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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ReviewsCourtney Barnett @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 2 Dec
She’s not just Aussie, Courtney Barnett, she’s the definition of it. Cleaving to her country’s most worthy musical exports, she takes the O... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
ReviewsLe Guess Who? – Utrecht's church of noise
We venture to the Netherlands for a weekend of off-kilter musical shenanigans at Utrecht's Le Guess Who? festival, and fall head first in love with a city full of secrets. Read more »| 04 Dec 2015 -
ReviewsGhostpoet @ The Art School, 25 November
The first thing you’ll notice about Ghostpoet’s performance (among a plethora of unique attributes) is that his right hand is always mid-air, miming cross stitch or occasionally picking fruit from a pear tree. Read more »| 02 Dec 2015 -
Previews
Northwest Gig Highlights – December 2015
Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum – get set for the Christmas shut-in with gigs from Courtney Barnett and jennylee, take a cinematic tour of witchcraft with Josephine Oniyama, and head to Fat Out's Christmas Party for a bonanza of local talent Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Previews
Scottish Gig Highlights – December 2015
Whether it's a Blanck Mass or a Neon Waltz you're after this Yuletide, our picks for the month ahead have all your festive whims covered Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Reviews
The Prodigy / Public Enemy @ SSE Hydro, 23 Nov
“This ain't Barrowlands but we sure as shit are about to wreck this motherfucker.” Read more »| 28 Nov 2015
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ReviewsBdy_Prts @ Bloc+, 24 November
Remnants of dry ice circulate behind The Skinny's eyeballs as we blink through the ethereal, ruby light of Bloc+. Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Le Guess Who? – Day Four: Six of the Best
Battered and bruised after three days of prime festival, we somehow manage to rouse our flagging bodies from their attempts to slumber. Luckily our spirits a... Read more »| 24 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Kurt Vile & the Violators @ O2ABC Glasgow, 16 Nov
With six studio albums now to his name, we’re well versed in hirsute rocker Kurt Vile’s grunge-tinted Americana introspections. With latest recor... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
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The Mountain Goats @ Gorilla, Manchester, 15 Nov
John Darnielle returns to Manchester in fine form to support wrestling-inspired LP Beat the Champ Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
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Wavves @ Sound Control, Manchester, 16 Nov
Nathan Williams and co bring their poppiest LP yet, V, to Manchester Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Le Guess Who? – Day Three: Six of the Best
Despite being over the half-way point, the best of Le Guess Who? is yet to come. With a evening of heavy hitters ahead of us, including sublime sets from Destroyer and Kamasi Washington, we fuel up with some strong coffee and settle in for the long haul. Read more »| 22 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Le Guess Who? – Day Two: Six of the Best
Difficult to believe from the array of delights on offer, but day one of Le Guess Who? presented a relatively gentle introduction to an incredible line-up. Read more »| 21 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Le Guess Who? – Day One: Six of the Best
Le Guess Who? is an alternative music festival in Utrecht, a city on the rise in terms of both tourism and cultural cachet. With this year's festival featuri... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Trans Musicales 2015 preview
The Trans Musicales festival, which has been running in the ornate city of Rennes since 1979, is an incomparably idiosyncratic and challenging festival. It&r... Read more »| 17 Nov 2015