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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The Hazey Janes @ The Swamp Bar
Rampantly enthusiastic Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Previews
The Glasgow School
Perfect for kickstarting the summer, if it happens this year. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
ReviewsLiars @ Nice n' Sleazys, 24 Feb
A terrifying hybrid of the debauched anarchy of The Birthday Party and the industrial stealth of Kraut-rock. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Liquid Rooms
Signature riffs from Metallica, the White Stripes and Jazz classic Take 5 are imbued with such a sense of fun Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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BMX Bandits @ Teviot Union
Time flies when your spilling your heart out to people you don't know very well. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Adriana / Speaker's Corner / Angel Conversations @ Bannermans
A well-rounded evening with an unfortunate lull in the Angel's set Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Uncle John and Whitelock @ The Bongo Club
A discordant mass of punk-fuelled aggression Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Dick Dangerous & The Love Bastards / Crazy Vincent / Egg in a Tree @ Bannermans
A trio of diverse bands staunchly testify that there is great promise brewing in the central belt Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Festivals
Triptych 06 Overview
The festival does much to restore faith in music as an enjoyable art form and not an over-marketed commodity. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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St Jude's Infirmary - Cabaret Voltaire @ Edinburgh
It's not often you leave a gig pondering the ancestral connection between Robbie and John Coltrane. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Sick Of It All and The Unseen - King Tut's @ Glasgow
live, they haven't tarnished in the slightest after two decades Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Haftor Medboe Group - The Lot @ Edinburgh
A perfect balance between sound exploration and rocking out. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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FAST feat. Park Attack / Ride This Train @ The Bongo Club
where else can you dance to Mudhoney? Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Union of Knives plus support, Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh Feb 15
slightly more style than substance Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Amplifico - Cabaret Voltaire @ Edinburgh
Even the more skeptical back rows seemed to be drawn in by Donna Maciocia's vocals and those that got too close were pushed back on the floor with the punch of a dirty bass line Read more »| 17 Mar 2006