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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Bert Jansch @ St Brides
the musical equivalent of a Magner's Cider advertisement àself-consciously authentic and brimming with a contrived pastoral soul Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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New Found Sound: Kiddo, Five Way Hemmingway & The Revivals, Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh, August 25
Half of the crowd dances along with The Revivals, the other half leaves after three songs. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Festivals
Leeds Festival (Day One), August 25
a day which looked ridiculous on paper but worked incredibly well when it was rolled out on stage. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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My Morning Jacket @ ABC 2
The group's versatility is put keenly on display Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Crimea @ Pleasance Courtyard
Part Rain Man, part Bright Eyes, but good enough to rival the very best. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: The Hedrons @ Cabaret Voltaire
These are girls who know how to play, and more importantly, scream like they've been set alight. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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T on the Fringe: Simple Minds @ Princes St Gardens
a good place to finish a tour; in front of a large partisan crowd under a dusk-seared Edinburgh castle. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Dirty Pretty Things @ Corn Exchange
...an almost identical set as their last Edinburgh appearance leaves us asking whether it was worth the wait... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Radiohead and Beck @ Meadowbank Stadium
Reiterating the notion that Radiohead are possibly the greatest band, live or studio, of the last decade.
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Max Romeo @ Studio 24
One of the sharpest Jamaican songwriters in full effect Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
ReviewsThis is Music @ Henry's Cellar Bar, 27 Sep
This night belonged to one band alone Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Pipettes @ The Garage Review
capture the excitement that many hip bands seek and lack.
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Previews
The Glasgow School
Ah, those first months at Uni, where to hang? Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Silvermash @ Bannermans
swaying in the direction of honest emotive rock Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Indian Summer 2006
We're left hoping Antony's hotel room is just as palatial. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006