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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PreviewsO2 Love Music Column – October 2012
Fans of art school chanteuse Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, will be in for a treat this month. Third album The Haunted Man&nbs... Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsEl-P / Despot / Bigg Taj & Spee 69 @ Stereo, 18 September
With Stereo's basement superheated to a temperature somewhere beyond that of a tropical rainforest, the night kicks off with a set from UK rapper Spee 69 a... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
ReviewsTorche / The Cosmic Dead @ O2 ABC2, 15 September
Our very own psych-kraut wizards The Cosmic Dead open with a free-form improvisational set. They're only three members strong tonight, but the combination ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Beirut / Daughter @ O2 ABC, 11 September
Built around Elena Tonra’s candid songwriting – a litany of break-ups and breakdowns in a doleful key – Daughter’s fragile sound cou... Read more »| 19 Sep 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Music Language Festival 2012
Music Language Festival 2012 A glimpse of the action from the Music Language Festival 2012 in Glasgow, 1 & 2 September. Photography by Neil Jarvie Read more »| 07 Sep 2012 -
Festivals
Festival Column: Trans Musicales
Les Rencontres Trans Musicales – 'meeting through music', nicely literal) is the winter festival which has garnered the useful reputation for being the... Read more »| 06 Sep 2012
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ReviewsGrandaddy @ O2 ABC, 30 August
Six years ago, Grandaddy were collapsed and futureless. By the time final album Just Like the Fambly Cat appeared, the members had already parted company, l... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Grimes @ The Arches, 29 August
Opening a three-act bill before 8pm is always a challenge, but Grimes’ fellow Montrealers Majical Cloudz captivate from the outset. The duo&r... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Previews
The Metal Column – September 2012
Creeps, it looks like Summer might just be over. Perhaps it's time to step out of the shadows and rear your ugly mugs under the comfortable camouflage of tho... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – September 2012
From righteous blues rock sisters to the most vital man in modern hip-hop, we've got your September gig calendar all sussed out Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Previews
O2 Love Music Column – September 2012
Celebrating the best in what might overall be termed Americana, the No Mean City festival rolls into Glasgow again this month. On one end of the spectrum, ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Holy Other, Stereo, 23 Aug
Criminally under-attended, tonight starts out promisingly nonetheless with a streamlined, infectious and kinetic DJ set from Fort Romeau, dropping a blend of... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Rustie / Ben Butler & Mousepad @ The Glad Cafe, 18 August
Glasgow’s southside has been crying out for a dedicated independent venue for years, and in the Glad Cafe it has one at last. Tonight is the second of ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Photos
#UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August
In Pictures: FOUND presents... #UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August FOUND, joined by computational linguist Simon Kirby and Aidan Moffat, prese... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Toots and the Maytals @ O2 ABC, 10 August
Toots Hibbert has an infectious smile, and plenty of reasons to wear it tonight: his home nation celebrates 50 years of independence this month; a weighty h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012