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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ReviewsMONEY @ The Dancehouse, Manchester, 9 November
The last time this reviewer saw MONEY play it was in an unusual venue – the centuries-old, borderline dilapidated Platt Chapel in Fallowfield &nda... Read more »| 14 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsThom Yorke, Four Tet + Daphni @ The Warehouse Project, Manchester, 2 November
A combination of Victoria Warehouse's 5000 capacity, the necessary stepping up of security with the venue move from beneath Piccadilly railway station i... Read more »| 07 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsFuture Of The Left @ Broadcast, 2 November
Visibly startled by the sweltering, heaving, meat-patty of bodies, unceremoniously crammed into tonight's capacity show at Broadcast, Future Of The Left join... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsBill Orcutt / With Lumps @ The Glad Cafe, 1 November
Bill Orcutt’s following may not be large, but it makes up for that in sheer reverence and awe. The former guitarist in Miami noise legends Harry Pussy ... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
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Parquet Courts / Eagulls @ Mono, 31 October
Despite heavy reverb obscuring much of George Mitchell’s between-song speech, body language and delivery indicate the vocalist is not in the best of mo... Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
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Honeyblood / Laura St Jude / Bite @ Broadcast, 29 October
Broadcast tonight hosts three bands who differ in sound though are united in their potential to make a noise in places much further afield than the rough end... Read more »| 05 Nov 2013
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CHVRCHES @ The Ritz, Manchester, 14 October
Get ur freak (and geek) on. CHVRCHES, for all their winning artfulness, for all that savvy remodelling of 80s synth-pop into something far-reaching and vital... Read more »| 01 Nov 2013 -
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Suede / Teleman @ Barrowlands, 27 October
Between the present tour slot and the Bernard Butler-produced debut album due next year, Teleman have been enjoying Suede-related patronage for a while now. ... Read more »| 31 Oct 2013 -
ReviewsRussian Circles / Chelsea Wolfe @ SWG3, 26 October
Chelsea Wolfe's rustic, goth-tinged dirge rewards a sizeable crowd for turning up extra early tonight; the shadowy image she's been harnessing over the years... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
Previews
Scotland Gig Highlights – November 2013
A varied month in gigs sees the return of titans Queens of the Stone Age and Nick Cave's Bad Seeds, post-punk mob Savages, synth-heads Ubre Blanca, and a sublime double-header from Mount Kimbie and oOoOO Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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O2 Love Music Column – November 2013
It’s been almost twenty years since Kendrick Jeru 'the Damaja' Davis unleashed his seminal debut The Sun Rises in the East (co-helmed by... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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Steve Mason @ The Liquid Room, 26 October
Steve Mason confidently strides on stage to a roar of approval from what can loosely be considered a hometown crowd. The Beta Band might have long since flow... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg @ The Garage, 25 October
While it’s Marky’s name emblazoned in foot-high letters across the stage, ownership of tonight’s beautiful blitzkrieg is inarguably shared ... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – November 2013
November brings a gig schedule fit to bursting, from the gentle chaos of Julia Holter to the electric dreampop of Mt Wolf, plus a rare appearance from those old school proto-punks Television Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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Waxahatchee + Swearin' @ Sound Control, Manchester, 25 October
It’s far too easy to compare Allison and Katie Crutchfield: twin sisters, talented songwriters, and former bandmates in PS Eliot and other DIY favourit... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013