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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PreviewsScottish Gigs of the Week: 9-15 May
This week's gig round-up, with a huge show from Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5, visits from Ducktails and George Clinton, and gigs from Pronto Mama and C Duncan among others Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
ReviewsBabe @ The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, 5 May
"What time's Babe on at please?" and "I can’t seem to be able to buy any [tickets] online" are the Facebook event sentiments pre-Babe at the Old Hairdr... Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
FestivalsWrong Festival @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 22 Apr
It’s clear what sort of day we’re in for from the moment we arrive. Widnesian sludge trio Mums are so loud that their every note is not just... Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
PreviewsScottish Gigs of the Week: 4-9 May
Local aces Babe, Lush Purr and Withered Hand, and visits from Wheatus, Maximo Park and Kishi Bashi feature in this week's Scottish gig guide Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
ReviewsStag & Dagger, Glasgow, 30 Apr
Since its inception as one of many festivals in London's trendy East End in 2008, Stag & Dagger emerged in the next year as Glasgow's premier music expo ... Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
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Wild Beasts @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 1 May
Boy King is the furthest that Wild Beasts have ventured from their 'signature' sound. It features much heavier, electronic instrumentation that distorts thei... Read more »| 02 May 2017
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Live music in Manchester this week: 3-9 May
You've an eclectic week on your hands, as The Travelling Band unveil their new line-up, Matt Mondanile's Ducktails tear up the Soup Kitchen basement and Wheatus – yep, Wheatus! – head our way with those well-worn riffs Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
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Future Islands @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 27 Apr
Samuel T. Herring secured his legacy with his legendary performance on Letterman back in 2014. Now he has the task of living up to his well-earned reputation... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
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Japandroids @ The Garage, Glasgow, 30 Apr
The support for tonight's show, Dasher, set an immediately intense tone with their powerful, grungy guitars, extremely prominent drums and heavy vocals. Feed... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
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Los Campesinos! @ Stereo, Glasgow, 28 Apr
Facilitated by the unprecedented four-year gap between No Blues and Sick Scenes, LC! have managed to transition from peppy, twee upstarts to veterans on... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
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Giggs @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 18 Apr
This is a good time to be Giggs. The rapper from Peckham is on his biggest UK-wide tour to date and his most recent album, Landlord, is still doing the ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
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Elvis Depressedly / TV Girl @ Star & Garter, Manchester, 25 Apr
If there’s anything to be said for lo-fi noisemakers Elvis Depressedly, they sure know how to pick a venue: in fact, the group would be hard-pushed to ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
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Jambinai @ O2 ABC 2, Glasgow, 25 Apr
Jambinai are already a well-established touring act in Europe, having formed at Korea's National University of Arts in 2009. Their style, though not the... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
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Tinariwen @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Apr
Freewheeling hippies, awkward students and middle-aged culture vultures; all and sundry have descended on the Queen's Hall for what promises to be a night of... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Live Music
The Unthanks @ RNCM, Manchester, 19 Apr
So rarely do we remember the family members behind famous musicians. Even rarer is it that they are fantastic artists in their own right, as was the case wit... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017