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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ReviewsStories and Songs with Beans on Toast @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
What you see with Beans on Toast is exactly what you get: his set is simple yet hearty, promoting a more wholesome and optimistic worldview, one folk song at a time Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsTeenage Fanclub @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 17 Aug
The indie rock stalwarts signal the beginning of the end of an era with a masterful career-spanning set in the Calder Valley Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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John Grant @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Aug
John Grant has the Edinburgh Playhouse eating out of his hand tonight as he veers between earnest, piano-led balladeering and club-tinged, bombastic electro-pop Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsANNO: Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble @ Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Anna Meredith teams up with Scottish Ensemble for ANNO, which marries Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Meredith's new electronic-tinged compositions, complete with playful visuals from Eleanor Meredith Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsSummer Sessions Edinburgh: Paloma Faith @ Ross Bandstand, 17 Aug
Paloma Faith delivers a fun and inspiring set tonight and it's clear she's returned with an agenda – to promote an ‘epidemic of kindness’ through her music Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Previews
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-27 Aug
St. Vincent, Mogwai and Wye Oak arrive in Edinburgh, while Britney Spears and Belle & Sebastian get the party started in Glasgow for another jam-packed week of live music across the central belt Read more »| 21 Aug 2018
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Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Kasabian @ Ross Bandstand, 18 Aug
Kasabian at their best are undeniably great, full of genuine enthusiasm for their brand of electro-rock, but at the other end of the scale their music can be mind-numbingly banal Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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Dirty Projectors @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Aug
David Longstreth and his current six-piece ensemble emanate a sense of pure joy tonight – this may be the best version of Dirty Projectors yet Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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An Evening with Amanda Fucking Palmer @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Amanda Palmer floats like a feather in the beautiful world of The Fringe and gives us an intimate peek at an artist and their vulnerability Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Previews
End of the Road 2018: Preview
Knee-deep in festival season (and thankfully not mud), we gear up for Dorset’s ever-expanding indie fest, End of the Road, and dish out our top alt-picks to track down off the beaten path Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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Meursault: Crow Hill @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 15 Aug
Sonically, there is plenty to enjoy tonight from Meursault, but without the promised visual elements, there's a real sense of missed opportunity Read more »| 16 Aug 2018 -
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SOPHIE, Lanark Artefax @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 11 Aug
Edinburgh International Festival and Numbers bring a thrilling slice of progressive nightlife to the capital Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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The Jesus and Mary Chain @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 14 Aug
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival's Light on the Shore series, Hidden Door present a trio of bands tonight that really speaks to the strength of the Scottish music scene Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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Foxing / Pianos Become the Teeth @ Rebellion, Manchester, 12 Aug
On an evening of great vocalists, Foxing's Conor Murphy takes the crown in front of an adoring Rebellion crowd Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
Live Music
Glasgow Garden Festival '18 @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11 Aug
Rapper and producer Jamie Scott delivers a monumental set of poetic one-liners in a fitting commemoration of the legacy and optimism inspired by the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2018