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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MusicMetropak – The Singles Collection
The late 70s spawned a vastly varied pool of talent within the UK, one hotbed of which was undoubtedly Edinburgh. From here came Metropak, four lads and two ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
FilmSkirt Day
Highlights from the French Film Festival 2010 Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
ArtBe the Hammer or the Anvil @ Generator Projects
There’s an all new, all female, committee at Generator Projects, Dundee. Their first show, Be the Hammer or the Anvil, is a similarly all female affair... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
Music
Kabanjak – Tree of Mystery
As one half of German production duo Ancient Astronauts, Kabanjak's credentials are well established; that Tree Of Mystery deals in soulful hip-hop should co... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
MusicThe Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 'When you dig up the past, the bones are just toys'
With a back-catalogue out of circulation and everyone from Grinderman to the Jim Jones Revue biting their style, Jon Spencer says it was time to unearth, dust off and put the Blues Explosion back in the oven Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
Music
Hookah the Fuzz – Hookah the Fuzz
In music, there are innovators and there are followers: Birmingham’s Hookah the Fuzz are firmly in the latter camp, though this is by no means a dispar... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010
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Clubs
Death Disco: XXXmas Mayhem
The Arches Burns into a Zombie Nation just in time for the holidays Read more »| 08 Dec 2010 -
Music
The National @ O2 Academy, 26 Nov
A steady ascent is a rare thing in the contemporary indie rock landscape, but from the humble success of Alligator onwards The National have become an increm... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
MusicJenny & Johnny @ Cabaret Voltaire, 30 Nov
“Here's one about being bound and tied up in a dungeon – not unlike this club.” Jonathan Rice informs the Cabaret Voltaire crowd, finishing... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
Music
Three Blind Wolves – Echo On The Night Train / Honey Fire
Still rooted in the Americana of his previous musical incarnation, Ross Clark And The Scarfs Go Missing, the moustachioed songsmith sounds like he's having a... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
Clubs
Hogmanay 2010: A Clubbing Planner
It's nearly here... The most anticipated night of the year, and the one most likely to end in crushing disappointment as the sheer pressure to have a good time overwhelms you, you drink all the booze by eleven and end up passed out on the floor by the time the bells toll. Luckily for you, we're here to help see that doesn't happen, by providing a short guide to the best nights at which to see in 2011 Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
Comedy
Snow Laughing Matter
Edinburgh comedy club offers free entertainment to stranded travellers Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
Music
Different Frequencies - Botanic Dreams
Rob Watson has shaken many a dancefloor with his work as producer The Magic Fly, and here he teams up with seasoned club vocalist Benjamin McCourt for a coll... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
Music
Dogshite - Dogshite EP
London's Dogshite are a rambunctious outfit whose music hails back to the DIY ethics of punk's golden age, and who could easily have been transported in time... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
Music
Daft Punk – Tron: Legacy
If the prospect of having Daft Punk soundtrack the 28-year follow up to cult video-game-as-movie Tron sounds like a marriage made in digital heaven, then wha... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010