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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ReviewsMinus the Bear @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
The Bear is slow to emerge from hibernation this Tuesday night, but the high octane combo of My Time/Secret Country from the Seattle group's latest collectio... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
ReviewsDoves @ Òran Mór, 2 Sep
Back in April, off-hand comments from Jimi Goodwin suggested Doves’ then impending Greatest Hits tour would be their last. Though apparently misquoted,... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
Festivals
Music Like A Vitamin
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Detour's Wee Jaunt 2
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Previews
Live Music Highlights – September 2010
September's gig schedule is completely stacked, and NYC posse Cymbals Eat Guitars will set the bar high at Glasgow Stereo on 4 Sep. With a fantastic debut un... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
PhotosMogwai
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Previews
The Metal Column – September 2010
As a piss-poor summer gives way to the elemental gloom of the Autumn, you can take some solace in that, riff-wise, a particularly intense couple of months li... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsEels @ O2 Academy, 24 Aug
Mark ‘E’ Everett has the blues, it’s no secret, with the untimely deaths of his father and sister, and the loss of his mother to cancer, it... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Bad Religion @ O2 ABC, 25 Aug
Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin perfectly epitomise the differing tolls that time can take on your ageing rock star. Mr Brett has the rugged, gracefully-grey... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
To the uninitiated, We Were Promised Jetpack’s set tonight will likely come across as a bit ‘samey’. To those accustomed to last year&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Steve Mason @ The Liquid Room 18 Aug
A newly reopened Liquid Room tonight plays host to one of its favourite sons, and as reunions go, this would take some beating for emotional resonance. Scene... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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Beirut @ HMV Picture House, 22 Aug
“I fuckin’ love you Zach!” shouts one punter near the end of Beirut’s stunning performance tonight. “Ah luv yi too!” resp... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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The Besnard Lakes @ Sneaky Pete's, 17 Aug
It’s been three years since Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters. Ample time for a trio of young lads known as Heart Beats (****) to graduate from Th... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
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Hallogallo 2010 @ HMV Picture House, 17 Aug
Tonight I figure out what's so special about the Neu! beat: it's the one groove that bypasses the hips altogether. Go to any club night and you'll shake your... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Previews
Two Door Cinema Club @ Òran Mór, 17 Sep
The only band from Northern Ireland to make the longlist for BBC's Sound of 2010, Bangor outfit Two Door Cinema Club comprise Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird and ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010