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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PreviewsMitchell 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 -
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
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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 -
FestivalsT In The Park 2009
T In The Park 10th - 12th July 2009 Read more »| 14 Jul 2009 -
ReviewsThe 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 -
ReviewsAC/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 -
Festivals
T Break 2009
Another year, another T in the Park, another T Break. Of all the events on the Scottish circuit, none is likely to provoke as much bickering, eyebrow raising... Read more »| 09 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
Lord Cut-Glass @ King Tut's, 27 Jun
Temporarily shorn of The Phantom Band's tendency to marry Krautrock with avant-folk, frontman Rick Redbeard (***) is stripped down to his essence tonight, ev... Read more »| 09 Jul 2009 -
Reviews
Oasis @ Murrayfield Stadium, 17 Jun
With an intimidating police presence, local schools locked down in anticipation of an invasion and a number of convulsing bodies already strewn across the li... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Photos
The Skinny Dip presents: The Twilight Sad, Adam Stafford & The Foundling Wheel
The Foundling Wheel, Adam Stafford and The Twilight Sad lay waste to Edinburgh's Bongo Club of a Thursday evening. Where were you? Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
Supersonic Festival 2009
As the organisers of the excellent Supersonic festival, Capsule, are quick to point out, the independent UK music scene has suffered in the last ten years, d... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009