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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PreviewsMetal Up Your Ass - July, 2008
Soak up the chun! Read more »| 26 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsGlasvegas @ ABC2, 20 Jun
Dawn your shades and brush your hair back. Welcome to the cult of Glasvegas. Amen. Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Previews
Converge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
There are few more ferocious sights in live music than Jacob Bannon in full-throttle Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsBlack Rat Death Squad @ The Halt Bar, 13 Jun
An all day leftfield sonic extravaganza Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Wickerman Festival @ East Kirkcarswell, 25-26 Jul
It is time to keep your appointment with the Wickerman Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
A Trip Out With British Sea Power @ The Caves, 19 Jun
BSP flex their creative muscle against the backdrop of Man of Aran Read more »| 23 Jun 2008
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PreviewsRed Sparowes @ Stereo, 10 Jul
As any open-mouthed spectator at one of Red Sparowes' past Glasgow shows would tell you, they are a band that have never willingly consented to the somewhat ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
Deerhunter @ Stereo, 15 Jun
The only low points are encountered when Deerhunter invite comparisons with prime-time, Irish stadium-bastards U2 Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Previews
Earth @ Stereo, 16 Jul
Something of a second coming for Dylan Carlson Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Previews
Harmonia @ ABC2, 11 Jul
Harmonia was effectively a side-project, but one which brought together three of Krautrock's biggest names Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Rockness
Pics - Derek Mark Chapman and David Anderson Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Hydro Connect Festival @ Inveraray, 29-31 Aug
Connect returns to Inveraray with a new name and a new approach Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Previews
The Music @ ABC, 5 Jul
The second coming of The Music finds them working their way towards fulfilling those early stadium ambitions Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsIsa and the Filthy Tongues @ The Granary, 7 Jun
A show of assured psychobilly delivered in a suitably debauched manner Read more »| 17 Jun 2008 -
Reviews
goNORTH @ Dundee, 5 Jun
The majority of the bands we’ve scurried around the streets of Dundee to catch today can surely only have a swift ascent to look forward to Read more »| 17 Jun 2008