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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ReviewsRock Ness 2008 @ Dores, 7-8 Jun
You stand more chance of seeing Nessie in the zoo than you do a decent band at Rock Ness 2008 Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsJoan As Police Woman @ Classic Grand, 10 Jun
On record, there’s a hark of genius about Wasser, but for all of her talent, tonight doesn’t burn quite as brightly as it should have Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsTokyo Police Club @ King Tut's, 10 Jun
Tokyo Police Club lead a transatlantic assault on King Tut's Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Leith Festival Mini Gallery
Pics - Markus Thorsen, Blair McNeil Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
PreviewsGoose @ Classic Grand, 19 Jun
Those Belgian synth punks Goose will lay claim to the Classic Grand in Glasgow on the 19th as part of a three-date UK tour. The group’s sound relies on... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsPublic Enemy @ ABC, 27 May
Still funky, still hilarious, still partying for your right to fight -- where would hip-hop be without them? Read more »| 09 Jun 2008
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Previews
To the Undiscovered Ends...
These days conventional Rock 'n' Roll is a dead entity rife with clones, claims The Skinny's Ali Maloney. So here he guides Scottish gig goers through a virtually unchartered galaxy of alternative listening for the month of June Read more »| 06 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Johnny Foreigner @ Cabaret Voltaire, 2 Jun
You can only get so creative when you're rearranging fridge magnets into poetry Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
Previews
Radiohead @ Glasgow Green, 27 Jun
"A lily livered excuse for a rock band"? Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
Previews
Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan @ ABC, 13 Jun
Any opportunity to witness this first hand should be snatched up, before his vocal chords dissolve into a tarry mush Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Hercules and Love Affair @ Classic Grand, 30 May
The absence of Antony Hegarty is noticed as the replacements struggle to fill his shoes Read more »| 03 Jun 2008 -
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Vetiver @ Cabaret Voltaire, 29 May
The common denominator and most impressive constituent of each is Andy Cabic’s velvety vocals Read more »| 03 Jun 2008 -
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Broken Records, Y'All is Fantasy Island @ Voodoo Rooms, 29 May
Tonight, The Voodoo Rooms' weekly Limbo night attracts two of Scotland's best unsigned bands to the same bill Read more »| 03 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Knockengorroch 20th Birthday World Ceilidh
It might sound like "a cow sneezing", but Knockengorroch festival has been going strong since 1998, held each May and September: this year saw them celebrati... Read more »| 03 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh 2008
Festival goers enjoy the music and sunshine at this, the 20th anniversary festival, one of two held each year by Knockengorroch - a community interest compan... Read more »| 02 Jun 2008