and morphing into the chart-straddling, eighties pop behemoths we know today, The Human L... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsPurity Ring / Doldrums @ Stereo, 27 Nov
The Canadians have cottoned on to something – if you're going to play electronic instruments, particularly MIDI devices, the possibilities for technica... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
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Dirty Three / Zun Zun Egui @ Òran Mór, 25 November
Upstairs at Òran Mór can be a difficult venue in terms of atmosphere: the cavernous spaces of the church tend to absorb energy and create awk... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
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The Fall / Red Stars @ The Arches, 21 November
Mark E Smith's choice of support act – fellow Salford band Red Stars – is execrable tonight. Performing to a backing track, the duo consist of a ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsFranz Ferdinand @ Mono, 16 November
Ten years ago, a former Mexican restaurant located beneath a disused railway line was turned into Glasgow’s newest live venue. Mono was the vision of C... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012
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ReviewsBEAK> / Thought Forms @ Stereo, 17 November
Fellow Invada signings Thought Forms kick off proceedings with a distortion and reverb-drenched squall of grungy, post-rock noise. With their dual guitars an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
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Swans / Sir Richard Bishop @ The Arches, 16 November
Michael Gira's ambitions for this particular live incarnation of Swans are not modest: the set clocks in at around two hours and from the gentle opening &nda... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
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Buck 65 / The Levee Strollers @ King Tut's, 11 November
Tonight's support act are a downhome (although Glaswegian) country and western band called The Levee Strollers. Their enthusiastic but wholly incongruous per... Read more »| 14 Nov 2012 -
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Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat / Rick Redbeard @ Cottiers, 7 November
After several years of performing solo with next-to-nowt to line his merch stand, Rick Anthony’s Rick Redbeard guise is picking up pace. Debut album Th... Read more »| 13 Nov 2012 -
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti @ Stereo, 8 November
Ariel Pink has come a long way from making music in his bedroom. Hailed as a lo-fi pioneer and championed by the likes of Animal Collective, the Beverly Hi... Read more »| 13 Nov 2012 -
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Animal Collective @ O2 ABC, 7 November
In the past we’ve witnessed Animal Collective wing it with a man down as well as push brand new material on the back of an already shrink-wrapped fre... Read more »| 12 Nov 2012 -
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Poliça @ SWG3, 2 November
It has been observed that Poliça is a band having to go through its adolescence on the road. Started as a studio project by singer Channy Leaneagh a... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsBeach House / Holy Other @ The Arches, 29 October
Holy Other leaves many of the audience confused, but for those attuned to his understated, undulating sound and beat-scapes, he is nothing short of a re... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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In Pictures: Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III @ The Usher Hall, 31 October
Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper's annual Halloween fest rolls through Edinburgh Usher Hall. Photography by&n... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012