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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PreviewsLive music in Manchester this week: 7-13 Sep
Eleanor Friedberger, Teenage Fanclub, Shield Patterns and Club Kuru all tour their latest stuff, while Now Wave and Strange Days join forces for an mini fest that packs a mighty punch through the likes of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Read more »| 07 Sep 2016 -
ReviewsM. Ward @ Gorilla, Manchester, 1 Sep
The indie folk stalwart finally returns to Manchester - and brings his boisterous side Read more »| 07 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsGet to Know: Peaness
Meet Chester's wonderfully named Peaness (think about it), who play a brand new festival this September Read more »| 06 Sep 2016 -
ReviewsSam Beam & Jesca Hoop @ RNCM, 31 Aug
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop take to the stage of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester as if burnished with gold. It might be a subtle effect achieve... Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
ArtCCA Highlights - Sep/Oct 2016
We’ve a couple of months of dissidence coming up at Glasgow’s CCA in September and October, with artists, musicians, indie labels and festival curators who are kicking back against the tentacles of capitalism and social inequality in our society Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
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Live music in Manchester this week: 1-8 Sep
This week local rockers Larkins celebrate a new single and psych/fuzz collective Freakout Honey headline at Night & Day Cafe, while hip hop titans Pete Rock and CL Smooth head to Mantra Live. Read more »| 01 Sep 2016
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Things To Do
Live music in Liverpool this week: 31 Aug-6 Sep
This week it's all about spoken word rock from Listener and the latest experimentation from Animal Collective, along with upcoming live dates to coincide with new albums from Hooton Tennis Club and Honeyblood Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Grandaddy @ Summerhall, 22 Aug
It’s with an air of quiet calm that Jason Lytle walks on stage. No build-up, no fanfare, barely even a sense of occasion. So sporadic have Grandaddy&rs... Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Electric Fields 2016: Saturday 27 August
Blue skies for the newly expanded Electric Fields' debut second day; The Skinny takes in C Duncan, TeenCanteen, Fat White Family & more Read more »| 31 Aug 2016 -
Festivals
Electric Fields 2016: Friday 26 August
The music festival may take place in one of the grandest country estates in Scotland, but Electric Fields has a surprisingly egalitarian feel Read more »| 31 Aug 2016 -
Festivals
Lowlands 2016: Festival Review
Situated about an hour’s drive east of Amsterdam, Lowlands Festival takes its name from its location near The Netherlands' low-lying coastline. Though ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
Reviews
Kevin Morby @ Summerhall, 24 Aug
Like the mountains, fire, willows and coyotes that pop up time and again on his latest record, Kevin Morby has the appearance of a timeless literary symbol. ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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The Garden @ Electric Circus, 24 Aug
Somewhere beneath the paper-white face paint, red lipstick and dress shirts are Californian twins Wyatt and Fletcher Shears. The Garden remain mysteriou... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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The Parrots @ The Magnet, 27 Aug
The Parrots' trademark rock posturing more than matches the red velvet-bedecked environs at underground dive bar The Magnet. Celebrating the launch of t... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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Julianna Barwick @ The Deaf Institute, 23 Aug
When The Deaf Institute has all its audience sitting down in chairs, you know you’re in for a dignified evening. That’s exactly what we can expec... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016