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
Ten Kens For Ten Tracks
Compared with a multitude of indie luminaries, Ten Kens' debut LP was one of 2008's forgotten gems. So, in the middle of a recent UK tour, Billy Hamilton cornered vocalist Dan Workman to find out who this Toronto ensemble really are Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Music
Metallica – All Nightmare Long
The fifth offering from the mighty ‘Tallica’s Death Magnetic not only sees a true return to form but probably one of the best tracks to be record... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
Sub Rosa: Beneath the Citizens Theatre, Dark Passions Rage
Gareth K Vile hunts beneath the stage for dark tales of revolution and death Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Music
In the Pit: Coldplay @ SECC, 9 Dec
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Music
Ralfe Band - Attics/Stumble
Ralfe Band run a line in stomping feet and energetic grooves. Rich, considered melodic changes reveal themselves like the blue sky through clouds, uncovering... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Slakah the Beatchild Brings Back the Soul
Omar Jenning makes the case for Slakah the Beatchild, the fresh soul/hip hop producer from Canada who'll make your winter that much sweeter Read more »| 15 Dec 2008
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Theatre
The Man Who Had All The Luck
Agata Maslowska checks out Arthur Miller's rare moment of optimism. Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Music
The KC Review: Simple Minds in Concert
The band is Glasgow's own Simple Minds. The album they're playing live tonight is the seminal New Gold Dream. The King is Creosote, and he's in the crowd. Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Music
Dumb Instrument - Dear Santa
Dumb Instrument know how to pull the rug out from under you. What starts out as a saccharine-sweet Scottish take on the Christmas Single -replete with horns,... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
Sunshine on Leith
Michael Cox finds that, despite the sunshine, there are a few clouds over Leith. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
A Word with a Ballerina: Scottish Ballet's Quenby Hersh
Quenby Hersh talks to The Skinny about being part of Scottish Ballet Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Lanegan and Campbell Hold The Porch Down
After recording their debut album together whilst hardly seeing each other, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan finally stepped out together in the truer sense with their latest player, Sunday at Devil Dirt. Jamie Scott finds out how their partnership is developing Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Pink Eyes: "I Made the D-List!"
As he basks in the glory of having shimmied his way further up the food chain in 2008, guest columnist Pink Eyes from Toronto punkers Fucked Up finds himself dissecting the cult of celebrity. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Vivian Girls @ Captain's Rest, 6 Dec
The Vivian Girls are psychic. No, really. They demonstrate their powers tonight by asking a crowd member to whisper the name of a well-known celebrity in the... Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Film
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Gail Tolley catches up with Academy award-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney on his new film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S. Thompson. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008