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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ReviewsWarpaint, O2 Academy, Liverpool, 20 February
“Ok, this next song is a cover,” says Warpaint’s Theresa Wayman with the artifice of a giddy high school prankster. “Yeah, just to be... Read more »| 24 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsPharoahe Monch, The Kazimier, Liverpool, 19 Feb
Swaggering onstage, bottle of whisky in hand, Pharoahe Monch embraces a room of party revellers and launches into Damage, the lead from his upcoming PTSD (Po... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
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Phoenix, Manchester Academy, 11 February
We're less than a minute in, and Phoenix's touring support Thomas Hedlund strikes his drums with brute force, packing a punch into Entertainment that threate... Read more »| 14 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsEzra Furman @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 11 February
With a line-up like tonight’s you could have wagered the house on a packed basement early doors and come out on top. Local enfant terrible Kiran Leonar... Read more »| 13 Feb 2014 -
Photos
In Pictures: The Skinny 100th Issue Party
In Pictures: The Skinny 100th Issue Party On Friday 17 January 2014, we celebrated our 100th issue with a massive party in Edinburgh's Mash House. Thanks mu... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
ReviewsForest Swords + Gnod @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8 February
Wirralite producer and occasional graphic designer Forest Swords – Matthew Barnes to his mum – hasn't fitted in a home city gig for this tour, wh... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014
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Reviews
Tera Melos @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 3 Feb
11.30pm: we are exhausted. And it’s not just due to the lateness of the hour – Tera Melos’ synapse-tangling assault is both brutal and comp... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
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Young Fathers / LAW @ Glasgow Stereo, 1 February
Hordes of disappointed faces can be seen streaming from Renfield Lane. They are the dozens who arrived at Stereo hoping that tickets would still be available... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Festivals
Celtic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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East India Youth @ King Tut's, 31 January
William Doyle, aka East India Youth, enters dressed in a foppish jacket, hair in his eyes, and straps on a bass guitar. From the minute his fingers touch the... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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The Wave Pictures / Eugene Tombs / The Yawns @ Mono, 30 January
For reasons unknown, The Yawns have a battle on their hands eliciting a response from Mono’s mostly seated denizens tonight, with even polite applause ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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East India Youth @ Korova, Liverpool, 1 February
When East India Youth’s William Doyle leans nonchalantly against a stack of speakers at Korova, the indifference with which he endures wave after wave ... Read more »| 05 Feb 2014 -
Previews
O2 Love Music Column – February 2014
Roving indie folk collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes pitch their prairie wagons in Glasgow this month (O2 ABC, 6 Feb) as part of a whistle-stop... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – February 2014
It might be a cliche, but there is actually genuinely something for everyone this month, as Pharoahe Monch and Warpaint beguile Liverpool, and Manchester hosts Dead Prez and of Montreal Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Festivals
Celtic Connections: Mogwai / RM Hubbert @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 28 January
As much a charismatic banter machine as he is an emotionally charged singer-songwriter, RM Hubbert has the vast hall completely captivated and respectfully s... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014