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
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
A recording as pure as the drifting snow Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Music
Miyagi - Lucky Face
Some nicely blended moments Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Music
El Perro Del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars (Memphis Industries)
A grand ambition for a sophomore, or indeed any album Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Music
Max Shire - Love Lost Again
Pass the absinthe, will you Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
If you want a dose of meticulously produced So’Cal sunshine pop, it’s right here Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Music
Tigerfest 2008, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 14-18 May
Remember, the Forth Road Bridge is toll free now Read more »| 22 Apr 2008
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Music
Black Mountain, Stereo, 14 May
A night big on damn fine facial hair, riffs and melodies Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Iron and Wine, ABC, 12 May
Don't judge this particular book by its cover Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Clubs
Estelle: Stirring up the Atlantic
The Skinny is pleased to feature one of the most happening female stars currently making music, the smoothly cool Estelle: here to shake up the urban scene on both sides of the Atlantic with her new album Shine Read more »| 21 Apr 2008 -
Music
Guru Jazzmatazz - Jazzy Wayz
The new single from Guru Jazzmatazz, Jazzy Wayz, is a sample-laden hip-hop track trying to take on a soulful vibe, but not quite cutting it. In short, this i... Read more »| 14 Apr 2008 -
Music
Bulleit Sessions @ Maggie May's, 10 Apr
It is in the way that each act veers between the functional and the dysfunctional that the drama is created, and the contrast between each of their styles only heightens the effect Read more »| 13 Apr 2008 -
Theatre
Animal Night - The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks' fantasy classic The Wasp Factory is stunning in its own right. If Director Ed Robson can meet the challenge of the text, this new production should be spectacular... Read more »| 11 Apr 2008 -
Clubs
James Pants: Hot Licks
When James Pants’ new album Welcome dropped into the office, we were well impressed by his take on mixed-up funk. We asked around, and it turned out Alex Burden was already on the case Read more »| 11 Apr 2008 -
Clubs
RZArecting Bobby
Is he a producer? Is he a film star? This month he'll be neither as Robert 'RZA' Diggs assumes the persona of Bobby Digital, flying in to drop a fat stack of futuristic funk and a flare for kung-fu film philosophy on Scotland at the last Triptych Read more »| 08 Apr 2008 -
Music
Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
If you like your hip-hop lazy, feel good and unashamedly commercial, this’ll be right up your street Read more »| 05 Apr 2008