Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Music
TV on the Radio @ ABC, 16 Nov
If you could have levelled one accusation at TV on the Radio following their 2006 breakthrough record Return to Cookie Mountain it might have been a certain ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
Seasick Steve @ Barrowland, 21 Oct
“I took the train from Liverpool today,” drawls Seasick Steve, and the crowd inexplicably woop and cheer. It appears that, much like his music, t... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
Funeral For A Friend @ ABC, 18 Oct
Welsh emo stalwarts return with phoned-in crowd pleaser Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Bass Syndicate @ The Bongo Club/Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 7 and 22 Nov
Two big nights from the Bass Syndicate people this month. On 7 November they present the head of Lot 49 Records, Surrey-based music producer Meat Katie at th... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Film
Silent Running
While an eco-friendly sci-fi film starring a handful of robots trying to preserve the remnants of the Earth’s plant population may sound familiar to vi... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
The King Hats @ King Tut's, 20 Oct
Hyperactive local boys let rip with energetic punk racket Read more »| 27 Oct 2008
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Music
Bulleit Originals @ The Arches, 7 Nov
With his dubious experiments of 1907, Dr Duncan MacDougall “proved” that the human soul weighed 21 grams. If it’s true though, the upcoming... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
The Inspector Cluzo - The Inspector Cluzo EP
Somewhere in France, Laurent Lacroutts and Mathieu Jordan have been locked in their bedrooms since 1991 with albums by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Alice in C... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Film
Hunger
The idea that war is messy and destructive is nothing new. But in Hunger, Steve McQueen’s film on the IRA prisoner Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), t... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
Smith 6079 - Ghosts
Thematically released EP from Mancunian quintet Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Film
Of Time and the City
Gail Tolley talks to the British director Terence Davies about his latest film, a documentary based on his experiences growing up in post-war Liverpool. Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
Tom Jones - If He Should Ever Leave You
Tom Jones is back! And, unsurprisingly, it’s all a bit rubbish: anachronistically derivative of the leathery crooner’s ‘glory days’, ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Classic Grand under new ownership
It has been over two years since Glasgow’s Classic Grand opened its doors to the public, hosting a week long series of free events to celebrate its arr... Read more »| 25 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Fierce @ The Tunnel, Glasgow 2 Nov
Glasgow’s electro darlings Dolby-Anol have proven themselves to be Scotland’s most valuable asset when it comes to creating the greatest remixes.... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Music
Dead or American – Thaumaturgy
This is their witching hour Read more »| 24 Oct 2008