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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ReviewsMogwai @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
Steadily redefining the word 'epic' in Scottish music for the last twenty years, Mogwai's performance at Leith Theatre tonight proves they're one of the best live bands on the fucking planet Read more »| 24 Aug 2018 -
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Flow Festival 2018: Review
While musically not unlike other European festivals, Flow Festival wins on account of its all-around immersive experience. It's an easy festival to love Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsLau-Land @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Lau-Land is a huge success – marvellously eclectic, refreshingly ambitious and frequently moving Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
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Kevin Morby @ Gorilla, Manchester, 20 Aug
With a little help from Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield, Kevin Morby, the man reinventing the indie folk wheel, makes up for lost time tonight in Manchester Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsWye Oak @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Despite disruption from a fire alarm tonight, Wye Oak deliver a smooth and cohesive set which culminates in a haunting beautiful ending Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Stories and Songs with Beans on Toast @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
What you see with Beans on Toast is exactly what you get: his set is simple yet hearty, promoting a more wholesome and optimistic worldview, one folk song at a time Read more »| 22 Aug 2018
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ReviewsTeenage Fanclub @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 17 Aug
The indie rock stalwarts signal the beginning of the end of an era with a masterful career-spanning set in the Calder Valley Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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John Grant @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Aug
John Grant has the Edinburgh Playhouse eating out of his hand tonight as he veers between earnest, piano-led balladeering and club-tinged, bombastic electro-pop Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
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ANNO: Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble @ Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Anna Meredith teams up with Scottish Ensemble for ANNO, which marries Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Meredith's new electronic-tinged compositions, complete with playful visuals from Eleanor Meredith Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
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Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Paloma Faith @ Ross Bandstand, 17 Aug
Paloma Faith delivers a fun and inspiring set tonight and it's clear she's returned with an agenda – to promote an ‘epidemic of kindness’ through her music Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
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Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-27 Aug
St. Vincent, Mogwai and Wye Oak arrive in Edinburgh, while Britney Spears and Belle & Sebastian get the party started in Glasgow for another jam-packed week of live music across the central belt Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
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Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Kasabian @ Ross Bandstand, 18 Aug
Kasabian at their best are undeniably great, full of genuine enthusiasm for their brand of electro-rock, but at the other end of the scale their music can be mind-numbingly banal Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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Dirty Projectors @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Aug
David Longstreth and his current six-piece ensemble emanate a sense of pure joy tonight – this may be the best version of Dirty Projectors yet Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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An Evening with Amanda Fucking Palmer @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Amanda Palmer floats like a feather in the beautiful world of The Fringe and gives us an intimate peek at an artist and their vulnerability Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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End of the Road 2018: Preview
Knee-deep in festival season (and thankfully not mud), we gear up for Dorset’s ever-expanding indie fest, End of the Road, and dish out our top alt-picks to track down off the beaten path Read more »| 17 Aug 2018