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
Christ. - Distance Lends Enchantment to the View
Some people struggle to shake off an association. There are those who pander to the expectation that comes with that association, and there are others (Chris... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Mew - No More Stories...
Alas, it seems unlikely that as a consequence of No More Stories, Mew are going to escape the all-too frequent comparisons with ethereal Icelanders Sigur R&o... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
Americana supergroup hit the spot with superb debut release Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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++Money Can't Buy Music - The Universe for Beginners
Gordon McIntyre has steadfastedly ploughed the emotive indie furrow since the late 1990s in the guise of ballboy, but here branches out into a collaboration ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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The Dodos - Time to Die
Second album syndrome shouldn’t affect The Dodos’ latest LP - Time to Die is actually the San Francisco outfit’s third studio recording. Ye... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
Citing “musical differences” after a band splits is generally doublespeak aimed at sparing blushes until the bloody truth makes its inevitable ap... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009
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Burnsong 2009: Get Yer Entries In
Burnsong 2006 provided the catalyst that combined a stellar variety of musicians in one melting pot, united by the common goal to write and rehearse songs th... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
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Withered Hand - Good News
By the time Edinburgh's Withered Hand opens Good News's final track with "maybe the world would be better without me", you'll want to give him a slap and tel... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
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The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant
The addition of iconic Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr brings discernible maturity to the structure of The Cribs' fourth album. While still guitar-heavy and fra... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Art
Art Late!
Thursdays might be the official late-shopping days, but this week will be different. From 6pm onwards, art galleries throughout Edinburgh will welcome visito... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Women Stand Up
Female comics of the world stand up to be counted. Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Improv Wars
Improv Wars joins regular feature Dance Monkey Boy Dance as your Monday night entertainment at the Glasgow Stand. Featuring well established local comics su... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit @ Queen's Hall, 18 Aug
Unlike their winged namesakes, the Moth and the Mirror initially find the bright lights of the Queens’s Hall less than attractive, not relaxing until t... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Sunset Rubdown @ Stereo, 10 Sep
Montreal band tour their brilliant new album, Dragonslayer Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Maps – Turning the Mind
On Maps’ Mercury nominated debut album, bedroom recording prodigy James Chapman sounded like an especially blissed-out shoegazer (if such a paradox is ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009