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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Reviews
Arcane Kore @ Bannermans
Death metal is an unlikely genre to win over hearts in a live setting. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsEnvy @ The Arches
The mixing desk would have to send out a search party to rescue the anaemic guitar sound. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsThe National @ ABC, 2 Nov
Uncomplicated in delivery but heart-wrenching by nature. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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LCD Soundsystem at Barrowlands
James Murphy has mastered the middle of the party but the warm up and encore need a lot more work. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ReviewsArcade Fire @ SECC, 26 Oct
The pompous sloganeering of a spoofed televangelist announces the Arcade Fire to a sizeable crowd, but any comedic effect is lost in the soulless cave of the... Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Previews
Sons and Daughters, Fat Sams, Dundee
Always compelling. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Previews
ON:07 - The Challenge of the New Reality
The last decade has been marked by a state of relentless change which has had an impact on all aspects of the global music industry. Digital technologies, an... Read more »| 17 Nov 2007 -
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Super Furry Animals @ Barrowlands
It's impossible to feel aggrieved when faced with Britain's closest equivalent to Wayne Coyne. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Previews
Malcolm Middleton @ The Liquid Room
Now apart, Middleton and Moffat are proving just as irrepressible as they were as a duo Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Unsane @ Nice 'n' Sleazy
Quite simply the heaviest, angriest blues band on earth. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Previews
Two Gallants @ Classic Grand
Pack your tasers! Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Previews
Klaxons @ Corn Exchange
A much-needed kick in the groin for the increasingly-staid indie scene. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Previews
Joseph Arthur @ Cabaret Voltaire
He's at his most beguiling when facing the audience, guitar in hand. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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The Mooney Suzuki @ The Hive
Once you've heard one Suzukis tune you've basically heard them all. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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The Checks @ Oran Mor
These lads make Jet sound good. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007