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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FestivalsT in the Park 2011 - Friday
Our intrepid photographers capture the latest action from Balado. Photography from Pete Dunlop and Sam Brill Read more »| 08 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsFriendo @ 13th Note, 5 July
Neighbourhood Gout open tonight by thrashing and pounding and yelping and hollering all sorts of punk-tuned nonsense about tornados and the end of the univer... Read more »| 07 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsNeil Diamond @ Hampden Park, 2 July
Last time Neil Diamond visited Hampden, the crowd was forced to brave the elements for a taste of his glittering back catalogue. Not so on this occasion, as ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2011 -
FestivalsGlasgow Jazz Festival: Zu @ Platform, 1 July
If there’s one thing Glasgow does well, it’s throwing festival curveballs. Last month we had a screening of Night of the Living Dead as part of t... Read more »| 04 Jul 2011 -
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TV On The Radio @ O2 ABC, 28 June
When TV On The Radio last played at the ABC, they were cheered by a packed and passionate crowd still enthralled with Dear Science, the band’s hugely s... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
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This Will Destroy You @ Ivory Blacks, 28 June
It’s all too easy to be down on East Kilbride’s The Clock, such is their out-of-tune opening instrumental and later dalliance with screamo clich&... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011
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Festivals
Insider Festival, 17-20 Jun 2011
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Previews
Live Music Highlights – July 2011
Taking place on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd of July and marketing itself as a ‘boutique festival’, the Kelburn Garden Party provides a tantalising... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Previews
The Metal Column – July 2011
Roots, Bloody Roots... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
ReviewsA Midsummer Day's Dream @ The Tramway, 25 June
Once again, the Tramway (and Optimo) step up to the plate and boldly go in directions that seldom few have the balls to with A Midsummer Day’s Dream, a... Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Previews
Hot Ticket of the Month: Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Barrowland, 22 July
The downside of a band achieving greatness is most usually to be found in the legions of mediocre imitators that spring up in their wake. Yet despite the so-... Read more »| 28 Jun 2011 -
Reviews
tUnE-yArDs @ Captain's Rest, 15 Jun
Thousands’ dual acoustic lullabies evoke gentle breezes, sun-dappled lakes, and other lovely things that unfortunately, placed against the abundant per... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Festivals
Leith Late - Jun 16th
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Photos
Tinderbox Orchestra Flash Mob - Sunday 19th Jun
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Reviews
RockNess 2011 @ Dores, 10-12 June
There's a lot that's been written about the spectacular backdrop to the main stage at Rockness, but if anything the location has been underplayed. The tree ... Read more »| 20 Jun 2011