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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ReviewsThe Dillinger Escape Plan @ The Garage, 5 Aug
Despite being relative noobs in Glasgow’s burgeoning hardcore scene, Last Words make an impressive step towards getting their foot in the door tonight.... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
ReviewsWickerman 2011
Now in its tenth year, The Wickerman Festival is no longer a fledgling on the circuit. Back in the early days, it’s unlikely the organisers would have ... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Previews
Hot Ticket of the Month: Warpaint @ Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug
If rock shows embody the idea of paying to see other people be free (to paraphrase Kim Gordon), then there are few things more dispiriting than watching a ba... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights – August 2011
Get your motherfucking chakras aligned Edinburgh, because polysynth polymath Dan Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) is getting ready to remix your conscious... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Previews
The Metal Column – August 2011
In case you’ve been off dwelling with Norwegian cave metaller Mortiis, last month saw the timely demise of News of the World and it’ll be sadly m... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Reviews
Tom Tom Club @ O2ABC2, 20 July
The ABC’s smaller room represents an underwhelming venue for a visit from New York legends Tom Tom Club, but their irrepressible enthusiasm – all... Read more »| 26 Jul 2011
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Festivals
The Wickerman Festival 2011 - Saturday
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Festivals
The Wickerman Festival 2011 - Friday
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Festivals
Insider Festival, Aviemore, 17-19 Jun
And so to Inshriach House, a beguiling bastion of all that is charming Highland eccentricity, and The Insider Festival. A Festival of Pimms and Penny Farthin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsJudas Priest @ SECC, 19 July
Half an hour of Queensrÿche’s lumpen prog-metal is enough to dampen the spirits of the most lagered-up rocker, and the atmosphere in the SECC isn&... Read more »| 20 Jul 2011 -
Reviews
T in the Park 2011
We’ve seen the minds of a generation destroyed by tonic wine and overstimulation, hysterical and half-naked, dragging themselves through lagoons cravin... Read more »| 14 Jul 2011 -
ReviewsWSP vs Croc @ Audio Lounge, 9 July
A recording studio nestled in deepest, darkest Maryhill might not be the ideal setting for the gig of the year, but the party of the year? Well, that’s... Read more »| 12 Jul 2011 -
Reviews
Lydia Lunch @ Stereo, 7 July
Given the subtlety and playfulness of their music, Glasgow's Muscles of Joy are in some ways an incongruous opening act for Lydia Lunch; yet the art-rock sev... Read more »| 11 Jul 2011 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2011 - Sunday
Our intrepid photographers capture the latest action from Balado. Photography from Pete Dunlop and Sam Brill Read more »| 08 Jul 2011 -
Festivals
T in the Park 2011 - Saturday
Our intrepid photographers capture the latest action from Balado. Photography from Pete Dunlop and Sam Brill Read more »| 08 Jul 2011