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.
-
Live Music
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation @ Soup Kitchen, 1 Mar
Currently touring their second album Mirage, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation are gaining a following on the back of their hypnotic psychedelia, now r... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Drive-By Truckers @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 1 Mar
Eleven albums in and touring what many believe to be their best record (2016’s American Band), Drive-By Truckers remain an absolute force to be reckone... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Desperate Journalist @ Gullivers, Manchester, 25 Feb
"No talking between songs," whispers Jo Bevan. "I demand silence." She allows herself a wry smile while catching her breath. For once, Manchester (so often c... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
The Handsome Family @ RNCM, Manchester, 22 Feb
The Albuquerque alt-country couple run through their extensive back catalogue in ramshackle fashion at the RNCM Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
Sleigh Bells @ Gorilla, Manchester, 21 Feb
The Brooklyn noiseniks bring their game-changing Jessica Rabbit LP to Manchester Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Things To Do
Live music in Liverpool this week: 1-7 Mar
UK hip-hop veterans, up-and-coming electronic heroes and the night of 1000 gigs (pretty much): Liverpool's hectic gig calendar shows no signs of letting up Read more »| 01 Mar 2017
-
Previews
Live music in Manchester this week: 1-7 Mar
Long Island's De La Soul and San Francisco's The Seshen make the trip across the pond, while representing the UK are Parlophone's Vant, shoegazey lot Novella and Stornaway – who head out on their farewell tour. Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
S U R V I V E @ The Art School, 20 Feb
If live music is to be an experience, then S U R V I V E pull off exactly that at Glasgow’s Art School. Without a microphone in sight, it quickly ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Previews
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 28 Feb – 6 Mar
This week, catch shows from Paws, Dutch Uncles, Tall Ships, and the first Glaswegian Record Fair Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Start to End: Daft Punk's Discovery @ The Hug & Pint, 15 Feb
Daft Punk's Discovery done live from start to finish? If it sounds like an ambitious undertaking, it is, especially if The Hug & Pint's tiny stage set-up... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Lost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Things To Do
Live music in Liverpool this week: 22-28 Feb
Another hectic week of shows sees grime's rising star Lady Leshurr and Manchester DIY heroes Hot Shorts come to Liverpool... plus a fuckload of jazz Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Menace Beach @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 14 Feb
It's not often that a band will acknowledge that they've been upstaged by their support act, but Menace Beach are a humble bunch. Midway through their set th... Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Reviews
Pet Shop Boys @ Manchester Arena, 19 Feb
Not being superstitious, last year the Pet Shop Boys named their 13th studio album Super. After more than three decades making electro-pop hits, its title de... Read more »| 22 Feb 2017 -
Previews
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 21-27 Feb
Live Music in Edinburgh 47 Soul @ Studio 24, Fri 24 Feb 47SOUL is an electro Arabic dabke band who formed in Amman, Jordan in 2013. They’ve created t... Read more »| 21 Feb 2017