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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ReviewsGrimes @ The Arches, 29 August
Opening a three-act bill before 8pm is always a challenge, but Grimes’ fellow Montrealers Majical Cloudz captivate from the outset. The duo&r... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column – September 2012
Creeps, it looks like Summer might just be over. Perhaps it's time to step out of the shadows and rear your ugly mugs under the comfortable camouflage of tho... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights – September 2012
From righteous blues rock sisters to the most vital man in modern hip-hop, we've got your September gig calendar all sussed out Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
PreviewsO2 Love Music Column – September 2012
Celebrating the best in what might overall be termed Americana, the No Mean City festival rolls into Glasgow again this month. On one end of the spectrum, ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Reviews
Holy Other, Stereo, 23 Aug
Criminally under-attended, tonight starts out promisingly nonetheless with a streamlined, infectious and kinetic DJ set from Fort Romeau, dropping a blend of... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Rustie / Ben Butler & Mousepad @ The Glad Cafe, 18 August
Glasgow’s southside has been crying out for a dedicated independent venue for years, and in the Glad Cafe it has one at last. Tonight is the second of ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012
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Photos
#UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August
In Pictures: FOUND presents... #UNRAVEL Live @ The Queen’s Hall, 15 August FOUND, joined by computational linguist Simon Kirby and Aidan Moffat, prese... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Toots and the Maytals @ O2 ABC, 10 August
Toots Hibbert has an infectious smile, and plenty of reasons to wear it tonight: his home nation celebrates 50 years of independence this month; a weighty h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
Reviews
Morrissey @ The Usher Hall, 30 July
With no current record deal and self-imposed retirement looming (2014, he says), Morrissey has everything and nothing to prove tonight. Recent reports sugg... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – August 2012
Summertime, and another Pixies gig at Meadowbank probably wouldn’t go amiss, but without huge umbrellas like ‘T on the Fringe’ or ‘T... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Previews
The Metal Column – August 2012
Right, simmer down now; we know August isn't looking as fruitful as last month, so as usual you'll be needing us to point you in the direction of all the ... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2012: Saturday
Given the sodden, grey-skied summer that Scotland has endured this year, it seems almost a miracle that the second day of Wickerman begins exactly as the f... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2012: Friday
In a year when other music festivals have fallen by the wayside, killed off by a mixture of public apathy, a diminishing roster of artists deemed to be hea... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Saturday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Saturday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Friday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Friday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012