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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PreviewsThe Big Pink @ The Garage, 9 May
Multi-instrumental London duo The Big Pink are still surfing the wave of success since every trendy kid and sports show montage from here to Hackney ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
ReviewsWooden Shjips @ Stereo, 17 April
Another sold-out Saturday night at Stereo, and a nice way to launch a short European tour, notwithstanding volcanic ash and aviation after-effects. This San ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
Previews
Grails @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 14 May
From their early self-financed EPs to the release of The Burden of Hope onwards, the lush instrumental rock of Grails has been revered by fans of Dir... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
PreviewsFoals @ O2 ABC, 2 May
Remember nu-rave? Four posh white boys with keyboards come to save us all from other white boys with guitars? Yeah, it’s a bit hazy for me too,... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
Reviews
Meursault @ Cabaret Voltaire, 10 April
Conquering Animal Sound spend half of their time on-stage crouched, and if you're at the front you can see why: pedals and knobs, wires and cables, gizmos an... Read more »| 13 Apr 2010 -
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Eyehategod @ Ivory Blacks, 5 Apr
Prior to kicking off their downtuned set of dejected anthems, band members wholeheartedly encourage the crowd to both “smoke drugs now” and &ldqu... Read more »| 09 Apr 2010
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ReviewsHinterland @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 3 April
Squeezed from two days into one and scaled back from fifteen venues spread city-wide to a half-dozen proximate haunts, Hinterland have reformatted 2009&rsquo... Read more »| 06 Apr 2010 -
Reviews
The Twilight Sad @ ABC, 2 April
Take A Worm For A Walk Week have the reputation of perverted lions – unsettling, dangerous - but tonight they’re eccentric puppy-dogs. They&rsquo... Read more »| 06 Apr 2010 -
Previews
Book Now: Primavera Sound
Face it: the weather can make or break a festival. You and your friends can spend almost £200 each on a ticket, plus more on camping gear, petrol and b... Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
Festivals
The Secret Garden 2010
Double Whammy headlines electronic summer at idyllic Croatian setting. Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
Previews
Dundee Blues Bonanza @ Various Venues, 23-25 July
Strong echoes emanating out of Chicago and the Mississippi Delta will reverberate through Dundee's city centre come July as the city readies itself once agai... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column - April 2010
In April of 1999, a handful of bands gathered for a showcase gig that grew from an online music zine. Known simply as Roadburn, this annual event takes place... Read more »| 28 Mar 2010 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights - April 2010
Poet, provocateur and bona fide cultural icon Gil Scott-Heron plays Edinburgh's HMV Picture House on 21 April and The Warehouse in Aberdeen the following night. Don't sleep. Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
Reviews
WHY? @ Stereo, 18 March
“We’re from here,” chuckles Yoni Wolf as he climbs up on the pulpit of Stereo’s dank basement. The WHY? frontman belies his shy, nerd... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010 -
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Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Glasgow School of Art, 19 March
With his left hand flowing over the fretboard while the right rattles his acoustic's wooden body and glances over strings, RM Hubbert is one hell of a guitar... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010