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
A Muso's Top 10: Yeasayer
Given the eclecticism of All Hour Cymbals, it was no surprise that Yeasayer gave us a top ten covering five decades, three continents, million-selling mega-hits, out-of-print odd-jobs, and multiple styles and fashions. It's a myriad list that defies obvious logic; just how we like it. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Live Music Roundup - January
Kula Shaker are here to help you tap that retro vein with a fat bag of Tattva Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen - January, 2008
A new year of new musical masterpieces? Nick Mitchell assesses the first batch... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Metal Up Your Ass - January, 2008
It's a new year with new music reaching Scotland but alongside it come those welcome smatterings of the old and familiar Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Art
Ye Ye: Michelle Naismith and David Michael Clarke
A veritable wank-bank for the aspiring philosophy student. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
The Black Dog, Clutter House, Studio 24, Edinburgh, 4 Jan
With an ethos of ""dress silly, dance funny, and smile"" a good time is guaranteed for all Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Music
Dark side of the tune
They carved a niche fanbase with their first two (or one and a half) incendiary records, and now Sons and Daughters tell Nick Mitchell they're ready for more< Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Grant Campbell - Beyond Below
Hits something of a modern benchmark that many singer-songwriters can only aspire to. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Hetherington: Going Flat Out
A night out clubbing without leaving the flat? The intimate Hetherington Research Club is making nightlife a much more homely experience Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Adrian Crowley - Long Distance Swimmer
Aqua-folk, anybody? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Saul Williams – The Inevitable Rise and Fall of Niggy Tardust
A fascinating soundclash of dark industrial beats and conscious rap Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
THE SKINNY ON:07, or, where do we go from here?
Titled The Challenge of the New Reality, The Skinny's first music conference was concerned with the hottest topic around: in a digital age, how are we going to get people to pay? A tricky one; lucky we had so much fun in the process of asking... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Art
Art in the Dark @ Wee Red Bar 6 Dec
A successful night, certainly to blame for a few sore heads the following morning. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Future Of The Left @ Barfly
Manic tension and playful hooks that beg to be yelped with glee Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Octopussy, The Arches, Glasgow, 30 Jan
A night of fun, frolics and some good natured sleaze Read more »| 06 Jan 2008