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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Clubs
Capitals Apart But Moving Closer
Forget what you think you know about top European locations for electronic music - Berlin, Barcelona, London, Paris... bringing up the rear and fast approaching is Zurich Read more »| 05 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Unneeded: The Porcelain Project
Gareth K Vile is unsettled but not convinced by Needcompany. Read more »| 04 Oct 2008 -
Music
Ladyhawk at Nice 'n' Sleazy Review
The Canadian quartet treats Glasgow's lucky minority to some of the most well-crafted and unaffected rock music since Sebadoh's heyday Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Mercury Rev recapture their playful spirit with an enjoyable venture into electronica. Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Is It The Sea?
In place of normal audience interaction there is a palpable sense of bewitched reverence, even retrospectively on this CD Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' And I Still Got Most Of It Left
Everybody's favourite hobo comes home to roost in disappointingly bland style Read more »| 03 Oct 2008
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Music
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
What now comprises The Stand Ins was originally intended to be the second disc of a double album with The Stage Names, which was instead released last year o... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Art
Emergent Artists: Christy Cole And Manu Kurewa
Of the hundreds of artists that step out of its doors each summer, Glasgow School of Art chooses to bring a couple back every now and again and showcase thei... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Go Zoey, Go Go Go
Ally Brown sits down for a pint with Zoey Van Goey, another international band based in Glasgow that we can claim as our own to strengthen the team Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Army of Freshmen - Above the Atmosphere
Like a huge, fake, toothy grin, this is Prozac pop-punk at its most synthetic and processed Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Putiferio - Ate Ate Ate
The translation from Italian for Putiferio means "chaos", and this record’s not short on that sentiment. Over the course of seven tracks, these contin... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass
When Nadja come on you feel like everything should be moving in slow motion. There are countless oblique ways to describe Skin Turns To Glass without directl... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Ultragroove 9th Birthday @ Cabaret Voltaire, 19 Oct
Edinburgh’s longest running house night, Ultragroove celebrates its 9th Birthday in style this month with a triple-whammy of top notch guests. Germany... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Jenny Lewis: Born to Do It
From Hank III to Hayseed Dixie, subverting the old model of country music is no new phenomenon, nor is the rhetoric of the traditionalists who can’t get their heads around it. Rilo Kiley's frontwoman tells Dave Kerr how she cut her own path... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Attic Lights - Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights won’t win any awards for innovation, but it’s the familiar things in life that hit that sweet spot in your soul. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008