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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ReviewsThe Cave Singers @ ABC
The sound from tonight's cave proves to be decidedly hollow for a group demanding of intimacy Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Nada Surf @ The Garage
Never really escalates beyond 'nice' Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
ReviewsCall to Mind @ Nice 'N' Sleazy
Their sound smoulders with the narcotic burn of a classic age Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Band of Horses @ ABC
They can't be everything all the time, but in this moment, Band of Horses are all that matter Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Georgie James @ Nice 'n' Sleazy
Some sexy, bad influence will help to make a name for Georgie James Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Eska @ The Caves
Not exactly a household name, but her credentials speak for themselves. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Ross Clark @ Nice 'n' Sleazy
Captivating without accompaniment Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Monkey Swallows the Universe @ Cabaret Voltaire
There's plenty of mileage in this sweet, stripy-jumpered, ever-so-twee strategy, but the rock fans are made to wait for a dose of reverb Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Fuck Buttons @ Nice 'n' Sleazy
This line-up was always going to be heaven for those who enjoy the element of repetition Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Live Music Roundup for March
Ubiquitous hype-monkeys Foals will set the record straight at King Tut's on 10 Mar Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Serj Tankian @ ABC
Some may very well be foolish enough to dismiss this concert as a poor man's System of a Down show, but they can think again Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Hayseed Dixie @ Fat Sams Live
There is some notoriously good musicianship to be witnessed here. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Teenage Fanclub @ Fruitmarket Hall
For 90 minutes Teenage Fanclub are the only thing that matter. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Explosions in the Sky @ Barrowland
Holds the audience captive through the lapping of guitar and crash of cymbal. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Earth @ Stereo
It's difficult not to crave more of a departure from what is a fairly straight reading. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008