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
Clues - Clues
Montreal's Clues show that there is life after Arcade Fire with this collection of fiery, epic material. Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Joker’s Daughter – Worm’s Head
Since he first emerged with his black market mash-up of The Beatles and Jay-Z, self-proclaimed musical auteur Danger Mouse has handled his projects shrewdly,... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Charge Group - Escaping Mankind
Australia has a pretty damn good musical history, from Kylie and Jason to John ‘The Voice’ Farnham. Charge Group, however, situate themselves in ... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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An Army of She
The lineage of fiercely independent solo females that leads to Natasha Khan is a long one, but here are a few of our favourites. - KATE BUSH Disenchanted ... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Over The Wall: Resistance is Futile
In an industry bloated by the mundane, Glasgow’s Over the Wall make for a refreshing slap in the jowls. Billy Hamilton catches up with the entertaining duo to discover why they break the mould Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
Art
Glasgow Gallery Weekend
On the weekend when Glasgow art explodes, Rosamund West takes a walk down the newest gallery district of Eastvale Place. Read more »| 05 May 2009
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Music
The Elvis Suicide - Sweethearts EP
The themes that Glaswegian quartet The Elvis Suicide deal with are unashamedly rock ‘n’ roll, humorously laid out by singer Chris Devotion in the... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Various Artists - Limbo Live Volume 01
Limbo is a night promoted by the Black Spring DJs at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, and they are releasing the first in a series of live compilations, showcasing the best that their night has to offer. Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Isis: More Brilliant than the Sun
After over a decade of playing monstrously heavy art-metal, a genre which many attribute to having been created by them, Isis release their finest yet - a pseudo-best of. Guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer talks to Ali Maloney about the band's journey. Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Film
Star Trek
Following an explosive opening sequence, Star Trek sees director Abrams and writers Orci and Kurtzman neatly introduce a prequel plotline that takes us back ... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Music
Re-Enter The Vaselines
After a twenty-year “tea break”, legendary Scottish indie-pop miscreants The Vaselines are back with a reissue, US tour and new material. Gillian Watson talks to Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee about their legacy, Nirvana and next steps Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Sparrow and the Workshop – Sleight of Hand EP
The current Scottish music scene is healthily diverse, and now Sparrow and the Workshop bring another genre to the mix: country and western. Having only form... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Film
Cheri
The latest from Stephen Frears certainly isn’t timid in referencing his past work Dangerous Liaisons, from a photograph taken straight from the film to... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Music
British Sea Power - Man of Aran OST
British Sea Power have always courted tangents. In the past they’ve eulogised ice-shelves and greeted immigrants, but their latest effort sees them dig... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Post War Years - The Greats and the Happenings
Does the world really need another electro-pop outfit from London cluttering up MySpace and being overplayed on Skins? Well, one more can’t hurt. Compa... Read more »| 04 May 2009