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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PreviewsScottish Gig Highlights – February 2015
We made it! Flush from the most joyous payday of the year, and released from January’s usual bout of forced frugality, we’re now free to irrespon... Read more »| 30 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
BC Camplight @ Gorilla, Manchester, 23 January
When Brian Christinzio reminds us early on that he was thinking of going away permanently, the idea is still unimaginable. There is a swell of local support ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Emmy the Great @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 23 January
A quickfire set from Emma-Lee Moss demonstrates serious promise for her overdue third solo record Read more »| 27 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsCeltic Connections: From Scotland With Love – King Creosote / Tiny Ruins, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 22 January
A sell-out 2,400-plus crowd restless for the second half doesn’t make an easy support slot for understated Kiwi trio, Tiny Ruins. But their back-toned ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Celtic Connections: Punch Brothers, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 23 January
Punch Brothers march professionally in like it was the 50s backstage – waistcoats, stiff ironed collars and sleek oiled hair, mothers would be proud of... Read more »| 26 Jan 2015 -
Live Music
Algernon Doll / Manuscripts / Star Rover @ Banshee Labyrinth, 21 January
In Edinburgh’s tiny sweatbox the Banshee Labyrinth, the taut, stuttering rhythms of three piece Star Rover recall hardcore legends Quicksand with ... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015
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Reviews
First Aid Kit / Kimberly Anne @ Usher Hall, 19 January
“You guys are awesome!” She’s being nice; we’re not. This Usher Hall audience is January-cold, and tonight’s support –&nb... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsMr McFall’s Chamber – Further Distillations @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 19 January
McFall’s dissolve all pomp from your classic chamber concert: easy stage chat, a giggling audience and a decisive lack of anything vaguely black tie. I... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Stars @ Sound Control, Manchester, 13 January
Although their seventh album, No One Is Lost, brings a dancier approach, Montreal’s chamber pop stalwarts Stars are still the dramatists they... Read more »| 20 Jan 2015 -
FestivalsEurosonic Noorderslag 2015 – Saturday
As Eurosonic Noorderslag 2015 draws to an end, Vic Galloway writes home on the merits of going Dutch Read more »| 18 Jan 2015 -
Festivals
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2015 – Friday
As Groningen's annual European showcase hurtles its way to a close, Vic Galloway makes his way to the front for revelational sets from Kate Tempest, Bad Breeding, and Throes + The Shine Read more »| 17 Jan 2015 -
Festivals
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2015 – Thursday
Day two of Vic Galloway's Dutch adventure becomes a pan-European experience in every way Read more »| 16 Jan 2015 -
FestivalsEurosonic Noorderslag 2015 – Wednesday
Kicking off his festival calendar in earnest, Vic Galloway's never-ending quest for compelling new music takes him to Groningen's Eurosonic Read more »| 15 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
We Were Promised Jetpacks / Fatherson @ QMU, 13 December
The fizzy atmosphere in QM Union cannonballs as soon as Fatherson get stuck in – immediately satiating a crowd peckish for decibels and kickdrums.... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – January 2015
Justin Townes Earle and BC Camplight warm the frosty cockles; Independent Venue Week atones for the rampant capitalism of Christmas, and Canada invades Read more »| 01 Jan 2015