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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Queen Monica plus guests @ The Swamp Bar @ Caledonian Backpackers
a country-soaked ménage of magnetic melody, sumptuous song-writing and dreary detachment Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Tarwater & Tape @ Mono
Tape - the sublime Swedes who hushed the whole venue to absolute silence Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Wolf Eyes @ The Venue
harsh, intense music, made all the more nightmarish by Nate Young's screeching vocals Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Miss Black America @ The Swamp @ Caledonian Backpackers
they played with ferocious intensity, but failed to set passions blazing in the hearts of the crowd Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Little Man Tate @ Barfly
If bands had IPO's, I would be watering at the mouth for LMT's. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Biz Markie and Roxane Shante @ The Liquid Room
as a performance, Biz failed to turn tha party out Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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The Streets @ The Corn Exchange
Even when rendered with Skinner's wit the result is a performance as edifying as a Jordan rendition of R-Kelly's Trapped in the Closet Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Fire Engines Edinburgh Liquid Room, April 28
the Fire Engines have always been experts in the art of leaving us wanting more Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Concretes @ The Venue
On record The Concretes' sound is immaculately formed; live it's as forgettable as a slab of paving stone. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Sun Ra Arkestra @ The Liquid Room
If this is what religion could be like, we should all convert right now Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Ordinary Boys @ Corn Exchange
A rock band? Or new darlings of Chav-land? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Odetta @ Queen's Hall
A show that tugged on the heartstrings until they were at breaking point Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Charlatans @ Corn Exchange
Not really much for the future then, lucky they've written such good tunes in the past Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Cannonball Jane & My Tiny Robots @ The Swamp @ Caley Backpackers
visiting Edinburgh's smaller venues to catch an obscure act is not exactly as revolutionary as catching The Ramones play the Roundhouse in London '76 but it sure can donate some adrenaline to your bloodstream Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Bettye Lavette @ The Bongo Club
She sings like her larynx has been kept in a rosewood cabinet Read more »| 15 Jun 2006