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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ReviewsSchool of Seven Bells / Chvrches @ Stereo, 22 July
One song, one official gig – it’s been an economical route to the top of the hype pile for Churches. Lies proves to be just the tip of an alread... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Fence Records Presents... The Away Game 2012, Isle of Eigg, 20-22 July
If you live in a flat, you can have a flat party. If you live in a caravan on an island: well, you have two options. If the island is Eigg: step outside, you... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsBis / We Are the Physics @ Mono, 19 July
When not recording solo or infrequently gigging with Bis, Manda Rin likes to paint. Tonight’s show launches her Cover Versions and Other Hits exhibitio... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsWu Legends @ O2ABC, 12 July
If there’s one glaring factor that might stand to soil the Wu-Tang Clan’s legacy, it’s a no-show. Here tonight under the ‘Wu Legends&... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsTune-Yards / Muscles of Joy @ Òran Mór, 11 July
Muscles of Joy’s art-folk melange isn’t one for dipping into half-heartedly: for best results, immersion is recommended. This puts them at a disa... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Baroness @ Stereo, 10 July
Tonight's been a long time coming; when Baroness last rolled through Glasgow some two and a half years ago, Sleazy's patrons stood witness to their progressi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012
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Reviews
Meursault @ The Queen's Hall, 7 July
The ornate Queen’s Hall is more usually host to choirs and string ensembles. Tonight, Sparrow and the Workshop's Jill O'Sullivan and Strike the Colours... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: Kelburn Garden Party 2012
All the action from Kelburn Garden Party 2012 Photography by Zul Bhatia, Zul Bhatia Photography Read more »| 12 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: T in the Park 2012
In Pictures: T in the Park 2012 Rolling reportage of the action coming live from our photographers at T in the Park. Photography by Eoin Carey... Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2012: The Magnificent Seven
For those making the pilgrimage to T in the Park this month, our Music team humbly presents seven bands you'd be a dipshit to miss Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Festivals
Flow Festival, Helsinki
The former Suvilahti power plant will soon be buzzing again. From 8-12 August the ninth Flow Festival will take place on the historic site close to the cente... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – July 2012
From Wu-Tang's 'Legends' tour to the live return of The Unwinding Hours, we shave the cream off July's gig calendar Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Reviews
Nas @ HMV Picture House, 26 June
“Where all my Bravehearts at?” Nas tasks this sleepy school night crowd from the get-go, arriving with a full band (simply known as ‘Z&rsqu... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
Reviews
Adam Stafford / Rick Redbeard @ The Captain's Rest, 22 June
The small basement stage at The Captain’s Rest makes a perfect setting for solo performers; tonight we have three of them. Each has no problem in cap... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
Previews
The Metal Column – July 2012
The highlights of July's upcoming metal gigs revealed! Featuring Unsane, Baroness, Sufferinfuck and many, many more Read more »| 29 Jun 2012