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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ReviewsRed Light Company @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, March 10
Disappointing effort from hotly-tipped London rock upstarts Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Previews
Vessels @ Sneaky Pete's, 7 Apr
Music journalists have been sounding the death-knell for post-rock for years now, assuming that the recent patchy output of Stuart Braithwaite's likely lads ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsDoves @ ABC, 15 Mar
Doves are out of practice. Tonight they return after four years' absence to play their high-quality songs to a supportive audience, but fail to draw out the ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
FestivalsFOUND's SXSW Tour Diary: Day Three, Part Two
After the gig at the British Music Embassy we were dragged off by Muslim (producer for Vic Galloway and Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1). He wanted to do a little ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2009 -
Festivals
FOUND's SXSW Diary: Day Three, Parte the First
Yesterday is a bit of a blur. It was definitely the craziest day yet. It began well, with a fantastic Mexican breakfast in a local diner – we all had ... Read more »| 21 Mar 2009 -
Festivals
FOUND's SXSW Tour Diary: Day Two
The heat’s really intense here so we decided we weren’t going to do too much trekking around with our gear. We rode the bus into town and went st... Read more »| 20 Mar 2009
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Festivals
Foxface @ Hinterland Festival, Glasgow, 1 May
One welcome trend in Scottish music of late has been the demise of the affected transatlantic warble in favour of genuinely native brogues. Some bands &ndash... Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
Festivals
FOUND's SXSW Tour Diary: Day One
We’ve now been in Austin for a full day and are beginning to acclimatise. Our 20 hour journey was surprisingly smooth and we made it through immigratio... Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsGojira @ Classic Grand, 12 Mar
A masterclass in furious noise. Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
Previews
The Telescopes @ Captain's Rest, 11 Apr
Space rockers The Telescopes may have formed over twenty years ago but they are still recording and more importantly still gigging, albeit with a slim-lined ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
PreviewsPJ Harvey @ Queen's Hall, 26 Apr
Elvis Costello once famously asserted that PJ Harvey's songs can be summed up in three words: “blood and fucking”. Thankfully, Polly Jean has utt... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Previews
Dananananaykroyd @ Cabaret Voltaire, 7 Apr
Once upon a time, to name your band Dananananaykroyd would guarantee a future of obscurity. So how come the Glasgow sextet of that name have just rocked Sou... Read more »| 17 Mar 2009 -
Previews
Bat For Lashes @ QMU, 8 Apr
Over two years have passed since Bat for Lashes debut album Fur and Gold was released to rousing approval in the form of a Mercury Prize nomination, a long l... Read more »| 17 Mar 2009 -
Reviews
Noah & The Whale @ Queen's Hall, 12 Mar
Noah & The Whale chisel into an enthralling creative avenue Read more »| 13 Mar 2009 -
Festivals
FOUND's SXSW Tour Diary: A Prelude
FOUND are packing our bags for the most exciting gigs of our career and I’ve been invited to blog about it for The Skinny. We're off to play at the wor... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009