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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ReviewsBon Iver @ The Queen's Hall, 17 Sep
If the wild acclamation of For Emma, Forever Ago has left you a little nonplussed, an explanation for the high praise perhaps lies in Bon Iver's live perform... Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsShearwater @ Captain's Rest, 15 Sep
Shearwater's most recent two albums, Palo Santo and Rook, both benefit from a production aesthetic that values each quiet second equally with each loud secon... Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
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PPP @ The Voodoo Rooms, 15 Sep
A trilogy of contrasting acts make a Monday night excursion worthwhile Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
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Calexico @ The Queen's Hall, 11 Sep
Calexico and friends signal a marvellous return to their Tex-Mex flavoured roots Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsWire @ The Arches, 11 Sep
It's "Pink Flag!" over here and "Pink Flag!" over there—all through the night. Nostalgia is a delicate thing at a rock show. There’s a certain un... Read more »| 17 Sep 2008 -
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Meshuggah at The Garage Preview
Nobody likes it when a band cancels, not even the band. So when Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman tells a packed Garage how happy the Swedish experi-metal quint... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008
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Die! Die! Die! @ Captain's Rest, 9 Sep
If I know anything about Kiwi band managers - and having watched an awful lot of Flight of the Conchords, I’d say I'm pretty clued up - it’s that... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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Ladyhawk at Nice 'n' Sleazy, 26 Sep
"We're still lucky to get 15 people at most of our shows in the States, but those 15 people have gotten better looking" - Duffy Driediger Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Killing Joke @ ABC, 2 Oct
Industrial post-punk legends Killing Joke take to Glasgow’s ABC on the 2nd of October under their original incarnation, following the untimely ... Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsAction Group / Velcro Quartet @ The Mill (Edinburgh) 4 Sep
A night of eclecticism to verify The Mill's grand mission statement Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Bowerbirds @ The Admiral Bar, 8 Sep
A virtually flawless showing Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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The Autumn Defense @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4 Sep
American solo act Plush, AKA Liam Hayes, bumbles on stage with an electric guitar looking a tad confused. His set, selected from his current four albums, is ... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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The Dodos @ King Tut's, 3 Sep
About five seconds into San Franciscan duo The Dodos' opening number - Trades and Tariffs - things go wrong; the tambourine/snare drumbeat is nice and steady... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
PreviewsThe Skinny Dip: Rolo Tomassi @ Barfly, 26 Sep
You should expect that their already incredibly tight, energy packed show be even more chaotic than before Read more »| 10 Sep 2008 -
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Serj Tankian @ ABC, 1 Sep
"Who likes the Beatles?", asks an upbeat Serj Tankian halfway through tonight's set. The sweaty masses packed into the ABC roar with approval as Tankian and ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2008