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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ReviewsEmir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 January
A raucous troupe of misfit musicians specialising in frenzied polkas, gypsy-punk, “vulgar jazz” and such like, playing to an all-seated venue sta... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsClap Your Hands Say Yeah @ SWG3, 28 January
Last year, Hysterical exploded the myth that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s introductory hype was blogger folly. The myth was already shaky – Some Lo... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsRM Hubbert & Friends / Tattie Toes @ Stereo, 27 January
If Glasgow’s indie scene feels somewhat fragmentary at the moment, it’s all the more healthy for that: lacking a unifying narrative, perhaps, but... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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Explosions in the Sky @ O2 Academy, 23 January
The influence of tonight's headliners on Lanterns on the Lake is readily apparent: the sextet's music oozes with prettiness, and although there's definitely ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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In Pictures: Admiral Fallow @ O2 ABC, 27 January
Photos from Admiral Fallow at the O2 ABC in Glasgow. Photography by Euan Robertson Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights – February 2012
Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern da... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012
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Previews
The Metal Column – February 2012
When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Festivals
Wee Dub Festival @ Various Venues, Edinburgh, 3-5 February
Dub takes over Edinburgh for a second year and, like any good sequel, everything just got a whole lot bigger – to the extent that the ‘Wee’... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
ReviewsThe Horrors / TOY @ The Liquid Room, 16 January
From the ashes of Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, London quintet TOY are more in thrall to the magpie-like sensibilities of their current tour mates than ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
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Clutch @ Bar Bloc, 20 January
Clutch successfully grafts its big sound to the small stage of Bar Bloc. Chaos ensues... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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United Fruit @ King Tut's, 16 January
After an acoustic warm-up session in the downstairs bar from Jonathan Snee (Flood of Red), Kings Tut's New Years Revolution series continues with a set from ... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ Òran Mór, 15 January
“You can keep chatting – Dustin’s just having a meltdown,” explains A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s Adam Wiltzie as their exp... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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M83 / Porcelain Raft @ The Arches, 19 January
Like post-Fromageau M83, Porcelain Raft is effectively one man’s nom de plume, but, also like M83, Mauro Remiddi is not performing alone, with live dru... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Cymbals Eat Guitars / Milagres @ ABC2, 8 January
Conjuring enthusiasm among a disappointingly thin crowd, on a Sunday night in early January, is a test for any band, and New York’s Milagres are too me... Read more »| 13 Jan 2012 -
Festivals
Awake On Foreign Shores: Trans Musicales 2011
In search of an alternative winter festival, our Music editor heads for Les Recontres Trans Musicales to find out how the French get down Read more »| 10 Jan 2012