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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ReviewsKamasi Washington @ Manchester Academy 2, 28 June
Though he may be best known to many as the saxophonist who helped flesh out Kendrick Lamar’s game-changing To Pimp a Butterfly, Kamasi Washin... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Previews
Scottish Gig Highlights – July 2016
Feminist stadium pop! Heroic hip-hop veterans! Reunited 90s indie faves! Yep, summer's officially here, and July's arrival heralds one last chance to throw yourself into the hectic live music calendar before festival season well and truly takes over Read more »| 30 Jun 2016 -
PreviewsLive music in Liverpool this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
Stuck for gigs to go to this week? Strange Collective's EP launch, The Lapelles and a visit from Burt Bacharach should all be on your calendar Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsSaint Etienne/The Pastels @ The Art School, 23 June
So the referendum popped round and did a massive Brexit, right then and there on the living room carpet. It didn’t have to be this way, and both The Pa... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
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Car Seat Headrest @ Broadcast, 23 June
James Hindle of The Pooches has left his bandmates at home for his opening set tonight. The songwriter has just an acoustic guitar for company, but fills the... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
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Ty Segall & The Muggers @ The Art School, 22 June
The trauma begins with the delinquent racket of Ausmuteants. The four-piece rip through a short, sharp support set heavy on primitive rhymes, synth blasts an... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016
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Things To DoLive music in Manchester this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
While the week's undisputed highlight – Beck at the Albert Hall – sold out long ago, there’s still plenty to sink those music-loving teeth ... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
Wild Nothing @ CCA Glasgow, 15 June
Pop music is a tricky beast; a delicate dance between panache and authenticity. Fear Of Men take both qualities by the horns, delivering up an impassioned pe... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
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Mbongwana Star @ Band On The Wall, 23 June
Occasionally, events don’t unfold in the way you expect them to. Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is an eerie, innovative, moody, nocturnal LP, dra... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
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Tour de Force: Vukovi at Download Festival
Fearless Kilwinning quartet Vukovi take us behind the scenes on their recent pilgrimage to Donington Park for Download Festival Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
Previews
Live music in Manchester this week (22-29 Jun)
There are plenty of great gigs in Manchester over the next seven days, from the raw rock of Ty Segall to the Congolese rhythms of Mbongwana Star, via cosmic duo Happy Meals, the tear-stained pop of M83 and a great local all-dayer. Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Previews
Live music in Liverpool this week (22-29 Jun)
There's plenty to check out across the city over the next seven days, from psychedelic oddballs to avant-experimentalist collaborations; reunited 60s legends to pop-punksters with nary a fuck given for the gender binary Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Reviews
Parquet Courts @ La Belle Angele, 16 June
A near sell-out La Belle Angele crowd is struggling to make up its mind about Housewives. The London group are flexing their muscles and dealing out some ind... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Parklife 2016: The Review
Manchester's flagship celebration of dance, electro, pop and rock returns to Heaton Park for a fourth year in fine form Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsBen Folds and yMusic @ Usher Hall, 14 June
“Every year, I make up 12 or 13 new songs,” Ben Folds explains dryly. “That means we’ve got... 11 more to go.” We’re two ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2016