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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ReviewsRolo Tomassi @ Barfly, 26 Sep
One polite 'thank you' later and tinnitus is all that remains of their strident brilliance Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
PreviewsMartha Wainwright @ The Picture House, 22 Oct
Sultry Canadian songstress set to stun new venue in the capital Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
PreviewsOlafur Arnalds @ The Tunnels, 22 Oct
Christmas did come early the first time I heard Arnalds last autumn. His haunting melodies have the ability to bring out childhood memories while easing mode... Read more »| 29 Sep 2008 -
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Scars On Broadway @ ABC, 20 Sep
New project from SOAD men packs an aural punch Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
PreviewsLykke Li @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Oct
An appearance by Lykke Li at Cabaret Voltaire brings with it the promise of sunny pop, even as summer becomes an obscure memory in Auld Reekie. Well-inform... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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Jocasta Sleeps @ Wee Red Bar, 10 Oct
Melodic Glasgow rockers embark on a short Scottish tour Read more »| 26 Sep 2008
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PreviewsThe Mill Presents: Ross Clark and dBass
From opposite ends of the musical spectrum, Ross Clark & the Scarfs Go Missing and dBass are up and coming Scottish acts with shared interests at heart. Finbarr Bermingham profiles both acts ahead of their respective performances at The Mill this month Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Previews
O'Death @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 28 Sep
With a uniquely melancholic but jubilant southern-gothic sound, honed through years of intensive touring, Brooklyn-based quintet O’Death grace the stag... Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
Previews
Jenny Lewis @ QMU, 18 Oct
Sans Watson Twins, sans Rilo Kiley, ginger indie-pop dream Jenny Lewis breezes into Glesgie in October, hot on the heels of her new LP Acid Tongue, welcoming... Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
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Fence Club @ The Caves, 17 Sep
Featuring James Yorkston & The Athletes, Malcolm Middleton, The Pictish Trail & Rozi Plain Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ The Captain's Rest, 14 Sep
Tonight, We Are Trapped in Kansas (**) channel the spirit of the Mars Volta away from the excesses of jazz obscurantism and towards the relative safety of po... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
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James Murphy @ The Caves, 21 Sep
The innovative collaborative programme of the Tennent's Mutual kicked off with two headlining DJ sets by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. Ally Brown reports on his Edinburgh Caves show, bolstered by the appearance of one of Scotland's best bands of the moment, Frightened Rabbit Read more »| 23 Sep 2008 -
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Aidan John Moffat @ SWG3, 27 Sep
An evening of Chemikal melodies Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
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Dartz! @ The GRV, 17 Sep
Dartz! can take their myriad reference points and distill it into two minutes of down-tuned punk funk. We came looking for little more Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
Festivals
Cupar Arts Festival @ Various Venues, 10-26 Oct
Fife's miniature answer to SXSW? Find out at the inaugural Cupar Arts Festival this October. Read more »| 19 Sep 2008