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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ReviewsRadiator Hospital @ Night & Day, Manchester, 3 Jan
Even at 7.30pm the dimly lit Night and Day Café is bristling with sweaty gig-goers, the likes of whom probably all recognise each other's faces f... Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
ReviewsCate Le Bon @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 21 Dec
'Life-affirming' is a tired platitude, but it’s nothing short of a truism when talking about Cate Le Bon’s recent live performances. Even more sp... Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
ReviewsBoris @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 19 Dec
20 years after the release of their debut full-length album, Absolutego, and a decade since the release of 47-minute mind-blower Pink, tonight ... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
PreviewsLive music in Manchester this week: 21-31 Dec
Time to get your last fix of live music before we settle down for the festive period and the impending January lull. And while some venues have already slowed pace with their gig output, there are still a few old reliables churning out the good shit. Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
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Frightened Rabbit @ Barrowlands, 18 Dec
It's been a year of contrasts for Frightened Rabbit – from praise in the spring for their most ambitious record yet, Painting of a Panic Attack, and en... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
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Pale Angels @ The 13th Note, 17 Dec
Matinee shows usually evoke visions of laid-back, unplugged performances to wile away a lazy afternoon. With their noisy grunge proclivity, Pale Angels make ... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016
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Molars @ Wharf Chambers, Leeds, 15 Dec
It’s always disappointing when a local DIY band split up, particularly during a time when everything is feeling increasingly alien and frightening to t... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
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Kula Shaker @ O2 Academy, Liverpool, 14 Dec
'Crispian Mills to be the new Doctor Who' is a bet not even Paddy Power would open a book on. Yet as the Kula Shaker frontman exhibits his gangly frame, spac... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
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King Tut's Revolution 2017: Meet the line-up
Now in its sixth year, King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution returns this January to brighten the winter gloom with a slew of acts representing Scotla... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
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The Coral @ Olympia, Liverpool, 10 Dec
Whether by accident or design, The Coral have now put together one of British pop’s finer back catalogues of the last 20 years. A host of top five albu... Read more »| 18 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsLow @ Halifax Minster, 9 Dec
If ever a band was made for churches, it’s Low. Not just because of their noted religious tendencies (they’re arguably indie rock’s most fa... Read more »| 18 Dec 2016 -
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Korn / Limp Bizkit @ SSE Hydro, 14 Dec
The nu-metal titans relive the genre's glory days at the Hydro Read more »| 16 Dec 2016 -
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Super Furry Animals @ Usher Hall, 12 Dec
Super Furry Animals are a band that operate on the kookier side of the rock spectrum; a band that prides itself on tackling abstract and zany subject matter,... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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Hooton Tennis Club @ Invisible Wind Factory, 9 Dec
2016 may have been an absolute shithouse of a year for the majority of the planet’s population, but Wirral-based indie-rockers Hooton Tennis Club ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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Slow Club @ The Caves, 13 Dec
“Are you ready for a string of miserable songs about my feelings?” Rebecca Taylor asks, early on in the show, really hammering home the transitio... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016