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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ReviewsLily Allen @ O2 Academy, 14 Mar
With her chart success currently spanning the Atlantic, it’s no surprise that the opening night of Lily Allen’s tour is a pretty hot ticket. The ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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Thews @ 13th Note, 13 Mar
A promising Glasgow debut from Dundee supergroup Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
PhotosMetallica @ SECC, 26 March 2009
The thrash legends brought an epic production to Glasgow last night, their first indoor show on Scottish soil since laying waste to the Barrowlands in '96. S... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
Previews
Live Music Highlights - April, 2009
The Hinterland festival 2009 takes place across multiple venues and features the cream of the crop in real indie rock Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
PreviewsThe Broken Family Band @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 Apr
Fresh from headlining a JD Set in Glasgow, Cambridge quartet The Broken Family Band bring their biting indie gloom to the capital. Don’t expect many la... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Joe Gideon & The Shark @ Cabaret Voltaire
The rumbling applause says it all: Joe Gideon & The Shark has earned its stripes Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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ReviewsTunng with Tinariwen @ The Picture House, 21 Mar
As the centre piece of the World Music Programme at the Picture House, Tunng and Malian former soldiers Tinariwen ignore cultural boundaries to create a melting pot of global sounds. Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Bridge and Tunnel @ Arc Studios, 25 Apr
Glasgow DIY gig collective presents an evening of raucous Stateside rock Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 21 Apr
To welcome the release of his upcoming album, entitled Vs. Children, Owen Ashworth, aka Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, will be taking his synths, sadness... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Instal 2009, a Year on the Quiet
Moments of exquisite and minute beauty and explosive hullabaloos. Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Festivals
FOUND's SXSW Tour Diary: The Epilogue
Saturday - it's our official showcase today - our last gig in the Lone Star State. I'm quite glad actually. It's been great fun here at 'Sooth by... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Earth @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 19 Apr
Despite its unpleasantly abject title, last year’s The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull demonstrated a subtlety rarely associated with long-h... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Enemy @ Barrowlands, 15 Mar
Having realised that banal, modern-day punk albums are ten-a-penny these days, The Enemy have decided to branch out… kind of. They open tonight with a... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Stinking Lizaveta @ The GRV, 16 Mar
Banging heads and twisting neurons. Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Grandmaster Flash @ Classic Grand, 12 Apr
It's an Easter Sunday with a twist, as the Grandmaster himself dusts off the wheels of steel and takes his legendary hip-hop legacy to Glasgow. This show is ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009