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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ReviewsJack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers @ Stereo, 7 Nov
After settling down into his fold-up chair, Nathan Bowles convinces a receptive crowd to conquer their shyness and come closer to the stage. Seated a... Read more »| 11 Nov 2009 -
ReviewsYo La Tengo @ ABC, 6 Nov
The return of Yo La Tengo to Scottish shores carries an air of expectation. ABC1 draws a huddle of early comers for ex-Gorky's frontman Euros Childs' (***) c... Read more »| 10 Nov 2009 -
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Cannibal Corpse @ ABC, 31 Oct
Warming up a crowd almost entirely kitted out in Cannibal Corpse t-shirts doesn't seem to faze Dying Fetus, gladly seizing the opportunity to get everybody m... Read more »| 10 Nov 2009 -
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Damien Jurado @ Stereo, 5 Nov
As a genre, rickety indie-pop carries certain advantages. It allows, for example, Zoey Van Goey to try a new set-up tonight, disclaim “we’re flyi... Read more »| 09 Nov 2009 -
ReviewsGrizzly Bear @ ABC, 2 Nov
From the moment Annie Clark – A.K.A St. Vincent – steps onstage, her moniker makes poetic sense. Her presence hushes the crowd, as though she wer... Read more »| 06 Nov 2009 -
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Bowerbirds @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 Oct
In a bustling and typically cramped Friday night at Sneaky Pete's, alternative folk music - especially as subtle and nuanced as the gentle, harmonic undulati... Read more »| 04 Nov 2009
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The JD Set @ Village Underground, London, 8 Oct
Anyone who's stayed up past midnight knows there's nothing quite like a live jam, when musicians all pile in and the music takes on a whole new improvised en... Read more »| 01 Nov 2009 -
ReviewsIsis @ Stereo, 25 Oct
"Sorry it's not heavy metal" breathes Mothlite's flickering frontman, a statement met with many a curious glare. Because the swathes of fans packed in the cu... Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
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ATP Presents: Les Savy Fav @ ABC2, 24 Oct
Somewhere on the universal moral spectrum - considerably closer to Nick Griffin than Gandhi - lie people who talk during movies. Sure, ABC2 is an unlikely ve... Read more »| 29 Oct 2009 -
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Juliette Lewis @ Glasgow Garage, 21 Oct
Tonight's one of those nights that's all about the main event - consequently, a support band's worst nightmare. However, despite only managing to turn only a... Read more »| 29 Oct 2009 -
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Frank Turner @ QMU, 15 Oct
Hailing from hardcore heroes Million Dead, and with his recent album Poetry of the Deed adorned in punk rock iconography, one would expect Frank Turner to sh... Read more »| 29 Oct 2009 -
Previews
Bowerbirds @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 Oct
North Carolina's Bowerbirds hit both Glasgow and Edinburgh on their latest UK tour. Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
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Twisted Kids Birthday Party
The Skinny and Ten Tracks' birthday celebrations at The Arches, Glasgow Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
Previews
The Metal Column - October, 2009
For some reason, autumn seems to bring out the grim hordes like no other season. This November, the pagan buzz of Halloween oozes perfectly into a month full... Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
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Live Music Highlights - November, 2009
Death is the only acceptable excuse for non-attendance of Jay Reatard's upcoming sweat festival at King Tut's on 11 Nov Read more »| 27 Oct 2009