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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Previews
The Metal Column – August, 2009
OK, so this is just a metal column, but these are complicated times. Boundaries are blurred. Man or woman (Lady Gaga)? Straight or gay (Sufjan Stevens)? Blac... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights - August, 2009
Art rock weirdos Victorian English Gentlemen's Club impressed the pants off us with their punchy, unpredictable 2006 debut but they never really got the atte... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
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David Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
The tenuous homecoming feel of Dumbarton-born David Byrne’s recent Glasgow show can’t feasibly be extended to Edinburgh. This month the naturaliz... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
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'Thank You Frankley' @ Captain's Rest, 23 Aug
In a collision of Glaswegian indie-pop, supergroup Piano Bar Fight return from a near 18 month hiatus to collide with new cult duo Over The Wall and Glaswegi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - Day Four
Not many festivals are four days long. Not many festivals enjoy blistering heat. But then not many festivals are like Benicassim. There's always a danger of ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Mitchell Museum @ King Tut's, 1 Aug
Quite aside from the fact that their brilliant, infectious new single Tiger Heartbeat is due to be released on multi-coloured cassette, there is something wo... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009
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Previews
Múm @ Òran Mór, 15 Aug
Unless you’re a sneaky downloader, the title of Múm’s forthcoming album could prove entirely apt for their relocated Edge festival appeara... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - Day Three
The crowds of the Benicassim camp emerge from ragged tents post-Hurricane 'Beni' to meet a crystal clear sky. At the semi-collapsed showers, what looks lik... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - Day Two(ish)
Let´s recall day one shall we? Just a day before, Benicassim played host to some titanic offerings. Some were expected to fill stadiums, some weren&a... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - Day One
The day begins at 9am with a sudden surge of panic that you may incinerate in your tent if you don´t rip yourself out of it. Down at the beach, every s... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim 2009 - The Warm Up
Finally. Touch down. One thousand miles courtesy of the wallet-friendly Ryanair. As we hit the tarmac the speakers let out a fanfare which sounds more like a... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
The Edge Festival @ Various Venues (Edinburgh), 7-31 Aug
The organisers of Edinburgh's Edge festival have started well by securing several big-name revival acts: ex-Talking Head David Byrne, post-punkers Magazine, ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
T In The Park 2009
T In The Park 10th - 12th July 2009 Read more »| 14 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
The Bouncing Souls @ The Cathouse, 21 Jun
An unknown rapper supporting punk rock legends seems like a bad joke. Those fears materialise when several punk elitists begin chanting insults. P.O.S. defie... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
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AC/DC @ Hampden Park, 30 Jun
With a combined age of 285, it seems miraculous that AC/DC should make it back to Hampden Park in the year of Homecoming, the legendary quintet literally cr... Read more »| 10 Jul 2009