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Skinny Lister
The Mash House, Edinburgh
A SEASONED folkpunk band like Skinny Lister take to the stage with swagger and belligerence and launch straight into the nuclear panic of 38 Minutes (“This is not a drill”), their high-octane opener in a relentless and double-bass-swingingly great set of in-your-face energy, tough couplets and attitude.
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