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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Tapes 'n Tapes @ The Liquid Room
Tapes 'n Tapes' contained virtuosity is a sight (and sound) to behold Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Rancid @ Studio 24 Edinburgh
It was Rancid: if you like them it was awesome. If you dont, well... you suck Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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New Found Sound @ Cabaret Voltaire
An evening equally as thick with distortion as it is with some isolated despair Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Isa and the Filthy Tongues @ Cabaret Voltaire
These veterans possess the fervent hunger of whippersnappers Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Chicks on Speed / The Wraiths @ The Caves
paint and strobe were splashed everywhere, and nudity erupted on a wide scale
""they are the channelled spirits of two fourteenth century monks"" Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Calexico & Beirut @ ABC
Calexico may be tonight's headliners, but in the months to come it'll be the sound of Beirut that fiddles its way into your heart. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Cansei de Ser Sexy @ ABC1
It's easy to be a bit suspicious of the one with the moustache Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Divine Comedy @ ABC
note-perfect songs from the back catalogue right up to the new single Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Switches @ Barfly
Energetic if nothing else. Crisp-wise they are Doritos; bland yet strangely popular. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Mary Gauthier @ Cabaret Voltaire
A stunning slice of country noir. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Lucinda Williams @ Barrowlands
tasteful arrangements prevent the gig from exploding. This is more a celebration of her success than evangelism. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Kathryn Williams @ The Arches
Gentle passion has never sounded so vital Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Jet @ Barrowlands
Live, there is no doubt that Jet are one of the finest rock bands on the planet Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Ordinary Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps (B-Unique)
a tragically limp record determined to ride the crest of an opportunist wave Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Datsuns @ Cabaret Voltaire
Rock n roll was never meant to be this boring. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006