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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ReviewsA Hazy Shade of Hinter
Three Hinterland related MySpace bulletins from a PR worker came into my inbox this afternoon, the first proclaiming "Half Price Hinterland Tickets", followe... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Reviews
The Specials @ O2 Academy, 28 April
Too much time has been spent discussing what the Specials aren’t in their 2009 incarnation, and too little on what they are. Sure, they aren’t qu... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Previews
Manic Street Preachers at Barrowlands
Fourteen years since the end of Richey-era Manics, only the most blinkered, boa-clad 4realist would persist in crying Judas over the band’s continuatio... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
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Camera Obscura @ Barrowlands, 26 April
Whereas past po-faced performances have given Camera Obscura’s Traceyanne a slight dour air, the thrill of headlining their hometown’s most illus... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
FestivalsCold War Kids @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Formed in California in 2004, Cold War Kids released their debut album Robbers and Cowards in 2006. Heavily inspired by Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, Nat... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
Previews
Metal Up Your Ass - May, 2009
As the first hints of summer drive many of society's margin-walkers further underground, fortunately the world of loud music attempts to offer some consolation. Read more »| 30 Apr 2009
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ReviewsPJ Harvey & John Parish @ Queen's Hall, 26 Apr
Tom Brosseau (**) is no frills, defined. White tucked-in-shirt, straight jeans, side-parted silver hair, guitar, man. Brosseau keeps it so minimal, he barely... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Inaugural Hinterland Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
As previously announced, Glasgow is to be hit by a musical maelstrom of the cream of today’s indie/rock/electro finest. Hinterland Festival takes place... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
Previews
Vivian Girls @ Stereo, 21 May
Vivian Girls are a trio who have set out to prove to their more pretentious Brooklyn counterparts that every song doesn’t have to be a wild, synth-lade... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
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Live Music Highlights - May, 2009
The very best of the current Scottish crop - and beyond - perform as part of the Stag and Dagger festival on 23 May. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
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This Is Music - Third Birthday-Fest
This Is Music, a stalwart of the Edinburgh live music scene, celebrates its third birthday with two gigs in one night, with familiar faces and brand new friends both on the bill. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Meursault @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Albert Camus' Meursault is a man persecuted, and eventually executed, for his distinct inability to react with the same expanse of emotions as the rest of us... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
PreviewsPivot @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 12 May
Pivot are another of dance label Warp's recent forays into the world of guitar noise, and it seems that this is a successful one. The Australian trio release... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
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Chairlift @ Stereo, 17 May
Fresh-faced members of the New York scene that spawned the likes of MGMT and Apache Beat, Brooklyn’s Chairlift are not to be written off as part of the... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound: Sun, sea and shoegaze
So the recession may be biting, but one festival is worth consolidating your debts for. Nick Mitchell looks forward to Primavera Sound. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009