Bad News for the Edinburgh Music Scene – But Can The Forest Be Saved?
It’s a bit worrying when one organisation going bankrupt means the closure of three of Edinburgh’s music venues. This week sees the city wave goodbye to The Roxy Art House, where I’ve attended many great gigs both when The Bowery was based there, and this year, including the Charity Baw back in July, the GRV ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Too Many Good Gigs in Edinburgh in December
I don’t go to gigs as often as I’d like. This is not only because I’m an antisocial bastard. Hey, I have a job you know. I have responsibilities! I have episodes of True Blood and Curb Your Enthusiasm to watch! Anyway now and again there is a gig that comes up that I absolutely ...
Sleep The Winter – eagleowl
The wind is battering the windows, whistling through the doors and buzzing through the nooks and crannies of my ancient old tenement flat. It’s winter alright. I’m playing the new single by eagleowl, Sleep The Winter. It’s achingly sad, like standing on the windswept petrol-perfumed deck of a ferry and seeing a beautiful coastline of a ...
Latest on The Bowery, Edinburgh
Hey all, After an amazing year in our Edinburgh basement, the Bowery has decided it is time to emerge, chrysalis like, into the real world. As of December 14th, we will not longer be running in the basement of the Roxy. We’ve decided that with things changing in the running of the building, it ...
Must we say goodbye to The Bowery?
Image by posteverything.co.uk This week brought the apparent news that the people behind the Bowery, a key focal point of Edinburgh’s revitalised scene, are being told they can no longer use the venue. The above poster represents just one of the many great gigs I’ve been to there, and there’s been very many others that ...
Oxjam Edinburgh – This Friday!
I’ve been going through an existential crisis as far as covering music is concerned due to the fact there’s so many other people doing such a good job I’m kind of wondering where I fit in to things – so a HUGE apology to anyone who’s been in touch recently and feels ignored, I ...
Retreat!
Get there early for Wounded KneeThat is, traditionally, what Edinburgh natives want to do in August when faced with the influx of tourists. Nae offence like, it’s just there’s a lot of you, all at the same time, and everywhere we normally traverse with relative ease is now mobbed. Plus I don’t actually mind being ...
Playing with the Past
I’m delighted to say that Playing with the Past is back in Edinburgh for a second night on August 22nd. This combination of film and live music was my highlight of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (ok I only saw one other film, what of it?) bringing together three of my favourite Edinburgh bands ...
musicwatch: Fight! Edinburgh music scene goes a bit mental over an album
So after yesterday’s geek watch, onto the wonderfully incestuous Edinburgh music scene where the big controversy this week is the new Broken Records album. Fellow Skinny scribe Ally Brown has written a review which has generated a lot of anger, disbelief and dismay amongst the band’s pals/fans, as you can see in the comments below ...
Edinburgh = The Centre of The Universe
So, it’s official, Edinburgh currently has the best music scene anywhere in the world. If anyone was in any doubt, the Song by Toad Christmas Party at the highly recommended new venue The Bowery drove it home – an hour of so-called open mic, which included already established acts like Eagleowl, Les Enfant Bastard, and ...