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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ReviewsHot Chip @ HMV Picture House, 13 Feb
Hot Chip attract an unusual Saturday night audience blend: part muso, part fashionista, part clubber. So credit to support band Casiokids for appealing to al... Read more »| 16 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsCharles Hayward @ CCA, 25 Mar
As one-third of influential vangardists This Heat, drummer/composer/singer Hayward reconsidered the experimentalism of krautrock by way of punk’s unequ... Read more »| 16 Feb 2010 -
PhotosHot Chip
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Reviews
The Prodigy @ Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 30 Jan
Guaranteed to knock it out of the park every time, Prodigy gigs have unquestionably become a bankable night out since they first tumbled onto the fledgling a... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
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St Deluxe @ Stereo, 6 Feb
It's always a shame when an audience is tardy, leaving a band like Licker (***) to play to the walls. However, the band themselves don't seem too fazed and m... Read more »| 09 Feb 2010 -
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Lou Barlow @ Stereo, 1 Feb
Despite a somewhat underwhelming visit with Sebadoh in 2008, Lou Barlow returns to Glasgow tonight in considerably more triumphant fashion with a sol... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010
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Chemikal Underground @ ABC, 31 Jan
There is a warmth to be found in the busy ABC tonight which is not simply the cumulative effect of bodyheat. Chemikal Underground are 15 years old and are th... Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
Festivals
Friends of Manchester Festival 2010
Friends Of Manchester returns for 2010 to boast a line up of 80 acts over 7 stages of hibernation-ending guitars, drums and whispers of ‘next big thing’ Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
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Nikaido Kazumi and Shugo Tokumaru with The National Jazz Trio of Scotland @ Classic Grand, 28 Jan
Presided over by the Hitchcockian Bill Wells, Celtic Connections tonight invites its first Japanese contributors to collaborate with The National Jazz Trio o... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
Previews
Homegame @ Various Venues, Anstruther, 12-14 Mar
This spring marks the Fence Collective's 7th annual Homegame, taking place over three days in March (Fri 12th - Sun 14th) across various small halls in the C... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column - February 2010
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, four jam-packed weeks of killer gigs ensures that all the bases are covered (with blood, or course). ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
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Live Music Highlights - February, 2010
Detroit Social Club may hail from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but they don't let that stop them from channeling the muscular spirit of US rock into their impressive... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
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Glassjaw @ QMU, 26 Jan
In the right venue, Pulled Apart By Horses (***) are bottled lightning, a visceral explosion of riffs and tactile interaction. Tonight that intensity feels d... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Previews
Xiu Xiu @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 21 Feb
Experimental art rock gaggle Xiu Xiu will be packing an emotive punch on this forthcoming tour for Dear God, I Hate Myself, if lush album teaser Gray Death i... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
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Vivian Girls @ Captain's Rest, 20 Jan
Vivian Girls are on surprisingly prim form. Sure, there's plenty of scuzz, toms and harmonic reverb-filled vocals, especially during Second Date and an acape... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010