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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FestivalsBeacons Festival 2014: Friday 8 August
We're reporting live from Beacons Festival in the tempestuous Skipton countryside, where flash rains are no match for Yorkshire's commitment to a fancy dress theme. Togas at the ready for Golden Teacher, Daniel Avery and Daughter Read more »| 09 Aug 2014 -
Reviews
FKA Twigs @ Stereo, 29 July
At first, smoke clouds and back lighting sustain FKA Twigs’ mystery and unearthliness; that alien air steadily cultivated over the last 20-or-so months... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
ReviewsWickerman 2014: Saturday, 26 July
With a layer of cloud settling over this part of rural Kirkcudbrightshire there is no repeat of Friday’s bakehouse temperatures. Saturday is an altoget... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
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Wickerman 2014: Friday, 25 July
Among the many spectacles at this year’s Wickerman festival are the punters themselves. Aside from the bands, the stalls, the reggae tent and the fairg... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
PreviewsO2 Love Music Column – August 2014
When the British Empire was decolonised in 1949 and the Commonwealth of Nations declared, it’s not entirely clear if Queen Lizzie stipulated that Glasg... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – August 2014
Get out of the sweaty sun and into the cool darkness of our best gig venues to see the likes of Action Beat, Pissed Jeans and Lower. If it’s sun you’re after though, we’re praying for plenty at our Do Not Miss event Read more »| 29 Jul 2014
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Previews
Scottish Gig Highlights – August 2014
From Earth to Converge, it's a fine month to be a cultist Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Conor Oberst @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 21 July
While angst remains etched through his music like lettering through a stick of rock, a waistcoated and wise-cracking Conor Oberst appears relatively relaxed ... Read more »| 24 Jul 2014 -
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The Afghan Whigs @ O2 ABC, 18 July
“I don’t care what age you are, there’s a fuckin’ 16 year old inside,” after 100-odd minutes of sweating and roaring his way th... Read more »| 23 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Theo Parrish @ The Art School, 16 July
For a house music virtuoso of Theo Parrish’s stature, this bold leap into the world of live band performance could just as easily end in failure as in ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2014 -
Festivals
Dekmantel returns to Amsterdam Bos for second instalment
Bringing with it generous amounts of talent per square inch, Dekmantel festival returns to the Amsterdam woods this year – and we'll be reporting from amid the trees... Read more »| 22 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Ghostface Killah @ The Arches, Glasgow, 15 July
By the time Ghostface Killah takes the stage before a sea of hand-sculpted W signs, The Arches has just about reached boiling point. Already whipped into a f... Read more »| 21 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
T in the Park 2014: Saturday 12 July
Despite the forecasts of heavy rain, the positive mood of Saturday’s festival crowd never dampens. It's the day of the Scottish heavyweights on the mai... Read more »| 17 Jul 2014 -
ReviewsGuardian Alien / Horrid / The Osiris Club @ Islington Mill, Salford, 10 July
Following a well received weekender in May (headlined by Melt-Banana), Fat Out Till You Pass Out – seasoned promoters specialising in the ser... Read more »| 15 Jul 2014 -
Festivals
As it Happens: Sunday at T in the Park 2014
T in the Park 2014 Rolling pictorial reportage of the action, coming live from T in the Park's final year in Balado. Photography by Jassy Earl a... Read more »| 13 Jul 2014