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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ReviewsPastels/Tenniscoats @ Stereo, 2 Sep
There's something of a coming-of-age about tonight's opening set from boxfresh Glasgow indie-poppers Veronica Falls (***). Roxanne Clifford and Patrick Doyle... Read more »| 11 Sep 2009 -
ReviewsOkkervil River @ Òran Mór, 9 Sep
Okkervil River are good to their UK fans, making the trip to our shores at the drop of a hat these days. Tonight there’s no new record to promote and (... Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
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Tori Amos @ Royal Concert Hall, 8 Sep
Reputations are mysterious things. Rumours of past gigs had painted Tori Amos as a humourless virtuoso who’d sooner tell talkative fans to sling their ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2009 -
PreviewsChrist. @ The GRV, 26 Sep
Deep in the darkest recesses of the Cowgate (well, Guthrie Street) you will find The GRV, a multi-media arts venue which will soon play host to the equally ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2009 -
Previews
Versus: Meursault vs The Foundling Wheel vs Dead Boy Robotics @ The Voodoo Rooms, 10 Sep
This September stimulate your auditory senses with the return of VERSUS to Edinburgh’s award-winning Voodoo Rooms. The evening promises live music pack... Read more »| 08 Sep 2009 -
Previews
Bell Orchestre @ The Arches, 7 Sep
Bell Orchestre are the sort of act who, when you find out they're playing your hometown, make you feel strangely grateful. After teasing out their second alb... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009
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ReviewsJeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
Following support from his brother Jack (sounding not a million miles away from Jonathan Richman) and Edinburgh's own Withered Hand, Jeffrey Lewis and band t... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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Malcolm Middleton @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Aug
Labelling Malcolm Middleton with the ‘miserable’ tag has long since been charged as lazy journalism. But tonight, with titles such as Loneliness ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
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Retreat! @ Bristo Hall, 16 Aug
For their second annual mini-fest celebrating local talent, the promoters of Retreat! crammed as many of their favourite bands into a single day as possible. The Skinny turned to shift work to cover this year's event. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Magazine @ HMV Picture House, 30 Aug
If you ever wanted to organise a middle-aged-men-who've-still-got-a-bit-of-an-edge holocaust (I don't know, David Cameron might - has anyone thought to ask h... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Andrew Bird @ HMV Picture House, 23 Aug
An expert in both violin and verbosity, Andrew Bird is cut from a peculiar musical cloth. His idiosyncratic stylings make him the perfect accompaniment to Ed... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Previews
The Metal Column - September, 2009
Scotland gives as good as it gets this month thanks to the valiant efforts of some exciting domestic talent and a relatively modest influx of big names. Thi... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
ReviewsFaith No More @ Corn Exchange, 25 Aug
By their own admission, Faith No More are old men in rock ‘n’ roll circles, and a fair portion of tonight’s audience are marching unquestio... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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A Year of The Mill @ Òran Mór, 27 Aug
The Mill’s anniversary shindig gets off to a disappointing start when it transpires that illness has spirited away Jill O’Sullivan from Sparrow a... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Knocken T out The Park
It’s nearly September, so the assumption is that the festival gear (minus the wellies, apparently they’re going to be handy for quite some time) ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009