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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ReviewsKula 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 -
PreviewsKing 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 -
ReviewsThe 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 -
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Kathryn Joseph @ Mono, 9 Dec
In the 18 months since Kathryn Joseph's debut album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled beat established industry names to win the 2015 Scottish ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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Gengahr @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8 Dec
London’s Gengahr have chosen Manchester to end their latest UK tour, a string of dates that closes the door on debut album A Dream Outside and sta... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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The Temperance Movement @ Deaf Institute, 7 Dec
Maybe it’s just optical trickery – the Deaf Institute’s domed ceiling dilating the stage – but tonight blues-rock outfit The Tem... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Things To Do
Live music in Manchester this week: 14-20 Dec
We dive into the listings to bring you this essential guide to gigs in Manchester this week plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements and more. T... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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Live music in Liverpool this week: 14-20 Dec
There's a whole lotta Britpop going on: hometown veterans Cast and Space return, while Kula Shaker and Travis prove that the 90s are definitely back Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsAgainst Me! @ Academy 2, Manchester, 7 Dec
Few bands could feasibly claim to provoke emotional investment quite as radically as Florida punks Against Me!. As frontwoman Laura Jane Grace leads her... Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
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Weyes Blood @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 25 Nov
The evening begins, fashionably late, with Glaswegian crooner Alistair Ogilvy. He runs through a few plaintive ballads, peppering his set with offerings... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016