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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FestivalsHinterland Music Festival @ Various Glasgow Venues, 30 Apr-1 May
Everyone knows Glasgow is a musical hubbub, an inked-in city for any band that wants a career. But there’s always that pesky business of buying individ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2009 -
FestivalsCeltic Connections 2009
Drever, McCusker and Woomble and The Burns Unit (King Creosote, Karine Polwart, Emma Pollock, Future Pilot AKA) at ABC, Fri 16 Jan Attic Lights / BMX Bandit... Read more »| 19 Jan 2009 -
PreviewsBuy Tickets Now: Deerhunter @ Stereo, Glasgow, *20 May
Bradford Cox, Deerhunter’s undisputed creative epicentre, had a mixed 2008. The unscrupulous leaking of Microcastle, its bonus disc Weird Era Cont., an... Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
ReviewsThe Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ ABC2, 30 Dec
The band are sharp, confident and McKnight is inescapably enigmatic Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
Previews
Sky Larkin @ King Tut's, 26 Jan
If you are of the belief that rock and twee can never coincide harmoniously, then Sky Larkin will give you a kick up the arse and a pat on the head. They con... Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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The Twilight Sad @ King Tut's, 23 Dec
An ethereal performance that simulutneously crushes and lulls a capacity crowd Read more »| 05 Jan 2009
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Reviews
Idlewild @ King Tut's, 18 Dec
All the best aspects of Idlewild are distilled into one potent spirit and the audience drink deep Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
PreviewsMetal Up Your Ass - January, 2009
New Year's resolution to self: move to a country where some decent bands tour in January. What the hell is the problem with Scotland? Is it the weather? Sure... Read more »| 01 Jan 2009 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights - January, 2009
Making a play for must-see event of the month, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan will play a 'stripped-down' set at Glasgow's Oran Mor on 15 Jan Read more »| 01 Jan 2009 -
Reviews
Clutch @ Classic Grand, 5 Dec
Decked out in a poncho, with that trademark trucker cap pulled over his brow, Neil Fallon surveys the bedlam of a Friday night in Glasgow from the corner of ... Read more »| 30 Dec 2008 -
Festivals
Snowside Festival 2009, Nassfeld, Austria
If your New Year's resolutions include the vow to enjoy yourself a little more, then let us make a suggestion. Like winter sports? Great! Nassfeld, Austria, ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2008 -
Previews
Celtic Connections 2009 @ Various Venues Across Glasgow, 15 Jan - 1 Feb
There have been more Scottish music festivals in the last couple of years than ever before, all clamouring for the tag of most eclectic and wide-reaching. Qu... Read more »| 22 Dec 2008 -
Reviews
Kid Canaveral / Come On Gang! @ Voodoo Rooms, 13 Dec
Tonight's special Saturday night Limbo celebrates the launch of a joint 7" single by Come On Gang! and Kid Canaveral, but perhaps it was a mistake to book a ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Previews
Little Joy at Stereo Preview
Last year’s The Next Time Around brought the number of solo-Strokes releases to three, and like Albert Hammond Jr’s two pop treats, Little Joy of... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
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Joan As Policewoman @ The Liquid Room, 13 Dec
It's a bizarre sight to observe Joan Wasser work herself into a frenzy before appearing on stage, with a high pitched scream and a punch of the stage door be... Read more »| 18 Dec 2008