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.
-
ReviewsQuasi @ Captain's Rest, 28 May
To say there are ‘only’ two bands on tonight would be a mistake. Quasi, troubadors of indie rock’s old young team, and Dead Meadow, masters of psychedelic ro... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
PreviewsSailor Jerry Presents !!!
For those who look to the raw aesthetics of punk for their pleasure, Glasgow’s art-house institution The Arches will play host to an evening which is tailore... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
ReviewsTeenage Fanclub @ O2 ABC, 2 June
With ex-members of The Royal We and Sexy Kids at work, you’d expect a level of song-writing a notch above the average new-start. Expectations are met: ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Knockengorroch: Go Wild in the Borders
You can buy Buckfast by the glass Read more »| 05 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound 2010: In A Nutshell
We could talk for hours and hours about Primavera, if you're not careful. Here's a brief summary of how things went down in Barcelona this May Read more »| 04 Jun 2010
-
Festivals
Primavera Sound 2010
Even when it gets little things wrong, Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival never really fails Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
Òran Mór @ West End Festival, 10-27 June
Standing under its own tall spire on the corner of Byres and Great Western Road, the converted church that is Òran Mór will be a highly visible... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Reviews
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ Stereo, 25 May
There's something distinctly ostentatious about Eighties Matchbox. Whether it’s the jauntily angled hats, decorative shirts or flamboyant hair, it's a ... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
Reviews
Slayer @ Barrowlands, 27 May
After multiple postponements, Slayer finally navigate their murder machine back to Scotland, with a mended Tom Araya out in front to set the record straight:... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights – June 2010
Blunts on standby, motherf**kers – Cypress Hill are in town! Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Previews
The Metal Column – June 2010
Satan Rules. Both literally and figuratively. He just does, like it or not. And if you’re reading this column, you’re most likely already well aw... Read more »| 28 May 2010 -
Reviews
Stag and Dagger 2010 @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 22 May
While not as dependent on the weather as its field-based brethren, wandering between city-festival venues is infinitely more pleasurable on a balmy, pre-summ... Read more »| 26 May 2010 -
FestivalsStag and Dagger
Read more »| 26 May 2010 -
ReviewsSoulfly @ Studio 24, Edinburgh, 19 May
After an intensely hot 45 minute wait, the crowd are already sweating as the intro to Blood Fire War Hate – from Soulfly's 2008 album, Conquer &nd... Read more »| 26 May 2010