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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ReviewsUntitledLive: Neu! Reekie! @ Central Hall, 9 June
Neu! Reekie!’s really outdone itself. Other than highlighting the Central Hall in Tollcross as one of the city's most unsung venues (stained glass, a g... Read more »| 19 Jun 2015 -
ReviewsCrocodiles @ Broadcast, 14 June
A subdued Sunday night at Broadcast sees only a fistful of people catch opening band Vladimir’s set, which is a shame as the black-clad four piece do a... Read more »| 17 Jun 2015 -
ReviewsSix Organs of Admittance @ Gullivers, 14 June
It seems to have become de rigueur among the current crop of new psych-rock bands to maintain a level of mysterious anonymity, but veterans Six Organs Of Adm... Read more »| 17 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
DIIV / Spring Kings @ Night & Day, 10 June
Opening for the headliners are Spring King, returning to Manchester shortly after their unjustly sparse show at Gullivers last month. With a rapid-fire set o... Read more »| 17 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
Jenny Hval @ Gullivers, Manchester, 11 June
Trust Jenny Hval to subvert the trend. Her last visit to Manchester, in support of Swans last year, saw her with a full band set-up in support of her angular... Read more »| 17 Jun 2015 -
ReviewsWaxahatchee @ The Ruby Lounge, 12 June
Katie Crutchfield has only released three full-length records as Waxahatchee, none of which have topped the 45 mark. Even allowing for the ferocious rat... Read more »| 13 Jun 2015
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Reviews
Earl Sweatshirt @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 8 June
“Hands up, phones away,” Earl Sweatshirt shouts as he takes the stage, late, unsoundchecked. “We in this small-ass venue, let’s have ... Read more »| 12 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Patti Smith @ Field Day, 7 June
Forty years ago, Patti Smith released her debut album Horses, a slim eight tracks of distinctive poet-punk rock. Four decades on and the sheer exuberanc... Read more »| 12 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Ride @ Field Day, 7 June
Just before shoegaze veterans Ride launch into the galvanizing opening notes of Seagull, frontman Mark Gardener prefaces the opening track from their 1990 de... Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsDot to Dot 2015 – Manchester
Now in its sixth-year, the city centre festival makes a bold move across town - and reaps the rewards Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
The Bohicas / Keep Breathing / Echo Valley / @ King Tut’s, 27 May
It’s a veritable kaleidoscope of musical genres tonight at King Tut’s, and first up is some serious fuzzage courtesy of Aryshire foursome Echo Va... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Reviews
Miaoux Miaoux / Monogram @ Stereo, Glasgow, 27 May
When Miaoux Miaoux – aka producer Julian Corrie – launched his debut album Light of the North at Mono back in 2012 it was a relatively low-key af... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Northwest Festival Watch – June 2015
Get stuffing the chill bags for a civilised few weeks at Oyé, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and MIF Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2015
Three idiosyncratic songwriters (Waxahatchee, Natalie Prass and Jenny Hval), two outsiders (Ariel Pink and Dan Deacon), a fond farewell (Cyril Snear) and a one-off homecoming (Outfit). That's your month's gig highlights Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool Sound City 2015, 22-24 May
This year, Liverpool Sound City has moved away from the heart of the city down to the cramped Bramley-Moore Dock, where the ambiance is more forklift trucks and swinging cranes than cultural hub. Read more »| 01 Jun 2015