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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FestivalsPrimavera Sound 2014
As we've been telling you for years now, the annual Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona brings a lineup featuring indie rock vets (real indie roc... Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsSupersonic Festival 2014, Birmingham Custard Factory, 30-31 May
Festival programming at its most daring, Supersonic returns with Matmos, Swans, Evil Blizzard, Bill Drummond and Sly & the Family Drone leading the charge on Birmingham's Custard Factory Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
ReviewsFat Out Fest @ Islington Mill, Salford, 23-25 May
What is it with Bank Holiday festivals and Islington Mill exactly? Piecing together another set of late, sleep-deprived nights, Fat Out’s latest festiv... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Reviews
Chain and the Gang @ Kazimier, Liverpool, 27 May
Oh, Ian Svenonius! He’s stood at the front of the stage, lecturing us on Jorge Pardo’s Penelope, a brightly-coloured and multitentacled sculpture... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Festivals
Northwest Festival Watch – June 2014
As usual, where to gather without going too far afield – from Pondlife to LIV-BCN Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2014
From the sharp pomp of Future Islands to the warped wonk of Luke Abbott – it’s all in a month’s work for you intrepid gig-goers Read more »| 30 May 2014
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Previews
Scottish Gig Highlights – June 2014
This month's gig highlights include the return of The Phantom Band, Television playing Marquee Moon, the live debut of Loki's new band The Cartoon Cartel, and a double-header of gorgeous electronica with Son Lux and Sun Glitters Read more »| 30 May 2014 -
ReviewsDot to Dot @ Various venues, Manchester, 23 May
The funny thing about the Manchester leg of Dot to Dot festival – now in its fifth year – is that while the event itself has gone from strength t... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
ReviewsToumani Diabaté + Sidiki Diabaté @ St George's Hall, Liverpool, 27 May
As one of the most famous griot clans from Mali, the Diabaté family have been bringing West African folk music and the kora to a wider audience for de... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Previews
O2 Love Music Column – June 2014
With a voice which allegedly impressed Johnny Cash back in the day, and a fifteen year musical career off the back of it, Canadian country songstress Tia McG... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
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Prince and 3rdEyeGirl @ The SSE Hydro, 22 May
Whereas the first leg of this ‘Hit and Run’ tour arrived by stealth in the South, Glasgow was afforded a few more days to dust down its raspberry... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
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Nine Inch Nails @ The SSE Hydro, 20 May
Slinking on stage through mist to the sinister strains of The New Flesh, Trent Reznor somehow has everything and nothing to prove here tonight. With a track ... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Swans / Jenny Hval @ Academy 2, Manchester, 22 May
As two musicians with backgrounds in confrontational art, Michael Gira and Jenny Hval aren’t afraid to tackle the grubby desires of the body. Gira&rsqu... Read more »| 23 May 2014 -
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Trust @ Sneaky Pete's, 18 May
Air, when compressed, gets hotter and harder to contain. The same could be said for Toronto trio TRUST and their Sunday night crowd at Sneaky Pete’s. F... Read more »| 21 May 2014 -
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Speedy Ortiz @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 19 May
Looking for tonight’s watchword? Let’s go with LOUD. Speedy Ortiz are a beautifully complex tangle of interloping guitar freakouts, head-wrecking... Read more »| 21 May 2014