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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ReviewsDananananakroyd and Errors @ White Heat, 16 Aug
A strange, but brilliant, combination Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
ReviewsiLiKETRAiNS @ The Arches, 11 Aug
With a name like iLiKETRAiNS, playing a disused tunnel in which you can hear the faint rumblings of passing carriages must be a wet dream. But unleashing slo... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Festivals
The Hairth
one the most relaxed, friendliest, and playful festivals around Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Beautiful Girls @ Cabaret Voltaire
The chilled out tunes they produce are lovely to listen to, washing over you like afternoon sunlight Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen (SkinnyFest3)
If ever there was a time for Austrailian polka loving comedy bands, then surely this is it. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Eric Bogle (SkinnyFest3)
this is easy listening folk, smoothed and tamed, dealing in generalisation and rarely evoking poignancy Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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T on the Fringe: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Corn Exchange
If you didn't know one Michael Franti tune or had never even heard of him it wouldn't have mattered, this was a perfect gig Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Spaghetti Western Orchestra (SkinnyFest3)
a tight show coupled with comic theatre and the ability to leave any audience in fits Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Little Man Tate @ Cabaret Voltaire
more slapdash Molotov cocktail than destructive cruise missile acumen Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Havana Rumba! (SkinnyFest3)
fans of percussive rumba will enjoy the rhythms and the theatricality is stunning
Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: The Bees @ The Liquid Room
The trademark eclecticism that defines the Bees sound won't be abating any time soon, yet tonight, something still lacked Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Scritti Politti @ The Liquid Room
a vocal routine which invariably sounds like Cat Stevens and Brian Wilson auditioning for the school choir Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: The Beautiful South @ Corn Exchange
Paul Heaton may be the writer of many a great tune, but he lacks the vigour or charisma to lead a large, live ensemble cast Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Kasabian @ Corn Exchange
This is a workmanlike, unremarkable gig when it should have been an occasion Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Breaks Co-Op @ Cabaret Voltaire
At times, a great band bursts out from the warm soft rock: overall, they play safe and do not build on the fiery interludes. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006