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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PreviewsOkkervil River @ Òran Mór, 9 Sep
Will Sheff takes his inimitable stage show to Glasgow Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
PhotosPearl Jam in Concert - Manchester, 17 August, 2009
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Reviews
Fest Review: Unicorn Kid / Young Fathers
Glasgow scenesters, prepare to flinch. The next sentence is going to cause you pain. Edinburgh has stolen your crown as Scotland's most exciting city for mus... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
ReviewsDavid Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
At first, the dance routines aren’t quirky, merely irritating, superfluous, technically average and maybe just a tad pretentious. Suddenly, perhaps dur... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Reviews
Mumford & Sons @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Aug
Playing the second of two nights, Mumford and Sons are bristling with stubbly energy tonight. Awake My Soul opens as a real spinetingler; awash with pitch-pe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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The ID Parade @ The Admiral, 31 July
When a band choose ukulele-strumming, chalk-faced Beckettian ghouls as their main support act, you know they’re aiming for something a little out of th... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009
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Reviews
Nile Rodgers & Chic @ The Picture House, 25 July
'See the guy in the hat? That's Pop Music.' And so it proved to be, as Chic, and Nile Rodgers in particular, take to the stage at the Picture House for one ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
Jamie Scott heads Stateside to Chicago, the home of the internet generation's most notorious music critic for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Previews
Going Local
With such top-notch acts as David Byrne and Jeffrey Lewis, this year’s Edge Festival in Edinburgh is not to be sniffed at. However, if you look beyond such high-profile events you’ll also find a whole host of unmissable local talent this August, finds Milo McLaughlin and Dave Kerr Read more »| 31 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Wickerman 2009
Strangely, but thankfully, the Wickerman Festival near Dumfries is a Friday-Saturday weekender, not a Saturday-Sunday affair. That's fortunate because when T... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
Previews
The Metal Column – August, 2009
OK, so this is just a metal column, but these are complicated times. Boundaries are blurred. Man or woman (Lady Gaga)? Straight or gay (Sufjan Stevens)? Blac... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights - August, 2009
Art rock weirdos Victorian English Gentlemen's Club impressed the pants off us with their punchy, unpredictable 2006 debut but they never really got the atte... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Previews
David Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
The tenuous homecoming feel of Dumbarton-born David Byrne’s recent Glasgow show can’t feasibly be extended to Edinburgh. This month the naturaliz... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Previews
'Thank You Frankley' @ Captain's Rest, 23 Aug
In a collision of Glaswegian indie-pop, supergroup Piano Bar Fight return from a near 18 month hiatus to collide with new cult duo Over The Wall and Glaswegi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - Day Four
Not many festivals are four days long. Not many festivals enjoy blistering heat. But then not many festivals are like Benicassim. There's always a danger of ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009