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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Make Model, Fat Sams, Dundee, 29 Oct
It would be easy to picture a Make Model gig resurrecting memories in even the most grumblesome indie purist of how unashamedly, unpretentiously fun music can be Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Teenagers @ Cabaret Voltaire
This derivative rag-tag collective will have to improve dramatically to avoid a quick and humiliating demotion Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Sounds @ Liquid Room
Not bothered about utilising the odd cliché or twelve Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Shins @ Corn Exchange
A distinctly lackluster occasion Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Razorlight @ Meadowbank Stadium
Maybe Tom should take a leaf out of Johnny Borrell's book Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Mice Parade @ King Tut's
Winsome melodies building to well-orchestrated climaxes and ecstatic flamenco-influenced wailing Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Hard-Fi @ Abc
The energy and the atmosphere provided by Hard-Fi's live set means that, for once, a Mercury nomination does not denote a black hole into oblivion Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Eagles of Death Metal @ The Liquid Room
As tunes go, this is, all told, uber-catchy Status Quo on crack, but as rock'n' roll shows go, this is nothing less than sweet perfection Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
ReviewsThe Twilight Sad @ Cabaret Voltaire
It's Tuesday night for God's sake! What the fuck are yis all doing here? Graham humbly asks of the crowd, blissfully unaware his band are about to take over the world Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Alabama 3 @ Carling Academy
Moments of sudden excitement are submerged into uninspired, rhythm-heavy workouts Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Metal Up Your Ass - October
Bursting at the seams with raucous gig action Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
PreviewsBroken Social Scene presents... Kevin Drew @ The Arches, 15 Oct
BSS are following the Wu-Tang path to world domination... Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Battles @ The Liquid Room
Creators of one of the most original and definitive albums of the year Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Oxjam Clothes Swap Party, The Buff Club, Glasgow, 30 Oct
For hot new threads and the latest trends Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Annie Christian @ Cabaret Voltaire
Some forward-thinking motherfuckers, as Julian Cope would say Read more »| 08 Oct 2007